Digital Editions Editor & Metadata Specialist

University of Virginia; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Center for Digital Editing at the University of Virginia seeks a collaborative, detail-oriented professional to support documentary editing, metadata work, and digital publishing across scholarly projects. You will prepare documents, encode XML, and contribute to publication workflows, collaborating with researchers, archivists, and developers.

Requirements include a Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of relevant experience, with familiarity in TEI/XML standards, metadata frameworks, and Drupal.

Qualifications

• Detailed editorial work with a high degree of accuracy.
• Experience with historical documents and scholarly publishing.
• Familiarity with metadata standards and XML technologies.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines in a collaborative environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Catalog, transcribe, proofread, and prepare historical documents for publication.
• Conduct data entry, quality control, and editorial review activities to ensure accuracy and consistency across project datasets.
• Research, draft, and revise annotations and other scholarly editorial content.
• Generate and maintain descriptive, administrative, and technical metadata at both project and cross-project levels to support discovery, interoperability, and long-term preservation.
• Perform XML encoding and volume-to-XML conversion activities in accordance with established editorial and technical standards.
• Assist in the development, testing, maintenance, and enhancement of digital publication workflows and systems.
• Collaborate with project developers to customize and manage Drupal-based publishing environments and related digital infrastructure.
• Participate in the planning and implementation of editorial and technical standards, procedures, and best practices.
• Consult with historians, archivists, librarians, and other stakeholders to identify emerging scholarly and community needs and inform future development efforts.
• Contribute to documentation, training materials, and workflow improvement initiatives.
• Support the Center's broader research, publication, and digital humanities activities as assigned.

Skills

Editorial work

Metadata standards

XML encoding

Research methods

Drupal CMS

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

TEI XML

Drupal

Job description

The Center for Digital Editing at the University of Virginia seeks a collaborative, detail-oriented professional to support documentary editing, metadata work, and digital publishing across scholarly projects. You will prepare documents, encode XML, and contribute to publication workflows, collaborating with researchers, archivists, and developers.

Requirements include a Bachelor's degree and 3+ years of relevant experience, with familiarity in TEI/XML standards, metadata frameworks, and Drupal.