Intern: Media Archivist

The Media Archivist Intern support the Media Archives team in gathering, organising, and storing all content produced by the eMedia Group. This internship provides practical experience in media archiving, metadata management, digital asset management, and broadcast workflows while ensuring content is accurately catalogued and readily accessible in accordance with company policies and industry standards.

Media Preparation

Clearing the previous day’s rundown templates for each bulletin aired by deleting video links, so that there is adequate space in the system

Gathering aired clean packages, all live feeds, raw footage and cutting interviews from all bulletins recorded as per the archives SOP and the Archives selection policy

Overseeing content ingest from multiple sources and confirming technical quality standards to ensure compliance with broadcasting standards and formats.

Media Archiving

Applying accurate metadata to all archived materials to support efficient retrieval.

Ensuring data security and redundancy through appropriate backups.

Catalogue, log, and classify all incoming footage and broadcast material using the applicable system.

Maintaining digital and physical archives, ensuring the integrity and security of all media assets.

Media Maintenance

Maintaining and regularly update metadata to ensure search accuracy.

Identifying and reporting workflow or system issues promptly.

Monitoring access rights and restrictions for internal and external content.

Client Liaison

Conducting online research to support selection of relevant footage for compilations.

Fulfilling internal and external content requests accurately and timeously, including request to all echannels (primarily News and Current Affairs), production houses.

Reporting

Logging and escalating any system or content-related issues as they arise.

Compiling daily handover reports at the end of each shift with updates and task status.

Qualifications

National Senior Certificate - Essential

National Diploma in Library and Information Studies/Archival Studies and Media Studies - Essential

Bachelors Degree in Library and Information Studies/Information Science/Knowledge and Media Studies - Recommended

Language Proficiency

English - Advanced

Technology Proficiency

Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) - Advanced

Technical / Job Specific Competencies

Accuracy / Attention to Detail

Planning and Organising

Decision Making

Managing Work

Stress Tolerance