Iron Mountain

Iron Mountain Entertainment Services (IMES) is the leading physical and digital asset preservation and archiving service for the Entertainment industry. We partner with the film, music, broadcast, and sports industries to provide Iron Mountain’s breadth of global resources and unparalleled safety and security of their invaluable and irreplaceable assets. Our team of veteran industry experts provides best practices and technology to entertainment industry content producers to empower them to protect, access, and monetize their archives across all stages of their lifecycle from creation to preservation.

The Role

As the Imaging Technician and Photography Specialist, you will be responsible for the meticulous care, photographing, editing, and archival storage of photography negatives and other visual materials. You will play a vital role in the preservation of our visual heritage, making these images accessible to future generations. You will utilise industry-standard software (e.g., Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom) to edit and enhance images, ensuring color accuracy, clarity, and preservation of historical context while accurately cataloging and document images, including metadata entry, to ensure comprehensive record-keeping and accessibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Image asset migration (digitization), restoration, remediation, and reformat in the digital studio space
• Client communication
• Research – format and metadata identification/verification
• Project management, work logs, asset tracking, chain of custody, archival engineer reports for all asset production work
• Troubleshoot, calibrate, and general maintenance/upkeep of existing equipment
• Recommend and test new and used equipment (hardware and software) including software version, driver, and firmware update management
• Functional Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies: Job requires a fundamental understanding of current and obsolete image and photographic formats and processes. Strong team and interpersonal skills are required in addition to technical and business expertise

The Person...

• Familiarity with historic analog and digital photography media formats including, but not limited to: negatives, positives, transparencies, glass plate, slide, and posters
• Working knowledge of MAC/PC including but not limited to: Capture One, Photoshop, Photomechanical, Adobe Acrobat, FileMaker, and LightRoom, Google Suite
• Familiarity with rich media archive organization, inventory, and tracking
• Detailed Archival and Work Log generation – detailed asset tracking of all production work and metadata
• Familiarity with secure electronic and physical file delivery systems
• Familiarity with backup solutions: digital archiving to server and LTO
• Familiarity with restoration, remediation, stabilization of 2D Assets. Able to identify deterioration and recommend/execute remediation for safe digitization.
• General Maintenance of Imaging Equipment: Camera capture system, computer workstation, imaging peripherals.
• Attention to detail/quality control: consistent monitor of image file quality, metadata captured, final deliverables
• Excellent communication skills: written and verbal
• Self-motivation and effective time management: planning, organization, and prioritization for the successful and timely completion of projects
• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Demonstrates ability to learn new technologies
• Ability to constructively collaborate in a results-oriented team

Requirements:

• A Bachelor's Degree in Photography or Certificate from an accredited multi-media, film, photojournalism, graphics, or database/archive management school or technical program is highly preferred but not required.
• Preferred Experience: 2 – 7 Years
• Attention to detail
• Proficient in the use of photo editing software (Photoshop, Photomechanical, Adobe Acrobat, FileMaker, and LightRoom)

Why You Should Apply

You may know Iron Mountain as a storage company, but we’re so much more than that – especially on the inside! We’ve worked hard to create an inclusive workplace culture where people genuinely care about and support one another. Despite our global presence, Mountaineers are a tight-knit community, and we’d love for you to join us! We offer a generous benefits package, including supplement health programs, retirement plans, a comprehensive employee assistance program, flexible work arrangements and more.

At Iron Mountain, we value the unique backgrounds and experiences that individual team members contribute to our culture. To that end, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet the exact qualifications listed above. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to be part of an ever-evolving, global organisation focused on transformation and innovation.

Category: Operations Group

Iron Mountain is a global leader in storage and information management services trusted by more than 225,000 organizations in 60 countries. We safeguard billions of our customers’ assets, including critical business information, highly sensitive data, and invaluable cultural and historic artifacts. Take a look at our history here .

Iron Mountain helps lower cost and risk, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and enable digital and sustainable solutions, whether in information management, digital transformation, secure storage and destruction, data center operations, cloud services, or art storage and logistics. Please see our Values and Code of Ethics for a look at our principles and aspirations in elevating the power of our work together.

Requisition: J0071849