Archival Digitization Specialist- Philadelphia, PA

About Ancestry: When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person’s story is important. Ancestry®, the global leader in family history, connects everyone with their past so they can discover, preserve, and share their unique family stories. With our unparalleled collection of more than 65 billion records, over 3.5 million subscribers, and over 27 million people in our growing DNA network, customers can discover their family story and gain a new level of understanding about their lives. Over the past 40 years, we’ve built trusted relationships with millions of people who have chosen us as the platform for discovering, preserving, and sharing the most important information about themselves and their families. We are committed to our location flexible work approach, allowing you to choose to work in the nearest office, from your home, or a hybrid of both (subject to location restrictions and roles that are required to be in the office- see the full list of eligible US locations HERE ). We will continue to hire and promote beyond the boundaries of our office locations, to enable broadened possibilities for employee diversity. Together, we work every day to foster a work environment that's inclusive as well as diverse, and where our people can be themselves. Every idea and perspective is valued so that our products and services reflect the global and diverse clients we serve.  Ancestry encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants. Passionate about dedicating your work to enriching people’s lives? Join the curious. Ancestry is looking for a project-based temporary Archival Digitization Specialist to work on a contract basis in Philadelphia, PA . We ask that you are a technical person with experience working with digitization, archival documents, and goal oriented projects. You are efficient, show great care for detail, and are accustomed to independent work in an environment that handles focused and repetitive tasks. This is a full-time opportunity working Monday through Friday from 8:30 am- 4:00 pm, 40 hours a week and will last for about 2 years. You will report to the Domestic Remote Senior Imaging Manager. This is not a work-from-home position. This position is contract-based and is not eligible for Ancestry benefits. Compensation will be $20 per hr. Must clear background check Project will start October 2026 What You Will Do: You will capture digital images of documents as specified by our company You will perform quality audits on each roll that have been scanned before transmission You will report progress and quality audit notes and enter data into spreadsheets (can maintain complex spreadsheets) You will initiate and maintain responsibility of the delivery or transmission of images to the corporate office You will perform regular equipment maintenance functions, and coordinate for machine maintenance with third-party hardware…