Multimedia Architect, GUARDIAN NEWS AND MEDIA

We are looking for a Multimedia Architect to join our Group Technology & Data team on a 12 month fixed term contract.

About the role

• Define and maintain the architecture for the multimedia technology estate, covering core platforms, workflows, integrations, and supporting infrastructure
• Set technical standards, design principles, and roadmaps to ensure platforms are scalable, secure, maintainable, and aligned with business needs
• Ensure platform designs meet key functional and non‑functional requirements, including performance, resilience, disaster recovery, and operational stability
• Lead the technical assessment of new multimedia tools and platforms before acquisition
• Support delivery teams with architectural guidance during projects, upgrades, migrations, and complex technical change
• Define the security architecture, including data access, authorisation models, and compliance requirements, ensuring all multimedia platforms meet organisational security policies
• Work closely with business, technology, and vendor teams to translate requirements into practical technical solutions

About you

• Experience in architecture design within a multimedia, media, broadcast, publishing, or creative technology environment
• Strong understanding of multimedia workflows across ingest, editing, collaboration, asset management, storage, archive, and delivery
• Experience evaluating new platforms, producing HLDs and LLDs, and defining how solutions integrate into an existing estate
• Strong knowledge of integration, APIs, automation, metadata, access, and interoperability, with the ability to support practical implementation
• Experience working with vendors and supporting technology selection
• Experience of cloud, hybrid, and on‑premise storage environments
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage and inform with specialist and non‑specialist stakeholders

Benefits

• 30 days of annual leave per year (plus bank holidays) with the option to purchase an additional 5 days
• Pension scheme: contribute 5% and receive 8‑12% match (depending on age)
• 2 volunteering days per year and optional payroll giving
• Season ticket loans available
• Life cover, income protection, eye tests, and optional dental insurance
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies; support for IVF, menopause, baby loss and trans equality policies
• Well‑being support: employee benefits platform, free yoga and pilates classes, corporate gym membership, cycle to work scheme
• Canteen with breakfast, lunch and dinner
• Learning and development support for professional qualifications and apprenticeships

We actively encourage applications from groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

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