HI-5
Amanda McCabe
RESUME:
EDUCATION:
University of Texas, MSIS / Magna Cum Laude / Austin, TX / 2018
Specialties: Audio-Visual Archives, Digital Asset Management, Metadata
Florida State University, Bachelors Arts, Psychology, Tallahassee, FL
EXPERIENCE:
Archival & Library:
Association For Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC), Archives Committee Chair & Video Editor, Eugene, OR / Current
Increase video presentation access, clear 5-year editing backlog, & manage video collection materials.
Bob Dylan Center - Processing Archivist, Tulsa, OK / 2018 -2019
Manage the creation of a detailed intellectual and physical arrangement (item-level organizational map) for 140K items in The
Bob Dylan Collection. / Reconnect contextual metadata among objects. / Develop a strategy to generate and ingest itemized
metadata records to the archival management system and digital asset management software.
Bob Dylan Center - Masters Thesis Project, Tulsa, OK / 2018
Finding Shelter In The Storm - Archival Arrangement at the Bob Dylan Archive
Bob Dylan Center - Archives Assistant, Tulsa, OK / 2018
Research best practice, suppliers, cost and institutional goals to develop a sizeable archival materials rehousing order.
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History - Student Archival Project, Austin, Tx / 2017
Published Work: The Tary Owen Papers
Austin History Center - Student Archival Project, Austin, Tx / 2016
Published Work: Goeth, Etnyre, and Tips Families Papers - AR.I.003
Strozier Library, Florida State University - Library Assistant / Tallahassee, FL / 2000
Digital Collections & Distribution:
SkyRockit - Merchandising Manager / San Francisco, CA / 2009 - 2010
Facilitated content ingestion, developed and executed marketing campaigns.
Snocap - Label Relations Manager / San Francisco, CA / 2006 - 2007
Developed long-standing partner relationships, negotiated distribution deals with content partners, and executed
extensive metadata problem solving.
Music Industry:
Missing Parts - Freelance Artist Support - Founder / San Francisco, CA / 2004 - 2009
Translate album artwork concepts, into finished layouts across all formats.
Personal Favorite: David Dondero’s South of the South
Buried Treasure Records - Project Manager / San Francisco, CA 2004
Punk Rock Orchestra - Event Coordinator / San Francisco, CA 2004
Institute for Unpopular Culture - Event Coordinator / San Francisco, CA 2004
IndieSent, illstatic.com - Music Columnist / San Francisco, CA 2004 - 2005
Subpop Records - Marketing & Sales Intern / Seattle, WA 2002
Additional:
Hi-5Living.com - Web Portfolio - includes descriptions & videos of past projects / 2014 - Current
Michael Laird Rare Books - Marketing Infrastructure / Austin, TX / 2018
Joe Rothenberg Animation - Office Manager / Austin, TX / 2016
Alley Cats, Vintage Clothing & Housewares / Co-Owner / Seattle, WA / 2002 - 2003
SKILLS:
Expertise with: Project Planning & Management / Analog to Digital Audio Digitization / Metadata Production / Metadata Problem Solving / Metadata Optimization / Archive Collection Processing / Finding Aid Production / Collection Cataloging / Marketing
and Merchandising / Business Development / Development and Optimization of Process and Workflow / Improving User
Discovery, Search, & Personalization / Sound and Video File Editing / Photo Editing and Digitization / Exceptional Spreadsheet
and Presentation Software Skills / Adobe Creative Suite / Sony SoundForge / Windows & Mac OS / MS Office / Apple iWork /
G Suite / Digital Asset Management Software / Archival Management Software / Controlled Vocabulary, Ontologies, and
Cataloging Standards / Familar with SQL & Maria DB / History of Recorded Sound Carriers / Record Collecting /