Kew's 250th anniversary website re-launch project

As part of our 250th anniversary celebrations, Kew will be launching a new website in 2009. We will be celebrating all that we have achieved in that time. More importantly, we will be looking to the future, ensuring we continue to inspire and deliver science-based plant conservation worldwide. Reporting to Mike Saunders, Content and Learning Department is looking for a project team to successfully deliver this project.

Summary of Responsibilities:
The Digital Projects Manager will be responsible for overall planning and management of projects related to the Library's digital collection. He/she will perform detailed analysis of digitization and digital collection projects. Analysis includes functional needs assessment and requirements specification for new digital collections; specification of workflows for digitizing or capturing, loading, producing metadata for digital library collections; developing budgets for new projects and managing approved projects to completion. Duties include preparation of proposals for projects and developing work plans, schedules and budgets for proposed projects, as well as maintaining documentation for approved projects and preparing status reports. Responsible for the management of digitization projects at various stages from conception through completion.

Requirements:

There are three openings in the Digital Media department, a multidisciplinary team of 10 people, including designers, developers and editors. We're responsible for: