Winter Shanck

About Winter Shanck

Experienced Archivist specializing in the management and operation of a 62-year archival collection within a non-profit institution. Skilled in project management, research, metadata creation, and digital preservation, with a focus on enhancing discoverability and access to media assets for production, research, and social media use. Collaborates with digitization specialists and post-production IT teams to transform physical media into organized, searchable digital collections within an in-house Media Asset Management (MAM) system.OPERATIONS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT- Plan and coordinate daily operations of the archive department- Prepare and manage department budget- Supervise and coach staff and volunteers- Manage digitization projects from RFP generation through ingest into a media asset management system- Work collaboratively with colleagues to achieve organizational goalsRESEARCH & COLLECTION ACCESS- Conduct topical research using internal and external sources for clients- Search 62-year-old collection for archival programming pertinent to production and rights & clearances- Provide audiovisual and research services company-wide for 300+ employees- Meet timelines and deliver research or services to clientsMETADATA, CATALOGING AND DIGITAL PRESERVATION- Process and catalog media collection- Enhance preexisting descriptive metadata records for audiovisual materials- Recreate descriptive information about content where records no longer exist- Ensure database is accurate and current- Knowledge of access, preservation and best practices standards for audiovisual collections- Understanding of archival techniques designed to preserve physical media files- Knowledge of information retrieval and storage technologiesCOLLECTION AND INVENTORY MANAGEMENT- Repatriate media owned by the company that is housed in external collections- Assess the collection to identify materials owned by other institutions with the goal of returning them to their owners- Ensure that rare and valuable collections are preserved properly with metadata - Curate existing media files to determine items that should be purged from storageADVOCACY- Hosted staff screening events highlighting archival content- Published a monthly blog in internal company newsletter which included clips from the archive packaged with contextual information- Promote library resources and services externally via attendance at conferences and workshops- Establish and maintain productive partnerships with clients and vendors

Experience

1. Lead Archivist, Broadcast Content

   Thirteen Wnet

   Oct 2019 — Present · New York, NY, US

Education

• NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies

  Certificate in Management Practices, Business Administration and Management, General

  2012 — 2014

• Yellowbrick.co

  NYU Film and TV Industry Essentials Certificate, Film and TV Industry

• Baruch College

  BBA, Advertising Marketing

  1995 — 2001

• William H. Maxwell High School

  Diploma, Accounting

  1991 — 1995

• Queens College

  Master of Library & Information Science - MLIS, Library and Information Science

  2003 — 2006

Skills

• Digital Preservation
• Archives
• Records Management
• Event Planning
• Online Research
• Databases
• Library
• Facebook
• Non-Profits
• Social Networking
• Library Services
• Cataloging
• Leadership
• Grant Writing
• Copy Editing
• Content Management
• Microsoft Office
• Metadata
• Public Speaking
• History
• Fundraising
• Nonprofits
• Library Science
• Digital Media
• Nonprofit Organizations
• Television
• Social Media
• Blogging
• Research
• Libraries
• Volunteer Management
• Books
• Digital Asset Management
• Editing