Digitisation Studio Manager

Grade UE07: £41,064 - £48,822 per annum

Information Services Group/Library & University Collections Directorate/Digital Library

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Open-ended (permanent)

 

Are you looking for a rewarding and challenging role managing the digitisation of the University of Edinburgh's world-class heritage collections?

We are looking for a Digitisation Studio Manager to join our team on a permanent basis. If you have experience of running a digitisation studio, knowledge of a range of high-end imaging equipment, software and workflows, as well as staff management experience and a passion for heritage collections, then we would love to hear from you. The successful candidate will manage our Cultural Heritage Digitisation service, running two studios, line-managing digitisation staff and be responsible for project management, studio workflows and quality standards.

 

This is a full-time (35 hours per week) on-site role, though we are committed to flexible working and are willing to consider options such as compressed hours or staggered start or finish times.

What we can offer you:

• A supportive work environment offering a great variety of work, including daily interaction with the University's world class heritage collections. 
• A generous annual leave allowance of 40 days per year (including festive closure days), pro-rata for part-time staff.
• A range of flexible working options to help you prioritise work/life balance. 
• A defined-benefit pension scheme with a substantial employer contribution. 
• Access to excellent training and CPD to help you refine your skillset. 
• Varied staff discounts, family friendly initiatives, support for staff wellbeing and more. 
• A day of paid leave annually for your chosen volunteering activity.   

 Use our reward calculator to find out the total value of the pay and benefits for this role.

Responsibilities include:

• Overseeing the day-to-day digitisation in L&UC's digitisation studios, allocating work, ensuring standards (e.g. imaging/metadata) are adhered to and material is digitised effectively and efficiently to meet the needs of service users.
• Line managing digitisation staff, ensuring they are motivated to perform their roles effectively. 
• Managing digitisation projects and on demand activity as they develop, applying agreed project/service management standards to ensure work is completed on time and within scope, and preparing regular reports outlining digitisation activity.
• Training staff in photography/digitisation techniques so that they have the skills and knowledge to carry out digitisation to the best of their ability, while emphasising continuous, ongoing improvement of processes and activities.
• Liaising with key stakeholders within L&UC including staff in conservation, metadata, and collections.
• Managing and maintaining digitisation equipment and liaising with suppliers for troubleshooting.
• Contributing to increasing staff and student understanding of digitisation processes through delivering workshops, lectures, blog posts etc.
• Undertaking photography/digitisation work as and when required to help meet project targets and deadlines.

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Our ideal candidate will have: 

• A relevant degree level/professional qualification and work experience, or relevant practical experience.
• Experience of running a digitisation studio and using a range of equipment for different types of requirements.
• Staff/volunteer management experience.
• Experience and knowledge of project management approaches and techniques. 
• Knowledge and experience of using digital manipulation software (e.g., Adobe CC).
• Experience of recruiting staff.
• Interest in heritage collections.
• Understanding of international digitisation standards.
• Good level of IT knowledge.
• Familiarity with the full digitisation lifecycle including digital preservation, and experience of working with digital files in a DAMS.
• Excellent communication skills.

Application procedure:

Please contact  if you would like to arrange an informal discussion about the post.

The University is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. If you have the right skills for the job, we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race. 

Prior to any employment commencing candidates will be required to evidence Right to Work in the UK. 

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK. 

To apply, upload a CV and cover letter before 5th January 2026.

Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone. 

 

Interviews will be held in-person in January/February 2026 (TBC).