Television Project Curator

BFI; Dacorum; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the film and video archiving sector is seeking a Project Curator to manage the TV-am collection for the National Archive. The role encompasses planning, accessioning, and public engagement efforts, requiring significant experience and knowledge in moving image preservation standards.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in moving image archiving or equivalent qualification.
• Awareness and adherence to standards for collections management.
• Experience with historical video formats and digital preservation.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for identification, acquisition, and accessioning of materials from the TV-am collection.
• Promote the collection and research fundraising opportunities.
• Develop documentation planning and cataloguing for the collection.

Skills

Moving image archiving

Collections management standards

Historical video formats

Digital moving image preservation

Moving image cataloguing

Job description

We are looking for a Project Curator to join our TV Curatorial team, working within the collections of the national television archive. This role will focus on planning and carrying out the accessioning of the TV-am Collection to the BFI National Archive. TV-am held the ITV franchise for breakfast television from 1983 to 1992 and the collection is comprised of long running series including Good Morning Britain and Frost on Sunday, which are held on obsolete video formats and digital files. The Project Curator will appraise the collection with reference to existing holdings in the BFI National Archive and undertake the accessioning, cataloguing and public engagement planning for the collection with the support of the team.

Please note this role will require substantial physical handling of archive videotape materials.

Key responsibilities include:

• To be responsible for the physical and digital identification, acquisition and full accessioning of materials from the TV-am collection into the BFI National Archive.
• To promote the collection and advocate for it as a resource, including researching fundraising opportunities and potential research partnerships.
• To work with colleagues to develop documentation planning and cataloguing for the collection with support from the Assistant Curators.
• To work with colleagues to prioritise and manage the selection of materials for digitisation and access.

We are looking for candidates who have:

• Significant and demonstrable experience of moving image archiving, or equivalent qualification.
• Demonstrable awareness of and adherence to standards for collections management.
• Experience working with historical video formats and digital moving image preservation.
• Knowledge of minimum moving image cataloguing requirements.

A full list of responsibilities and minimum requirements can be found in the job description.

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Created on 25/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom