Spiracle Audiobooks: Audiobook Collection Administrator

BookBrunch Limited; Islington; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

A publishing company in Islington is seeking an Audiobook Collection Administrator to manage databases and content across various literary resources. Ideal candidates should have strong organization, communication skills, and experience in database management. This position initially requires 2 days/week commitment, with potential for home working. Your role will involve collaborating with a small team and ensuring legal rights agreements are managed effectively.

Qualifications

• Experience in organization, setting up systems, and managing databases.
• Proficiency with different software and content management tools.
• Resourceful and efficient with a self-motivated attitude.
• Excellent communication and writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage databases and maintenance systems for the audiobook and ebook collection.
• Coordinate content management across the Spiracle website.
• Assist with publisher arrangements and new title accessioning.
• Manage legal rights agreements for collection titles.
• Collaborate with a small team and liaise with archives and newspapers.

Skills

Database management

Content management

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Tools

Content management tools

Job description

Spiracle Audiobooks: Audiobook Collection Administrator

Spiracle is seeking a Collection Administrator, skilled in organising, and managing information across the board for an array of literary ebooks and audiobooks that form the collection and extra material resource.

The right candidate will be skilled in database management and maintenance systems, content management across the Spiracle website, assisting with publisher arrangements, accessioning of new titles and legal rights agreements. S/he will be able to work across a small team, liaise with archives and newspapers and generally be an excellent communicator with good writing skills. The Collection administrator will work closely with the Collection Editor, Curator and Director.

Responsibilities

• Manage databases and maintenance systems for Spiracle's audiobook and ebook collection.
• Coordinate content management across the Spiracle website and related resources.
• Assist with publisher arrangements and accessioning of new titles.
• Manage legal rights agreements for titles in the collection.
• Collaborate with a small team and liaise with archives and newspapers as required.
• Contribute to clear and effective communication within the team and with external partners.

About Spiracle

Spiracle Collection, Edition, Murmuration

Spiracle Collection is made of ‘readymade’ audio and ebooks, produced by book, ebook and audiobook publishers.

Spiracle Edition is a fortnightly audiobook selected and published by Spiracle

Murmuration draws on the Edition and Collection and is a hub of writing, insights, interviews, podcasts, articles and archive that expand the world of the books, their authors, translators, narrators and publishers.

Selection not Algorithms
Spiracle makes a promise to its user – that the site will enable rich discovery. It fulfils that promise through its practices of curation. These practices ensure that its user trusts in its selection, and knows that titles available through Spiracle make up a web of stories, voices and worlds, connected not by algorithm but each by a different relation of theme, voice, idea, place or time. The site has a lead curator who is aided by an international advisory team. It is fed by, between them, hundreds of years of delighted reading.
Discovering the best writing, brilliantly read, is entering a secret garden. Spiracle, through its principles of curation, offers the key.

Qualifications

• Experience in organisation, setting up systems, and managing databases.
• Proficiency with different software and content management tools.
• Resourceful, efficient, self-motivated, energetic and helpful attitude.
• Excellent communication and writing skills.
• Experience in book publishing is an advantage.

Details

• Contract: Initially 2 days/week
• Salary: TBA
• Start date: August
• Location: Spiracle Audiobooks, 392 Caledonian Road, London N1 1DN (with the possibility of home working)

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