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Job Opening Title: Metadata Specialist
Employer Name: Conner Literary
Job Location: Los Angeles or remote
Application Deadline: Rolling
Salary Range: DOE
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Years of experience required: 1-2
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Please include instructions for how to apply.: Literary Coordinator / Metadata Specialist
Hybrid publishing/entertainment industry opportunity for detail-oriented data lovers, digital archivists, and/or librarians! Conner Literary is a boutique IP-to-film scouting firm, helping an exciting list of Hollywood producers and studios to identify and secure the screen rights to books, articles, and podcasts with adaptation potential. We’re looking for a literary coordinator / metadata specialist to manage our constantly-growing digital archive of publishing industry information in real time.
If you love books, movies/TV, and database management systems, we’d love to hear from you.
Job title: Literary Coordinator / Metadata Specialist
Reports to: Founder/Principal
Essential Duties:
Oversee the creation/refinement of our weekly Book Memos—comprehensive documents reflecting the up-to-date, active deal information from the publishing and book-to-film marketplaces. These memos are generated in FileMaker and are curated versions of aggregated data.
Utilize and monitor customized FileMaker Pro database, inputting data as necessary to track progress.
Proofread, edit, research, enhance, and maintain accuracy of metadata.
Coordinate with our Head of Operations and server host to optimize database operations as needed.
Knowledge & Skills:
Experience with FileMaker Pro or similar database management system.
Fluency in Google Workspace/G-Suite.
Attention to (and passion for!) detail.
Strong organizational & time management skills.
Ability to communicate effectively with all members of our small, close-knit team.
Proactivity on data-based projects that may help service clients.
Interest in entertainment, media rights, and the business of publishing!
Position type and expected hours of work: Full time.
Required education and experience: BA required. Previous professional experience that involves organizing high volumes of data.
Preferred education and experience: MA in Library Science and/or Information Studies strongly preferred, but not required if the candidate meets all other criteria and is a quick learner.
Salary: Negotiable/DOE.
Location: As a company, we are based in Los Angeles, but this job is currently remote and can continue to be post-vaccine for the right person.
This position has been filled.
