Location: Remote
- $50 AUD per episode.
- Volume: 150+ episodes available.
- Flexibility: 1–2 episodes per week
- Platform: Hiring and payments will be managed through Upwork.
- Work Arrangement: Permanent WFH.
Role Overview:We are seeking a researcher with a strong background in military history to assist in sourcing visual content for our podcast. Your primary role is to listen to episodes, identify the historical context, and independently curate a high-quality library of relevant imagery and footage to be used in our YouTube productions.
Responsibilities:
- Listen to podcast episodes to deeply understand the historical narrative and context.
- Independent Research: Proactively source and download appropriate high-resolution photos and video clips from public archives, historical databases, and open-source repositories.
- Perform basic photo enhancement, including resizing, cropping, and basic color correction or colorizing black-and-white images.
- Organize and upload all curated media assets to Dropbox, ensuring they are labeled correctly for the production team.
Requirements:
- Subject Matter Expertise: A solid, demonstrable understanding of military history is essential.
- Advanced Research Skills: Ability to independently navigate digital archives and find specific historical equipment, figures, and battle locations without pre-provided links.
- Basic Photo Editing: Proficiency in simple image adjustments (e.g., resizing and color enhancement).
- Attention to Detail: Ability to select 30–50 relevant, high-quality images per episode that accurately reflect the spoken content.
Process:
- Listen: Review the assigned podcast episode.
- Source: Independently research, verify, and download 30–50 relevant images and video clips.
- Refine: Edit and enhance the images to meet quality standards.
- Deliver: Upload the organized asset folder to Dropbox for the video editors.