New job Part-time Interviewer in Florida

Company – LifeTime Memoirs. The role of the LifeTime 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. The interviewer will visit the author, usually in their own home, for 12 meetings over a four–five-month period. Each regular meeting lasts 90 minutes and is digitally recorded for a ghostwriter to creatively adapt into a 200-page hardback book with the support of a LifeTime Memoirs editor, project manager, proofreader and typesetter. LifeTime Memoirs is the private autobiography specialist and confidentiality is essential at all times.
Commitment: 4–5 months
Start date: July 2021 – PLEASE ONLY APPLY ONLINE NOT BY TELEPHONE
The role requires:

• Commitment to complete 12 interviews of 90-minutes each 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 LifeTime 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

If you are interested in learning more about being an interviewer, please get in touch.

Job Type: Part-time