Remote Senior Archival Producer & Visuals Editor (Temp)

Public Media; United States; Remote; USD 57,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

GBH, in association with FRONTLINE, seeks a temporary Senior Archival Producer & Visuals Editor to supervise archival research and ensure lawful, ethical use of materials in current affairs documentaries. You will verify user-generated content, lead fair use decisions and manage the editorial review process with the counsel and senior editors.

You will guide a team of researchers and producers, oversee licensing of archival assets, and ensure deadlines are met while maintaining high editorial

Qualifications

• At least 5–10 years of experience as an archival researcher or archival producer on documentary journalism projects.
• Master’s degree in journalism and/or library science or related field.
• Impeccable editorial judgement and knowledge of PBS and FRONTLINE’s journalistic guidelines.
• Experience in ensuring archival and third-party materials comply with copyright, fair use, and intellectual property laws.
• Keep abreast of changing technologies that impact the authenticity of visual materials.
• Ability to work independently to assign and manage teams across projects to meet competing deadlines.
• Proven track record licensing archival materials and making fair use claims.
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced journalism environment under tight deadlines.
• Superb attention to detail, organization and project management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Verify the authenticity of user-generated content, screening for video manipulated with AI or other technologies.
• Independently identify fair use, copyright, consent and other editorial standards issues and proactively identify solutions to resolve problems.
• Educate production teams and other staff members on legal and editorial guidelines on visuals.
• Oversee team of researchers, fact checkers and archival producers across multiple projects to execute guidelines while meeting critical deadlines.
• Serve as lead visual editor for new assets across platforms – such as digital-first productions.
• Serve as in-house archival producer on special projects lacking experienced archival leadership or low staffing, ensuring the process adheres to editorial standards and meets deadlines.

Skills

Editorial judgement

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Independent work

Project management

Research

Storytelling

Education

Master's degree in journalism or library science

Tools

Archival research tools

Media management systems

Job description

GBH, in association with FRONTLINE, seeks a temporary Senior Archival Producer & Visuals Editor to supervise archival research and ensure lawful, ethical use of materials in current affairs documentaries. You will verify user-generated content, lead fair use decisions and manage the editorial review process with the counsel and senior editors.

You will guide a team of researchers and producers, oversee licensing of archival assets, and ensure deadlines are met while maintaining high editorial