Production Manager Position

["Bryan, Nicole A." <NAB@mellon.org>]

International Digital Resources (IDR) is an initiative of Ithaka, a
not-for-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the adoption of
productive and efficient uses of information technologies for the benefit
of worldwide higher education. Ithaka is closely aligned with JSTOR
(www.jstor.org) and ARTstor (www.artstor.org), both of which also offer
high-quality online resources for the worldwide scholarly community.  All
of these organizations are affiliates of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Ithaka is currently seeking a full time Production Manager.  This position
will be based in Princeton, NJ but is expected to travel to the New York
City office several times a month and will also require a significant
amount of international travel.

The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the creation
of online databases of scholarly content from developing regions of the
world.  Working in close collaboration with international partners, the
incumbent will coordinate multiple digitization projects around the world,
beginning with the design phase, ensuring that they meet consistent
technical standards for image quality and descriptive metadata.  More
specifically, the Production Manager will prepare guidelines, design
standardized procedures, and document best practices for digital imaging
and metadata capture. Develop metadata standards for a wide range of
collections, taking into account existing standards, the nature of
collections in IDR, and the needs of IDR's primary users.  Seeking input
from appropriate sources, the Product Manager will establish production
goals, priorities and deadlines as well as develop and implement a plan
for meeting these goals.  This will require the upgrading of tools and
technologies as needed to maintain maximum efficiency.  Additionally, the
Production Manager will be accountable for project planning, monitoring
projects and quality control including, but not limited to, conducting
research on costs and feasibility of digitizing potential new collections
(in collaboration with other IDR staff), preparing detailed digitization
plans in collaboration with content holders, and serving as IDR's
principal liaison to metadata standard developers and imaging specialists
in the educational, cultural, and scholarly communities.

Qualifications

Qualified candidates must possess at least 3 -5 years of experience
working with digital library projects of significant scale and complexity,
including management experience.  A Bachelor's degree with coursework
and/or experience in digital imaging and the application of metadata
standard is required. An advanced degree in library, computer, or museum
sciences is desirable.  The ideal candidate must have demonstrated
proficiency in problem identification and resolution and demonstrated
experience and technical knowledge of a range of relevant software
applications and digital imaging equipment.  This includes familiarity
with digital imaging standards and metadata standards commonly used in the
library and cultural heritage sectors. Candidates must have strong project
management, organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.  
Candidates must also be able to adapt quickly to changing and diverse
environments.  Knowledge of one or more foreign languages is desirable.

The Mellon Foundation is an equal opportunity employer that offers a
competitive salary, outstanding benefits, excellent working conditions and
the opportunity to grow and expand your skills.  If you want to join a
high quality team of service driven professionals, email your cover letter
and resume including salary history to: prodcoord@mellon.org.  Please note
that we will consider each response carefully, but only contact those
individuals we feel are most qualified for the position.  Telephone
inquiries will not be accepted.

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