Metadata Librarian, Blizzard Entertainment Vault Team, Irvine, CA
Posted December 6, 2016
The Blizzard Entertainment Vault team, in collaboration with the Hearthstone team, is seeking a highly organized and detail oriented metadata librarian to assist in the creation and application of metadata for all assets related to the Hearthstone intellectual property. The Vault team is a small team of professionals dedicated to the care and preservation of the company’s history and culture while also ensuring collections are readily available to Blizzard employees. This position will work with the Vault team’s digital asset management system, cumulus, to make a wide-range of Hearthstone game assets accessible to the company.
Reporting to the Blizzard librarian / archivist, this position will focus on the enrichment of metadata for all digitally archived Hearthstone assets by working to standardize and apply controlled vocabulary to all assets ingested into the digital asset management system.
Responsibilities
- Apply controlled vocabulary to the backlog of Hearthstone assets within the company digital asset management system. Collection includes concept art, World of Warcraft trading card game art, and current assets.
- Work with the Blizzard librarian to establish controlled vocabularies for Hearthstone assets.
- Assist in the creation of a video game metadata and controlled vocabulary schema unique to Blizzard assets.
- Maintain documentation on metadata standards and guidelines.
- Assist in developing training and best search methods to ensure the collection is accessible to the Hearthstone team and the greater Blizzard campus.
Requirements
- Master of Library and Information Science graduate degree in Library Science (or related field such as archives, information science, digital curation, etc). Current MLIS graduate students are also encouraged to apply
- Solid understanding of digital asset management systems and born-digital materials
- Knowledge and / or experience working with content standards such as Dublin Core
- Superior verbal and communications skills with the ability to work in a team environment
- An understanding of theoretical and practical knowledge of information sciences and ability to apply it in a unique game industry setting
Pluses
- Familiar with Canto Cumulus
- Strong understanding and knowledge of Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
- Familiar with the World of Warcraft universe
Required application materials
- Resume
- Cover letter
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