Archivist - Lifestyle
Company: New Balance
Location: Brighton
Posted on: May 16, 2022
Job Description:
Who We Are:Since 1906, New Balance has empowered people through
sport and craftsmanship to create positive change in communities
around the world. We innovate fearlessly, guided by our core values
and driven by the belief that conventions were meant to be
challenged. We foster a culture in which every associate feels
welcomed and respected, where leaders and creatives are inspired to
shape the world of tomorrow by taking bold action today. At New
Balance, We Got Now.JOB MISSION:Establish an archive for New
Balance, creating physical and digital systems to categorize and
record the stories, products and people in our brand's history, and
our future. Work with teams across the organization to gain
understanding in order to create a process toward implementation.
Create an in-house physical archive that is complimented by a
searchable digital database, while working within an established
budget to oversee start-up logistics and build out in an existing
space. Work with product creation and brand marketing teams to
record history in a way that captures the energy, emotion and
teamwork that make the NB legacy unique and compelling.MAJOR
ACCOUNTABILITIES:
- Facilitate the transportation of physical collections from
various archive locations and collectors to a central Boston-HQ
based hub.
- Responsible for the organization, care and preservation of
physical collection using the best practices in the field.
- Responsible for coordinating photography and digitization of
collection.
- Establish archive policies and act as manager for the NB
archive - field and log requests for items, and ensure items are
returned in a timely manner.
- Increase accessibility of archive through internal digital hub
- implement software and facilitate training.
- Work with internal teams to collect and record stories, oral
and written history, and relevant context and apply it to digital
archive.
- Continually source and pursue new collection acquisitions and
manage a yearly acquisition budget.
- Work with teams to plan on-going archiving and selection of
collaborations, in-line product, notable events, internal
milestones and oral history. Establish a process for archive
nominations.
- Ask questions, be curious, get to the bottom of history, and
whenever possible, see that it is told through a first-person
lens.REQUIREMENTS FOR SUCCESS:
- Degree in Archival Management, Archival Science or
Library/Information Science required with formal training or
professional experience in archival theory and practice. In
exceptional instances specialized education, training, and/or
experience may be substituted for a part or all of the educational
requirements.
- 5 years minimum experience with archival processing in a
museum, library, or other similar cultural heritage
institution.
- Demonstrated expertise in creating digital databases and
collection hierarchy.
- Strong analytical, organizational skills, as well as proficient
communication, project and time management skills.
- Capacity to thrive when managing multiple workstreams and
working across a wide subset of the organization.
- Demonstrated knowledge of current trends in archive science and
digital databases.#LI-JIOur Benefits:Our products are only as good
as the people we hire, so we make sure to hire the best and treat
them accordingly. New Balance offers a comprehensive traditional
benefits package including three options for medical insurance as
well as dental, vision, life insurance and 401K. We also proudly
offer a slate of more nontraditional perks - opportunities like
online learning and development courses, tuition reimbursement,
$100 monthly student loan support and various mentorship programs -
that encourage our associates to grow personally as they develop
professionally. You'll also enjoy a yearly $1,000 lifestyle
reimbursement, 4 weeks of vacations, 12 holidays and generous
parental leave, because work-life balance is more than just a
buzzword - it's part of our culture.Learn more about our
BenefitsFlexible Work Schedule:New Balance is committed to creating
a culture that allows our associates to do their best work. Our
corporate work-from-home policy does not mandate an arbitrary
number of days in-office. Instead, we've designed a flexible hybrid
model that empowers individual teams by letting the type of work
dictate where it will most effectively be performed. We are
capitalizing on this unique opportunity to evolve how we work based
on efficiency, productivity, and the well-being of our
associates.Equal Opportunity Employer:New Balance provides equal
opportunities for all current and prospective associates and takes
affirmative action to ensure that employment, training,
compensation, transfer, promotion and other terms, conditions and
privileges of employment are provided without regard to race,
color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, age, handicap, genetic information and/or status as an
Armed Forces service medal veteran, recently separated veteran,
qualified disabled veteran or other protected veteran.
Keywords: New Balance, Boston , Archivist - Lifestyle, Other , Brighton, Massachusetts
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