Photography Archive jobs in London

Based: Finchley, London
Salary: £12.71 + 12.55% uplift = £14.31 (uplift is applied instead of any annual leave allowance)
Hours: Initially up to 40 hours per week

Working Days: Monday to Thursday, 10 hour shifts on each day
Contract: Zero Hours Contract
Start Date: As soon as possible (next couple of weeks)

Would you like to join a dynamic and fast-paced team working to convert analogue materials to digital? If so, then you could be the person we are looking for.

From photographing, scanning and safeguarding historical materials, our vision is to ensure that archival collections thrive in a digital world.

Amongst a truly valued clientbase, you will find the likes of Diageo, Bank of England, Unilever, Marks & Spencer, Sandhurst Military Academy, and National Museums of Scotland, who all continue to trust TownsWeb Archiving for their digitisation requirements.

Based at a clients' site in Finchley, we will provide initial training for this position which will either take place at our clients' site or at our HQ in Kettering, Northamptonshire. There may be opportunities to work at other locations too.

What you will need

This position involves scanning and photography (digitisation) of historical material using specialist scanners, cameras, software, hardware and other equipment. The material that is being digitised is generally old, fragile and unique and includes materials such as historic books, artwork, maps, photographs, 35mm slides, film, 3D objects and clothing products.

Various graphics packages and software solutions are utilised to create digitisation outputs that our clients require. Client files are generally used for publishing content online to aid research, generate revenue (i.e. via genealogy) or for long term preservation purposes.

An interest and experience in I.T. and photography is essential. TownsWeb Archiving (TWA) has also developed a training and development programme which means that over a period of time the successful applicant will be given the additional skills, knowledge and confidence to handle precious archive material carefully, utilising TWA’s specialist capture equipment and software.

Responsibilities

• Digitisation (preparing, scanning and photography, packaging, indexing) of historical customer material at a client site in London
• Indexing and rigorous quality checking of image files
• Processing and uploading (to client system) of images
• Working to agreed throughputs and timeframes with the ability to work to deadlines
• Updating internal/client systems and databases for project tracking and progress
• Providing project updates
• Keeping internal staff and customers informed of project progress

What we will offer in return

An opportunity to work with a global brand, developing your skills as a digitisation professional, from a number of highly experienced digitisation technicians.

This role will also offer:

• Career advancement - Providing the necessary skills, knowledge and confidence to handle precious archive material carefully.
• An innovative, fast-paced, fun team environment - Enjoy your work and be rewarded for it.
• A social company environment - To include social events.

The ideal candidate will have

Essential

• Digitisation and/or Photographic experience
• Have a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Confident and self-motivated with good organisational skills
• Well-spoken with good written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills and a team player, but equally happy to work alone
• Good time-keeping and time management skills
• Energetic, outgoing, reliable with a ‘can do’ attitude
• A willingness to carry out overtime as and when required
• Cultural heritage awareness and sensitivity as well as excited by heritage

Desirable

• A demonstrated ability to work with MS Office, Google suite and graphic design packages such as Adobe Photoshop
• A knowledge and understanding of image formats (TIF, JPG, PDF, OCR etc.) and audio/video formats (WAV, MP3, MOV, MP4 etc.)
• An understanding and practical experience of using various digital cameras and scanners including an understanding of photography basics such as exposure, shutter speeds etc.
• Photography Education (A level, Diploma, Degree etc.) or equivalent experience
• UK driving licence and own vehicle

Job Types: Temporary, Contract

Pay: £14.31 per hour

Application question(s):

• Are you available to start within 2 weeks?
• Are you able to commit to a minimum of 2 months work?

Experience:

• Digitisation or Photography: 1 year (required)

Language:

• English (required)

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Location:

• London N3 2QL (required)

Work Location: In person