Job profile

Salary: £32,952 – £38,613 per annum 

We are seeking a Digital Media Specialists Team Leader to join the BFI’s Data and Digital Preservation team at the BFI National Archive in Berkhamsted.  

The Digital Media Specialists Team Leader will lead and develop a team of Digital Media Specialists to provide a flexible range of technical services and functions to achieve the digital preservation and access activities for BFI National Archive digital audiovisual collections. They will assist with and advise on specifications, quality control and verification processes in collaboration with colleagues, to meet agreed quality standards and deadlines. 

Key responsibilities include: 

• To lead a team that provides operational functions necessary to achieve quality control, validation, preservation, transcoding, and access for audiovisual digital content within the Archive . 
• Provide technical advice and guidance, and contribute to documentation for all colleagues engaged with digital audiovisual processes within the archive. 
• Operate software and hardware relating to digital audiovisual workflows, including workstations, digital preservation and access tools, transcoding and editing software, and data storage peripherals. 
• Utilise and assist with the development of a range of automated and manual processes to check and conform digital audiovisual media to agreed quality standards, with attention to digital preservation good practice.  

We are looking for candidates who have: 

• Relevant experience gained within the professional field of digital audiovisual media. 
• Ability to lead, supervise and develop a team.  
• Experience of working with a broad range of digital audiovisual technologies and equipment  
• Can demonstrate an understanding of relevant digital audiovisual formats including (but not limited to): Apple ProRes Quicktime, Digital Cinema Package (DCP), Digital Cinema Distribution Master (DCDM), IMP, H.264 MP4, FFV1 Matroska 

A full list of responsibilities and minimum requirements can be found in the job description. 

About the BFI  

We are a cultural charity, a National Lottery distributor, and the UK’s lead organisation for film and the moving image. We believe society needs stories. Film, television and the moving image bring them to life, helping us connect and understand each other better. We share the stories of yesterday, search for the stories of today, and shape 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.  

We support diversity and inclusion, and as an organisation recognise that we need to address under representation within our teams. As such we strongly welcome and encourage applicants from our under-represented groups; who identify as D/deaf and disabled and/or are Black and Global Majority. We guarantee a first interview to our under-represented groups who meet our minimum requirements.  

Further details about the role, the BFI and our benefits can be found in the attachments on the left. 

The closing date for applications is 23:59 on Tuesday 05 March 2024 

First interviews will be held on Monday 18th March 2024 

Second interviews will be held on Monday 25th March 2024