Vacancy for Digital Media Specialists Team Leader at the British Film Institute

Digital Preservation Coalition; Berkhamsted; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

The British Film Institute is looking for a Digital Media Specialists Team Leader to oversee a team in their Data and Digital Preservation unit. The role involves ensuring quality control, providing technical advice, and managing operational workflows for digital audiovisual content, contributing to the archive's preservation efforts.

Qualifications

• Experience in digital media or audiovisual workflows is essential.
• Strong leadership skills required.
• Ability to operate both software and hardware related to digital preservation.

Responsibilities

• Leading operational functions for quality control and validation.
• Providing guidance and documentation for digital audiovisual processes.
• Ensuring adherence to digital preservation best practices.

Skills

Leadership

Technical Advice

Quality Control

Digital Preservation Best Practices

Tools

Transcoding Software

Editing Software

Data Storage Peripherals

Job description

Vacancy for Digital Media Specialists Team Leader at the British Film Institute

5 March 2024

Full-Time

We are seeking a Digital Media Specialists Team Leader to join the BFI’s Data and Digital Preservation team at the BFI National Archive in Berkhamsted.

The Digital Media Specialists Team Leader will lead and develop a team of Digital Media Specialists to provide a range of technical services and functions to support digital preservation and access activities for BFI National Archive's digital audiovisual collections. They will assist with and advise on specifications, quality control, and verification processes in collaboration with colleagues to meet quality standards and deadlines.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Leading a team to provide operational functions necessary for quality control, validation, preservation, transcoding, and access for digital audiovisual content within the Archive.
2. Providing technical advice and guidance, and contributing to documentation for colleagues involved in digital audiovisual processes within the archive.
3. Operating software and hardware related to digital audiovisual workflows, including workstations, preservation and access tools, transcoding and editing software, and data storage peripherals.
4. Developing and utilising automated and manual processes to check and conform digital audiovisual media to quality standards, adhering to digital preservation best practices.