Job Opening Title: Corporate Archivist
Institution/Organization Name: The Clorox Co.
Job Location (City, State, Province, Country): Oakland, CA, USA
Application Deadline: 3/15/18
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Years of experience required: 1
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Please include instructions for how to apply.: CORPORATE ARCHIVIST OPPORTUNITY AT THE CLOROX CO. IN OAKLAND
CONTACT: Patti Pop at patti.pop@clorox.com
The Clorox Company (NYSE: CLX) is a leading multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer and professional products with about 8,000 employees worldwide and fiscal year 2017 sales of $6 billion. Clorox markets some of the most trusted and recognized consumer brand names, including its namesake bleach and cleaning products; Pine-Sol® cleaners; Liquid Plumr® clog removers; Poett® home care products; Fresh Step® cat litter; Glad® bags, wraps and containers; Kingsford® charcoal; Hidden Valley® dressings and sauces; Brita® water-filtration products; Burt’s Bees® natural personal care products; and Renew Life® digestive health products. The company also markets brands for professional services, including Clorox Healthcare® and Clorox Commercial Solutions®. More than 80 percent of the company’s sales are generated from brands that hold the No. 1 or No. 2 market share positions in their categories.
For more than 100 years, we’ve been making everyday life better every day for our consumers and our employees. We’re looking for a part-time archivist (8 hours a week) to maintain our corporate archive at our headquarters office in downtown Oakland, California. This is a contractor/internship position that reports to the director of Global Corporate Communications.
Key Responsibilities
– Maintain archive policies and procedures for asset accession, research, storage and long-term preservation of collection. Catalog assets in archive management system, including digitization of physical assets using scanner or digital photography.
– Respond to archive inquires and requests including asset retrieval, historical research and fact checking.
– Administer archive management system including users, site hierarchy and content changes. Administer external historical website including regular content updates and user administration.
– Identify and recommend items to retain, purge or acquire to fill gaps.
– Identify, acquire and catalog new assets, as needed.
– Conduct ongoing review of scope of new assets to be housed in the archive.
– As needed, write stories and/or blogs for our employee intranet and company website celebrating the history and anniversaries of our brands.
Skills and Abilities:
– Demonstrated knowledge of the creation and management of electronic records, especially in an archive management system
– Ability to manage workload in a timely, effective manner with minimum supervision
– Excellent written communication skills
– Ability to work independently and in collaboration with others, with a high sensitivity to confidentiality
– Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills in professional environment
– Knowledge of archive management systems and metadata standards
– Ability to lift up to 40 lbs. and work in temperature-controlled environment
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