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Content Requirements Specialist - Utah
- Hybrid
- Lehi, Utah, United States, 84043
- Cross Functional
- Full time
About Ancestry:
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Content Project Requirements team oversees historical records and understands how they are used in research, contributing to the definition of how that content is indexed and presented on the site and coordinating with other teams involved in the production process. Their primary responsibility is writing keying instructions and creating image samples for the indexing process.
Content Project Requirements Specialist focuses on analyzing historical records to be processed for online publication and documenting the project requirements for indexing. They also manage collection description data. They should have strong analytical and communication skills, an understanding of historical records, show great care for detail, can work well on a team, and are self-motivated and innovative.
Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
1 year contract
Hybrid in office preferred
Compensation will be $20 - $25 per hour
What You Will Do:
- Analyze historical record collections to understand their content and organizational/grammatical structure, and how to best extract the data for search and use online
- Read and translate documents in different languages (i.e. German, Nordic, Finnish, Latin, French, Old-English, Cyrillic, Romanian, Hawaiian, Spanish) We use google translate and Gemini for most this.
- Schedule and conduct meetings across multiple teams
- Determine and document detailed project requirements for indexing together with content project managers and the content publishing team. This includes planning, creating, writing, and editing clear and succinct keying instructions for our multiple keying partners and creating image samples
- Consult relevant information sources, including several online resources, to obtain background information on each new project
- Present finished work to department stake-holders and resolve any questions that may arise
- Create technical files for offshore keying partners to use in their data input
- Analyze and use metadata, authority dictionaries and live digital content to help extract data from images for use on the site
- Monitor the progress of projects through the indexing production process and respond to questions that come up during indexing
- Support continuous improvement of production processes and standards
Requirements (must haves and preferred)
- Education level/certifications (if any) A bachelors degree or something similar would be preferred.
- Years of experience No specific years of experience needed.
- Specific hard/technical skill requirements Good writing skills are definitely needed. And being comfortable enough to present what they've been working on and researching. Being able to work independently, while they will be working alongside the team on similar tasks and projects, they will be working on their own projects. Any familiarity on languages or history is a plus.
Additional Information:
Ancestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In addition, Ancestry will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
All job offers are contingent on a background check screen that complies with applicable law. For candidates who live in San Francisco, CA, pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Ancestry will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Ancestry is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Ancestry via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Ancestry. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Ancestry as a result of the referral or through other means.
