Archivist - Quality Control at MultiChoice

Key Performance Objectives

Cataloguing:

• Proactively establish and maintain effective working team relationships with all stakeholders
• QC all catalogues (this will include stock footage, entertainment, sports, promotions, and meta-tagged content)
• Coordinate the timely correction of cataloguing and meta-tagging errors identified and reported by ensuring that the responsible cataloguers address these issues within specified timeframes. Expert knowledge and experience to ensure effective administration of the thesaurus, and various control lists/dictionaries through monthly discussions with archivists about keyword entries to transfer knowledge and to ensure 100% accuracy, inclusive of the correct spelling of names and surnames, places, etc.
• Update thesaurus and dictionaries with relevant keywords to optimize content discovery.
• Effective communication and guidance to the team to ensure cataloguing standards and quality of work regarding global entries and scene selections and descriptions.
• Ensure that all legacy Titles are up to standards as per project requirements.
• Provide user support for the cataloguers and stakeholders.

Administration & Standard Operating Procedure:

• Maintain an accurate record of requests processed.
• Provide training to new customers and stakeholders.
• Seek opportunities to continuously improve on cataloguing workflows and procedures.
• Accurate and quality handover report on activities.
• Provide client onboarding and training support onto the Bynder platform.

Qualifications

• College Degree
• Excellent English knowledge, written and spoken

Experience

• A minimum of 2-3 years of experience in broadcast/ information services or similar position
• Video Entertainment Industry specific knowledge and experience
• Understanding of general international cataloguing rules and practices/standards
• Media and content experience
• Excellent English knowledge

Technical Competencies  

• Media and content experience
• Writing
• Content manipulation and production
• Planning and organizing