"He always had a dog with him" One very contented looking man and his dog, working alongside the Gallarus Oratory on the beautiful Dingle Peninsula in Kerry. ca. 1960 National Library of Irelan NLI Ref.: TIL617

Audiovisual Archivist

Position

Audiovisual Archivist (full-time)

Location

Washington, DC US

Application Date

October 22, 2025

Job Link

https://www.usajobs.gov/job/847740100

Job Contact

In this position, you will:

  1. Manage and coordinate the in-house digitization and reformatting of audiovisual materials as needed.
  2. Oversee outsourced preservation projects including managing contracts with vendors for the preservation of audiovisual materials, budgeting, and developing statements of work.
  3. Manage and document audiovisual collections management policies, procedures, best practices, archival standards and workflows.
  4. Process archival collections, or portions of collections, that contain large quantities of audio and/or moving image materials.
  5. Participate in Smithsonian pan-institutional efforts related to archival audiovisual collection management, preservation, and access, including emerging efforts to develop a collaborative, pan-institutional workflow for scaling up audiovisual preservation of mass digitization.

See linked job announcement for more information.