Digital Media Specialist

Salary: £27,498 - £29,880 per annum

The BFI is recruiting for a Digital Media Specialist

The BFI is looking for a Digital Media Specialist who will provide a range of technical functions on exclusively audiovisual digital media – with a focus on video distributed on the internet – to meet the BFI National Archive’s digital acquisition, preservation and access objectives as part of the Our Screen Heritage project.

This is a Fixed Term Contract position until 31 March 2026.

Our Screen Heritage will focus on collecting contemporary screen works. It is the third chapter of the BFI’s screen heritage story, bringing the BFI national collections up to date to preserve the story of moving-image as it moves into the digital/online era.

Key responsibilities

• Operate all technical equipment relating to performing digital preservation and access operations on exclusively audiovisual digital media, including workstations, transcoding software, Quality Control tools and associated data storage peripherals
• Assist with and advise on specifications, quality control and verification processes in collaboration with colleagues, to meet agreed quality standards and deadlines
• Provide regular and disciplined media management for central and local storage
• Utilise a wide range of software based applications, both open-source and proprietary, to meet acquisition, preservation and access requirements

The BFI is seeking candidates with: 

• Experience of working with a wide range of digital audiovisual formats, equipment, and software
• An understanding of digital preservation principles as applied to audiovisual files
• Can demonstrate an understanding of relevant digital audiovisual formats including (but not limited to) Apple ProRes Quicktime, H.264 MP4, WebM, FFV1 Matroska
• Ability to recognise and diagnose technical problems with digital media and take steps to remediate

A full list of responsibilities and minimum requirements can be found in the job description, downloadable from BFI jobs and opportunities.

Full details and apply online

Apply online via BFI jobs and opportunities.

First interviews will be held on 6 March 2024; second interviews on 13 March 2024.

About the BFI 

The BFI is a cultural charity, a National Lottery distributor, and the UK’s lead organisation for film and the moving image. The BFI believes society needs stories. Film, television and the moving image bring them to life, helping us connect and understand each other better. The BFI shares the stories of yesterday, searches for the stories of today, and shapes the stories of tomorrow.

At the BFI you’ll enjoy benefits such as excellent support for working parents, 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and additional paid time off at Christmas), tickets to BFI festivals and events plus many others.

The BFI supports diversity and inclusion, and as an organisation recognises that it needs to address under representation within its teams. As such, the BFI strongly welcome and encourage applicants from its under-represented groups; who identify as D/deaf and disabled and/or are Black and Global Majority, and guarantees a first interview to applicants from these groups who meet the minimum requirements of the role.

Further details about the BFI and BFI benefits can be obtained from BFI jobs and opportunities.

The closing date for this position is 22/02/2024 at 23:59