News Archive & AI-Driven Metadata Specialist

Mediacorp Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mediacorp Pte Ltd seeks an experienced News Archiving & Content Management specialist to oversee the archiving and preservation of News and Current Affairs content, including rushes, interviews, live feeds and documentaries. You will ensure documentation, metadata quality and discoverability across archives.

You will apply taxonomy, tagging standards and AI-assisted tools for transcription and tagging, review AI outputs and support newsroom researchers with efficient archive search and retrieval.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Mass Communication, Media Management, Journalism, Archives/Information Management or a related field.
• Experience in TV news, broadcast media, video management or digital archives.
• Strong knowledge of metadata, taxonomy and content discoverability.
• Familiarity with PAM/MAM systems and AI-assisted tools for metadata tagging.
• Ability to review, validate and enhance AI-generated metadata with editorial judgement.

Responsibilities

• Manage the archiving and preservation of News and Current Affairs content, including rushes, interviews and live feeds.
• Identify editorial, historical and future research value and document important events and locations.
• Maintain integrity and accessibility of archived content and support archive requirements.
• Perform quality control of ingested and archived video and audio to meet standards.
• Create, review and maintain accurate metadata for searchable content.
• Develop and apply taxonomy, vocabularies, and tagging standards for people, organisations, locations and events.
• Apply editorial and historical context to metadata to improve discoverability.
• Regularly review metadata and taxonomy to reflect newsroom terminology.
• Use AI-assisted tools to support metadata creation and content discovery.
• Review and validate AI-generated metadata and correct inaccuracies.
• Map AI-generated tags to newsroom taxonomy for consistency and accuracy.
• Provide context beyond automation with newsroom knowledge and judgement.
• Keep abreast of AI developments to improve archive tagging and retrieval.
• Support journalists and editors in researching and retrieving current and historical footage.

Skills

Editorial awareness

Research skills

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Metadata & taxonomy knowledge

Education

Mass Communication degree

Archives/Information Management qualification

Tools

PAM/MAM systems

AI-assisted tagging tools

Job description

Mediacorp Pte Ltd seeks an experienced News Archiving & Content Management specialist to oversee the archiving and preservation of News and Current Affairs content, including rushes, interviews, live feeds and documentaries. You will ensure documentation, metadata quality and discoverability across archives.

You will apply taxonomy, tagging standards and AI-assisted tools for transcription and tagging, review AI outputs and support newsroom researchers with efficient archive search and retrieval.