About the Role
The Digital Archive team at Nine is undertaking a significant project to digitize and productize its extensive content archive, spanning 195 years of Australian broadcast media, film, and publishing. This role is crucial for driving Nine's digitization pipeline, overseeing the physical and digital lifecycle of media heritage assets, and modernizing them for future use and commercial discovery.
Responsibilities
- Execute the end-to-end digitisation logging process, accurately matching physical legacy assets to their digital outputs.
- Perform technical QC and format verification on digitised broadcast video, audio, and publishing assets to meet delivery standards.
- Enrich and verify metadata at the point of ingestion, ensuring every asset is indexed correctly within our Media Asset Management (MAM) system.
- Partner with external digitisation vendors to coordinate content batches, manage physical pick-and-pack logistics, and maintain collection control integrity.
- Document and categorise historical assets across broadcasting and publishing divisions to identify historical value and enable commercial AI productisation.
- Monitor throughput metrics, document workflows, and recommend process improvements to transition digitisation projects into smooth Business-as-Usual (BAU) operations.
Requirements
- Experience in media operations, library science, or a digital archive environment (0-2 years' experience is ideal).
- A strong technical understanding of various media formats across broadcast (video/audio) and publishing (newsprint/photography).
- Exceptional attention to detail with a keen eye for technical flaws in digital video and images.
- Familiarity with metadata schemas and a high level of comfort navigating Digital Asset Management systems.
- A proactive, "one team" mindset with the ability to build trusted relationships with librarians, technical teams, and external partners.
- Must already have the right to lawfully work and live in Australia.
Skills
- Media operations
- Library science
- Digital archive management
- Technical understanding of media formats
- Metadata schemas
- Digital Asset Management systems
- Vendor management
- Logistics management
- AI productisation
Location
- Australia
Work Type
- Contract
- Flexible hours
- Hybrid work
- Part-time arrangements
Experience Level
- 0-2 years
Benefits
- 18 weeks paid parental leave with no distinction between primary and secondary carers
- Access to 'Employee Exclusives' program
- Digital newspaper subscription to our mastheads
- Annual gift voucher for Stan subscription
About the Company
- Nine is Australia’s largest locally owned media company.
- Working at Nine offers a unique range of experiences and opportunities.
- Nine's content reaches almost every Australian, bringing people together and celebrating moments.
- Nine is evolving and seeks individuals with new ideas and innovation.
Equal Opportunity
- We're committed to a safe, respectful and inclusive Nine.
- We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, and of all ages, genders, nationalities, backgrounds and cultures.
- Should you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please advise us when you apply.
