Freelance Interviewer

3 weeks ago

RossonWye, United Kingdom LifeBook Ltd Full time

Company - LifeBook Ltd.

The role of the LifeBook Interviewer is to help capture amazing stories about a person’s life. You will facilitate a life journey unfolding, by building a relationship with an author, over a series of personal visits. You will play a vital role in bringing to life and recording their autobiographical stories, creating a wonderful family legacy. The interviewer will visit the author, usually in their own home, for 12 meetings over a four-five-month period. Each regular meeting lasts 90 minutes and is digitally recorded for a ghostwriter to creatively adapt into a 200-page hardback book with the support of a LifeBook editor, project manager, proofreader and typesetter. LifeBook is the private autobiography specialist and confidentiality is essential at all times.

Commitment: 5-6 months
Start date: January 2023 - PLEASE ONLY APPLY ONLINE NOT BY TELEPHONE

Job type: Part-time, contract

The role requires:

- Commitment to complete 12 interviews of 90-minutes each and also spend time preparing for the sessions, uploading the audio recordings and scanning the author amends for the writer after the sessions
- Ability to work as part of a virtual team and to agreed timescales
- Ability to follow procedures and work to directed instructions from the team’s project manager
- Good IT skills to be able to learn how to use a recording machine and scanner to specified settings and upload to our online database
- Commitment to complete an online training, which covers the technical and soft skills required for the position
- Living in close proximity to the author to allow for short travel times of less than 10 miles or 30 minutes
- A desire to work with and build a relationship and life story with the author
- Proven ability to structure a conversation to ensure all relevant information is obtained in a sensible order
- An interest in social history and people’s stories, from the everyday to the exceptional
- Active listening and strong verbal communication skills
- Empathy, patience and an open manner
- Open-minded and non-judgemental

**The benefits**:
Whilst the role is remunerated, there are additional benefits of interviewing with LifeBook, including:

- The pride of helping produce a personal autobiography and family legacy
- To meet incredible people with extraordinary stories to tell
- Comprehensive training and on-going support from a professional, expanding UK company
- Part-time work to suit your schedule

If you are interested in learning more about being an interviewer, please get in touch.

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