Freelance Interviewer

Freelance Interviewer Nottingham, England

LifeBook Ltd
Full Time Nottingham, England 21479 - 24759 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Company – LifeBook Memoirs Ltd.

The role of the LifeBook Memoirs Interviewer is to help capture amazing stories about a person’s life. You will facilitate a life journey unfolding, by building a relationship with an author, over a series of personal visits. You will play a vital role in bringing to life and recording their autobiographical stories, creating a wonderful family legacy. The interviewer will visit the author, usually in their own home, for 12 meetings over a five-six month period. Each regular meeting lasts 90 minutes and is digitally recorded for a ghostwriter to creatively adapt into a 200-page hardback book with the support of a LifeBook Memoirs editor, project manager, proofreader and typesetter. LifeBook Memoirs is the private autobiography specialist and confidentiality is essential at all times.

Job location: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK
Hiring for: Project no. 1756
Commitment: 5-6 months
Start date: May 2023

Job type: Part-time, contract

The role requires:

  • Commitment to complete 12 interviews of 90-minutes each and also spend time preparing for the sessions, uploading the audio recordings and scanning the author amends for the writer after the sessions
  • Ability to work as part of a virtual team and to agreed timescales
  • Ability to follow procedures and work to directed instructions from the team’s project manager
  • Good IT skills to be able to learn how to use a recording machine and scanner to specified settings and upload to our online database
  • Commitment to complete an online training, which covers the technical and soft skills required for the position
  • Living in close proximity to the author to allow for short travel times of less than 10 miles or 30 minutes
  • A desire to work with and build a relationship and life story with the author
  • Proven ability to structure a conversation to ensure all relevant information is obtained in a sensible order
  • An interest in social history and people’s stories, from the everyday to the exceptional
  • Active listening and strong verbal communication skills
  • Empathy, patience and an open manner
  • Open-minded and non-judgemental

The benefits:

Whilst the role is remunerated, there are additional benefits of interviewing with LifeBook Memoirs, including:

  • The pride of helping produce a personal autobiography and family legacy
  • To meet incredible people with extraordinary stories to tell
  • Comprehensive training and on-going support from a professional, expanding UK company
  • Part-time work to suit your schedule

The job offer is subject to satisfactory references and assessment of criminal record.

If you are interested in learning more about being an interviewer, please get in touch.

Freelance Interviewer
LifeBook Ltd

www.lifebookuk.com
Guildford, United Kingdom
Unknown / Non-Applicable
51 to 200 Employees
Company - Private
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