DC Thomson
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ArchiveManager
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“Archive Manager at DC Thomson. Skills: Archive operations, Strategy development, Team management, Content discoverability. Lead day-to-day archive operations. Ensure consistent service delivery”
What You'll Achieve.
Evolve the service; Improve discoverability; Improve usability; Enable efficient access; Support increased internal use; Ensure compliance; Strengthen business support
Industry & Context.
Data-driven improvement
Regular travel to Aberdeen
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Archive or collections management experience, Metadata standards knowledge, Cataloguing practices knowledge, Digital archive workflows knowledge, Cross-functional working experience, Operational delivery balancing, Rights, copyright, or information governance understanding, Managing priorities experience
Nice to Have
Experience in complex or multi-format environment
What You'll Do.
Lead day-to-day archive operations
Ensure consistent service delivery
Develop archive strategy
Align service to priorities
Manage and support team
Drive clear standards
Oversee cataloguing practices
Improve content discoverability
Deliver efficient access services
Reduce turnaround times
Apply archive standards
Support digitisation activity
Prioritise collections
Identify workflow improvements
Identify metadata improvements
Identify service performance improvements
Manage external supplier relationships
Contribute to system improvement
Contribute to process improvement
Contribute to standards improvement
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Editorial teams; Product teams; Commercial teams; Legal teams
Full Job Description
### **Archive Manager** **Location:** Dundee (primary) with regular travel to Aberdeen ### **About the role** DC Thomson’s archives hold an exceptional collection spanning physical, digitised and born‑digital materials, capturing the history, brands and communities that define our organisation. From iconic titles like _The Beano_ and _The Sunday Post_ to _The Scots Magazine_ , _The Press and Journal_ and _The Courier_ , our archive is both a treasured legacy and an active business asset. As Archive Manager, you’ll play a central role in ensuring this rich collection is accessible, well‑organised and effectively used across the business. You’ll lead day‑to‑day archive operations, managing priorities, maintaining professional standards and supporting teams across editorial, product, commercial and legal to unlock the value of our content. Working across a multi‑site team in Dundee and Aberdeen, you’ll oversee archive services that enable efficient access, reuse and discovery of materials, while ensuring the right controls are in place for rights, compliance and preservation. You’ll also contribute to improving workflows, enhancing metadata and strengthening how the archive supports business needs. This is a unique opportunity to combine stewardship with impact, helping to preserve our heritage while making it relevant and usable for today’s audiences and commercial opportunities. ### **What you’ll be doing (skills & experience)** * Leading day‑to‑day archive operations, ensuring consistent, high‑quality service delivery across physical and digital collections * Developing the archive strategy to evolve the service, aligned to portfolio priorities and business outcomes. * Managing and supporting a team of archivists and assistants, driving clear standards, productivity and effective ways of working * Overseeing cataloguing, metadata and classification practices to improve discoverability and usability of archive content * Delivering efficient access services, reducing
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