Fellow, MPR Archive

Position Information:

• Start Date: June 9, 2025 – June 8, 2026
• Hours: 40 hours per week
• Location: St. Paul, MN (Hybrid)
• Pay: $20/hour - $23/hour (salary will be based on individual's education and/or relevant experience)
• Application deadline: Application will close once finalists are selected

Fellow, Archive:

As the Archive Fellow, you will have a unique opportunity to gain hands on experience with archives and the record life cycle with local content. More than a digital preservation role, you'll actively shape public access to Minnesota Public Radio’s rich local content by creating compelling online exhibits and managing our engaging social media channels. Utilizing Instagram and TikTok to encourage new audiences to think about history, archives, and public media in new and interesting ways. Work across teams and departments to support the entire organization by preserving and promoting content that educates and inspires communities. This cross-functional position offers early career archivists invaluable exposure to every facet of the record lifecycle, from hands-on archiving best practices to public-facing creative content that brings archives to the people in new and impactful ways.

Key Learning Goals:

The goal of this fellowship is to provide immersive learning and real-world experience through impactful work. By the end of your fellowship, you will be able to:

Responsibilities:

As our Archive Fellow, you will engage in hands-on tasks, including:

• Assist with and lead digital archiving work of current content across APMG brands on a daily and weekly basis.
• Archive outreach work, including curating digital collections, creating and publishing content to Archive social media channels, assisting with Archive reference requests, and other special projects.
• Special archive projects, including but not limited to processing new collections (physical and digital), identifying and acquiring content for collection gaps, participating in organization-wide committees and groups, archiving backlog content, and researching and developing standard operating procedures.

Benefits:

• Eligible to accrue sick time off
• Eligible for health insurance as required under the ACA
• Eligible to participate in the APMG retirement plan
• 100% paid for onsite parking or public transportation

Programming:

• Participate in robust on-boarding experience
• Professional development: on-the-job training, workforce readiness training, formal performance review feedback sessions, etc.
• Participate in brown bag sessions to gain broader perspective of the organization

Required Qualifications:

• Completed undergraduate degree and have 2 years of relevant professional experience, OR have completed a graduate degree, OR equivalent 3-5 professional experience
• Advanced computer proficiency
• Detail-oriented and committed to thorough and attentive work
• Commitment to incorporating diversity, equity, and inclusion into daily work
• Experience with archives and archival collections
• Knowledge of social media platforms
• Cataloging and metadata knowledge or experience
• Ability to work as a team and independently

Preferred Qualifications:

• Digital preservation experience or interest
• Digital outreach and/or social media content creation

Next Step in the Application:

In addition to your skills and knowledge, we want to get to know you in the application process. Please include a cover letter (of no more than 1 page) with answers to the following:

• What interests you about this fellowship?
• What professional skills would you like to add to your toolbox in the months and years to come to grow in your career field?

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

• Must be able to perform the essential duties of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Physical Demands:
  • Required to move about in an office environment and sit for extended periods of time.
  • Required to move about in the community.
  • Frequent use of hands for data entry/keystrokes and simple grasping.
• Working Conditions:
  • Moderate noise level.
  • Occasional exposure to prevalent weather conditions.

Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

We are committed to hiring a breadth of diverse professionals and encourage members of diverse groups to apply.

MacMillan Internship & Fellowship Program at MPR|APM

Minnesota Public Radio | American Public Media are grateful for the long-time, generous philanthropy of Whitney and Elizabeth MacMillan for investing in the future of public media through transformational internships and fellowships. Their recent grant will significantly strengthen our internship program, produce enriching programming, and prepare the next generation for careers in public media. We are pleased to recognize this generous support in the name of the program – the MacMillan Internship & Fellowship Program at MPR|APM.