We’re Hiring: Admin Associate

We’re Hiring: Admin Associate

Are you looking for a rewarding and meaningful role in a fun and team-oriented atmosphere? If you have a background in customer service and data entry, this could be the perfect role for you. We are looking for a full or part-time admin associate to serve as the first point of contact and deliver an outstanding customer experience from start to finish.

This is a role that you could work around family, college, or other commitments. In return, we are looking for go-getters with extreme attention to detail and a contagious can-do attitude.

We help families and organizations secure their past captured moments by digitizing their old photos, documents, film, audio and videos. Once digitized, we place their media on flash drives and online or within slideshows and photo books. Our work is incredibly rewarding.

Job Duties:

  • Answer the phone in a friendly and professional manner while quickly assessing and appropriately directing customer inquiries.
  • Welcome customers to the office.
  • Manually handle materials customers’ irreplaceable and delicate assets.
  • Communicate with customers via phone, e-mail and in-person.
  • Process customer payments via Square, our payment gateway.
  • Work with office manager to manage workflow and provide suggestions on process improvements.
  • Track, maintain and report on call activity.
  • Assist in the set up and preparation of orders as needed.
  • Track work electronically on our workflow system, via Trello.
  • Other duties, as assigned.

Job Requirements:

  • Possess a high school diploma or equivalent.
  • Be able to sit at and use a computer for 2 to 3-hour blocks.
  • Be able bend, lift and move 20-30 lbs.
  • Experience navigating Windows-based computers.
  • Experience using Microsoft Excel.
  • Strong written and spoken English to a professional standard.
  • Experience using photo or video editing software would be a plus. Ideally, Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom and Premiere.
  • Authorized to work in the US, without sponsorship.
  • Tolerance for dust, mold and mildew when working with old and/or damaged film, photographs or related media (masks provided).

Key Attributes:

  • Exhibit high attention to detail.
  • Possess a professional demeanor.
  • Are punctual and have access to reliable transportation.
  • Perform tasks quickly with minimal errors.

Details:

  • $18/hour and overtime available.
  • Full-Time and Part-Time positions available.
  • Hours can range between Monday-Friday 8:00am-6:00pm but will need to be agreed and consistent on a quarterly basis.
  • Onsite position, working from home is not possible.
  • We are located within the Velvet Mill in Stonington, CT.
  • Free parking.

To Apply:

Email rwebb@charteroakscanning with your resume. In your cover letter or email please state:

  1. Which position you are interested in.
  2. Your reason for interest in the specific position.
  3. Your days/hours of availability.
  4. An example of how you’ve shown initiative in the past.
  5. An example demonstrating your attention-to-detail.

About Charter Oak Scanning:

Charter Oak was started as a father-daughter business in 2013. The idea sprung to life after they witnessed the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012 where memories of family and friends were washed away and important medical and financial documents damaged. Since 2013, we continue to grow our team and footprint and now is a fantastic time to join the Charter Oak family.

We’re Hiring: Production Associate

We’re Hiring: Production Associate

Are you looking for a rewarding and meaningful role in a fun and team-oriented atmosphere? Our Production Associates use older equipment along with modern editing techniques to capture analog media and convert it to a digital format.

This is a role that you could work around family, college or other commitments. In return, we are looking for go-getters with extreme attention to detail and a contagious can-do attitude. 

We help families and organizations secure the memories of the past by digitizing their old photos, documents and videos. Once digitized, we place their media on flash drives and online or within slideshows and photo books. Our work is incredibly rewarding.

Job Duties:

  • Manually handling photographic materials for archiving customers’ irreplaceable and delicate assets.
  • Live capture of old video, audio and film formats (such as VHS, vinyl, and cassettes).
  • Scanning of old photos, slides and microfilm.
  • Refining captures with minimal editing.
  • Organizing, labeling and handling of digital images in a filing system.
  • Quality checking video, audio and film orders.
  • Track your work electronically via Trello.
  • Other duties, as assigned.

Job Requirements:

  • Possess a high school diploma or equivalent.
  • Be able to sit at and use a computer for 2 to 3-hour blocks.
  • Be able to bend, lift and move 20-30 lbs.
  • Experience navigating Windows-based computers.
  • Experience using photo or video editing software.
    • Ideally, Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom and Premiere.
  • Authorized to work in the US, without sponsorship.
  • Tolerance for dust, mold and mildew when working with old and/or damaged film, photographs or related media (masks provided).

Key Attributes:

  • Exhibit high attention to detail.
  • Possess a professional demeanor.
  • Are punctual and have access to reliable transportation.
  • Perform tasks quickly with minimal errors.

Details:

  • $18/hour and overtime available.
  • Full-Time and Part-Time positions are available.
  • Hours can range between Monday-Saturday 8:00am-6:00pm but will need to be agreed upon and consistent on a quarterly basis.
  • Onsite position, working from home is not possible.
  • We are located within the Velvet Mill in Stonington, CT.
  • Free parking.

To Apply:

Email rwebb@charteroakscanning.com with your resume and in your cover letter or email please state:

  1. Which position you are interested in.
  2. Your reason for interest in the specific position.
  3. Your days/hours of availability.
  4. An example of how you’ve shown initiative in the past.
  5. An example demonstrating your attention to detail.

About Charter Oak Scanning

Charter Oak was started as a father-daughter business in 2013. The idea sprung to life after they witnessed the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in 2012 where memories of family and friends had washed away and important medical and financial documents were damaged. Since 2013, we continue to grow our team and footprint and now is a fantastic time to join the Charter Oak family.

What is Digital Asset Management (DAM)?

What is Digital Asset Management (DAM)?

Digital Asset Management, or DAM, involves the creation of an archive; the preservation and management of digital assets with the search functionality, which allows end users to identify, locate and retrieve whichever asset they are looking for.

DAMItems like:
– Documents
– Photos you have had digitized
– Photos taken on your phone
– Photos on camera storage cards
– Movies
– Audio files

Digital asset management software can be used to create and manage the database. What we do is help you put it all together, in one, methodical place!

DAM is generally considered to be a subset of enterprise content management (ECM), a business process for organizing text documents, email and spreadsheets.

The Empty Nest & Memory Lane

The Empty Nest & Memory Lane

After 18 years of parenting, it can be hard to let go. Any time a student leaves home to go to college, it can be a stressful situation for both parents and students. Things can be a little tense the last few weeks before heading off to college between children and their parents. The reality is that students are nervous about such a big change and change, in general, can be stressful for anyone! Leaving behind what is familiar and venturing into unknown territory can be frightening.

There will be many times you?ll want to jump in and fix problems for your child. Letting go is a challenging transition. However, the best thing you can do for each other is to reassure your child, and yourself, that you will all make it through this transitional period. Karen Levin Coburn, an associate dean at Washington University wrote a more in-depth and really fantastic article over at the Great Schools website. Really worth the read, I promise!

We wanted to give a few of our own as well, as we know first hand how hard it is when children leave the nest! Many of you know we are a Father-Daughter business and I still remember the tearful goodbye when my parents left me in Philadelphia to head back to Connecticut! So with that memory we?ve put together some helpful tips to handling your child leaving the nest!

There was this quote circulating on Facebook a few years ago:

Attention Freshman who are moving in tomorrow: A little request… when your Mom wants to unpack all of your clothes and make your bed – let her. When your Dad wants to introduce himself to all the people on your floor – let him. When they want to take pictures of every move you make this weekend – let them. If they embarrass you or act crazy – let them. As you start the new chapter of your life, they are also starting the new chapter of your life, they are also starting a new chapter of theirs. Believe it or not, this is probably more difficult for them than it is for you. So let them treat you like their “baby” one more time!

Now here?s my Top 3 helpful tips on some questions you may have:

  1. Since every night phone calls are definitely out of question, what?s a middle ground?
    Many students withdraw a little, establishing their sense of independence, so don?t be alarmed or take it personally! Some may not call or text very often, while others may be in constant contact! If this is the case, the more reassurance you can offer and the more trust you display, the more you will encourage independence and the stronger they?ll become.
  2. What about homesickness?
    If your child hasn?t spent much time away from home and specifically, without you, it may be more difficult for them. If they?re at a college pretty close to home ? encourage them to stay on campus! There is so much to do on college campus? through Campus Activity Boards they?ll be missing out on making memories, new friends and new adventures. By getting ?connected? with other students and organizations, students become active members of their new community. Reassure them that their first order of business, and really their main job, is to focus on life at school, academically and socially. Send care packages ? Students love those!
  3. How can I make sure they?re doing okay, without smothering them?
    Your role is morphing into more of a coach than it ever was before. Parents often want to rush in and fix a problem but helping them figure out how to tackle their problems instead will help them moving forward. Help them to examine the options and consequences and as much as possible and support them. You might even share examples from your own life about how they turned out, reassuring them that theirs will too!

How can Charter Oak help?

Let us recapture their old baby videos and pictures! Embarrass them over the upcoming holidays with a digital collection of videos and pictures from their baby years through their first days of school. We can even integrate their newer digital pictures of high school graduation and the parties that came after.

So let us know how we can help you walk down memory lane while you make the transitions yourself! I hope our tips were helpful!