Digital Librarian

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Fox News is hiring a Digital Media Librarian who will be responsible for both digital and tape assets in our Washington DC Bureau. The Digital Media Librarian will work with a team on the Fox News digital library collection of assets, improving metadata, and managing video files according to system rules and Producer requests. Additionally, you will research and ingest legacy video for news production and sales purposes for teams in all bureaus, select video and add appropriate metadata for permanent archive, assist in moving tapes and create tape inventories.

Must be flexible to work weekends, holidays and late nights as needed.

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
• Properly select and annotate a large volume of media in Dalet and VizOne digital asset management systems to facilitate retrieval for use in news production
• Utilize various databases and the internet to organize and confirm the accuracy of metadata
• Research video as needed using in-house and external resources
• Ingest media into the VizOne and Dalet digital systems and provide consistent metadata information for ingested material
• Catalog activities include screening video, shot listing, providing metadata, and indexing video
• Evaluate video for archiving & rights issues and maintain quality control of archiving operations
• Assist producers and others with requests for video files for their project needs.
• Manage various projects as needed
• Shot-logging ingested legacy news video from the Fox Movietone News collection and other digital initiatives.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED
• At least 2 years of professional news library experience.
• Flexibility to work a regular schedule of five days a week, including Saturdays & Sundays
• Ability to work evening, weekend, and holiday shifts as needed
• Prior television production experience is preferred
• Knowledge of digital asset management systems and iNews production application preferred
• Ability and readiness to learn any new systems and technology adopted by Fox
• Excellent knowledge of and interest in, history, current events, and news personalities
• Detail-oriented skill set and ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously
• Excellent computer skills including typing, online searching, and database experience
• Excellent knowledge of all Microsoft Office applications
• Willingness to learn all aspects of digital and tape libraries
• Willingness and ability to work with other Fox groups
• Propensity towards working independently and under deadline pressure

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