Bill Jackson

About Bill Jackson

I DON’T REPLY TO SALESPEOPLE ON LINKEDIN. Corporate archivist with excellent…

Experience

1. Manager of Archives and Heritage Services

   Harley-Davidson Motor Company

   Jan 1998 — Present · Milwaukee, WI, US

   Stakeholder Support:Serve as trusted contact to external media. On-camera interviewee for television documentaries (The History Detectives, How We Got Here, Globe Trekker, What’s in the Barn, A&E Biography, etc), local news, etc.Assist with integration of legacy data into enterprise-wide Notebook knowledge management application.Extensive reference assistance, including confidentiality, copyright, trademark, product liability, product development, etc.Write monthly articles for employee newsletter; serve as emcee at H-D Museum events.Provide product review for General Merchandise group. Assist with research for motorcycle product development.Provide guided tours to ticket buyers, executives and celebrities. Train and advise docents and other Museum staff.Served on Harley-Davidson Brand Resource Support Council. Review external requests for company resources.Collections Development & Management:Digital Asset Management departmental administrator.Lead Collections Planning for Museum and Archives. Lead efforts in historical appraisal, accessioning and acquisition of internal and external artifacts, records, manuscripts, media and ephemera. Project manage digitization of historical records/media for reference and preservation. Identify stakeholder needs, draft budget, select external vendors if necessary, determine metadata and imaging standards.Manage arrangement and description of historical collections. Oversee physical organization and preservation of administrative records, manuscript and bibliographic collections, marketing ephemera, digital and analog audio-visual media and three-dimensional artifacts.Innovation, Leadership & Administration:Co-manage creation and launch of online store launched 4/13/2012.Manage one FTE and two contingent positions; lead planning process for departmental budget, project prioritizing and staffing.Serve as expert witness on behalf of Harley-Davidson Legal Department

Education

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

  MLIS, Library Science

  1994 — 1995

• University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

  BA, Philosophy

  1987 — 1992

Skills

• Digitization
• Leadership
• Public Speaking
• Museum Collections
• Library
• Information Management
• Research
• Project Planning
• Archives
• Library Services
• Editing
• Libraries
• Strategic Planning
• Management
• Digital Asset Management
• Community Outreach
• Project Management
• Museums
• Metadata
• Microsoft Office
• Data Analysis
• History
• Customer Service
• Cataloging