Find Your Place in History Here
At History Factory, you won’t find big machines cranking out widgets and gadgets. Instead, you’ll work with smart, fascinating people doing interesting and unusual work–collecting, organizing and archiving materials found deep within a company’s history. Together, we interpret the gems of authentic content we find in a company’s past and develop programs to help it chart its future.
History degree not required
Only advanced degrees of curiosity and passion
To thrive here, the main requirements are an inquisitive mind, a collaborative spirit, infectious enthusiasm, and a strong desire to help our clients write the next chapter in their history.
At History Factory, you’ll discover smart, fascinating people building creative ideas and doing interesting and unusual work—collecting, organizing and interpreting materials found deep within a company’s history. Together, we design creative ways to interpret the gems of authentic content we find in a company’s past to help it chart its future.
We’re a community like no other, consisting of artists, writers, designers, historians, curators, researchers, planners…all drawn by the opportunity to use the power of history to shape the future. Don’t have a history degree? That’s ok. We prefer you demonstrate an inquisitive mind, a collaborative spirit, infectious enthusiasm, and a strong desire to help our clients craft the next chapter in their story.
We’re looking for a writer / Associate Creative Director with a strong content and conceptual focus to help lead our teams to delivering their (and our) best work.
What you’ll do in this role:
What you’ll need for this role:
Application Details:
Interested? Please email your resume and a portfolio link to [email protected] In your cover letter, tell us about your favorite concept work in your portfolio and why you love it.
Interested? Please submit your resume and a portfolio/writing samples.
Preference is given to those who are located in the Washington, D.C. area or within drop-in distance, but we’re open to candidates located anywhere in the U.S.
The Director of HR & Talent Acquisition is responsible for planning, directing, developing, and coordinating the policies, activities, ensuring legal compliance, and implementing the organization’s mission and talent strategy.
Department-Specific
People and Culture
Skills, Abilities, and Behaviors
To Apply:
Please submit a resume and cover letter to [email protected]. Email only, please no phone calls.
Physical Demands
Regularly required to sit for extended periods; walk; stand; drive; use hands to handle objects and feel controls; talk; listen; and vision capabilities that enable reading and viewing a computer screen.
Work Environment
The work environment is an office setting (workstation). The employee is not exposed to weather conditions, and the noise level in the work area is minimal.
Overview
We’re looking for an energetic, hard-working Account Executive to join our fast-paced, growing team. The Account Executive is the glue that holds projects together and serves as the face of the agency to our clients. They will manage planning and tactical implementation of assigned programs as well as manage client relationships relative to those programs. This role works in close collaboration with Account Managers and/or Account Directors on most accounts, but may lead some engagements independently. The Account Executive will serve as a primary day-to-day contact with clients and coordinate with the History Factory team. This job is in-person or remote.
Job Responsibilities:
Job Requirements
Skills, Abilities and Behaviors
Tools & Technologies
To Apply:
Please submit a resume and cover letter to [email protected]. Email only, please no phone calls.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY SPECIFICATIONS
Physical Demands
Regularly required to sit for extended periods; walk; stand; drive; use hands to handle objects and feel controls; talk; listen; and vision capabilities that enable reading and viewing a computer screen. Ability to travel as needed.
Work Environment
Work environment is an office setting (work station). Employee is not exposed to weather conditions and noise level in work area is minimal.
History Factory is a specialized professional services firm that helps organizations leverage their heritage for strategic business purposes. Central to this value is designing, building and implementing modern archives and content solutions that enable organizations to capture, access and apply their institutional memory.
Over our 40-year history, History Factory has developed unparalleled experience architecting physical and digital archives. Our capabilities, insights, and expertise have enabled us to build and maintain high-performance archives for industry leading corporations, associations, and non-profits. The Consulting Archivist will be a key contributor to this legacy of leadership and future growth of our archives services.
The Consulting Archivist will work within diverse project environments to deliver innovative work that ranges from strategy to execution and ongoing management. The Consulting Archivist’s primary responsibility will be to work with senior client leaders and functional areas to develop a deep understanding of the organization’s current information landscape and recommend archival strategies and programs that will deliver business value. Recommendations will reflect each client’s unique business environment as well as archival best practices, and industry, technology, and cultural trends. (S)he will also be responsible for building and managing client collections, supporting thought leadership and business development efforts, and helping inform future archives and content solutions.
The position will report to the Managing Archivist and indirectly to the Chief Administrative.
Working independently and in collaboration with History Factory’s archives leadership, senior leaders, colleagues, account leads, and others the Consulting Archivist shall undertake the following efforts.
Please submit a resume and cover letter to [email protected]. Email only, please no phone calls.
The Managing Editor serves as editorial lead on complex projects including content related to anniversary campaigns, publications, videos and exhibits. This position works to ensure editorial excellence through oversight of editorial operations and assists with talent recruitment and staff development. The Managing Editor also oversees editorial reviews of History Factory’s business development and marketing communications.
Reports to: Senior Manager of Creative Operations
Interactions: History Factory personnel and external contractors, clients
Please submit a resume and cover letter to [email protected] Email only, please no phone calls.
Physical Demands
Regularly required to sit for extended periods; walk; stand; drive; use hands to handle objects and feel controls; talk; listen; and vision capabilities that enable reading and viewing a computer screen. Ability to travel as needed.
Work Environment
Work environment is an office setting (work station). Employee is not exposed to weather conditions and noise level in work area is minimal.
The History Factory’s Archives Lab is a professional services firm focused on developing archives to meet real-world needs. We design, build, and implement high-quality solutions that enable organizations to use institutional memory and archival content to achieve strategic objectives.
The Archives Lab has an immediate opening for a Staff Archivist.
The Staff Archivist will deliver innovative work in a diverse project environment that offers multiple opportunities for growth. The position will be responsible for the day-to-day provision of archival outsourcing services to one or several clients. Archival outsourcing is the management and/or improvement of activities related to a part or to the whole of archival program operation.
Archives Lab team members can expect to:
Work environment is an office setting (work station). Employee is not exposed to weather conditions and noise level in work area is minimal.
Regularly required to sit for extended periods; walk; stand; use hands to handle objects and feel controls; talk; listen; and vision capabilities that enable reading and viewing a computer screen.
Must be able to lift and carry a forty-pound box, climb a ladder to retrieve materials, and work in environments which may contain dust and mold.
Please submit a resume and cover letter to [email protected]. Email only, please no phone calls.