Job Summary

The State Archives Division of the Louisiana Secretary of State is seeking an Archives Specialist A, B or C in the Audiovisual Processing Section. This position is responsible for maintaining the multimedia collections as content manager. An ideal candidate should possess the following competencies:

• Communicating Effectively: The ability to relay information correctly and appropriately to connect people and ideas.
• Developing Plans: The ability to prioritize tasks and competing demands to create accurate plans.
• Displaying Expertise: The ability to exhibit specialized skills or knowledge gained from experience or training

Job Duties

• Establish techniques, procedures and policies for the appraisal and assessment of the historical value of audiovisual assets stored by or donated to the State Archives.
• Cataloging, accessioning, and inventorying of audiovisual collections in the care of the State Archives.
• Initial Analysis of audiovisual collections/equipment and schedules pickup of off-site audiovisual collections.
• Acts as content manager for the audiovisual databases, entering and editing metadata for access and preservation files in the databases.
• Participates in the reproduction of audiovisual holdings.
• Conducts research for documentaries and special programming.
• Identifies and provides content for the State Archives’ website and social media platforms to highlight
  audiovisual collections and promote the activities of the audiovisual processing section.
• Conducts and records interviews and oral histories.

Qualifications

Minimum 

• Three years of experience in historical research, archival operations, records management, records preservation, or college-level teaching in a humanities field; OR
• Six years of full-time work experience in any field; OR
• A bachelor's degree.
• Experience Substitution: Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

Preferred

• Ability to lift 40 pounds with or without accommodation.
• Knowledge of legacy audiovisual media and equipment.
• Experience using video editing/processing software including Adobe Premiere Pro, Photoshop, and Media Encoder.
• Experience using the PBCore Metadata standard.
• Experience working with audiovisual collections in a production, archival, or library setting.

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