Company – LifeBook Memoirs. 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. For an Imperial Memoir package, the interviewer will visit the author, usually in their own home, for 14 meetings over a seven-month period. 12 of the 14 meetings last 90 minutes each and are digitally recorded for a ghostwriter to creatively adapt into a 250-page hardback book with the support of a LifeBook Memoirs editor, project manager, proofreader and typesetter. Two of the meetings are 120 minutes in length for purposes of scanning the Author’s photographs/images for inclusion in their book. LifeBook Memoirs is the private autobiography specialist and confidentiality is essential at all times.

Job location: Washington, Utah

Hiring for: Project no. 2031

Commitment: 7 months

Start date: April 2024

The role requires:

Knowledge/familiarity with global hunting culture, species and regions pursued by international hunters, conservation-related policies, hunting ethics, and taxidermy practices, including appropriate terminology to foster respectful and informed dialogue.

Commitment to complete 14 meetings; (12 of 90-minutes in length and 2 of 120-minutes in length) 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-judgmental

The benefits:

While 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.

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