The Pokemon Company Hires A Pokemon Historian

thegamer.com:

The Pokemon Company recently began looking for a Pokemon historian to help found an “internal” archive and museum. The position appears to have been filled as the address for the job listing returns a message describing how “the job you are looking for is no longer open.”

The job listing in question was first noticed by Vice. According to The Pokemon Company, the position is going to be about maintaining a digital archive and physical museum dedicated to all things Pokemon. This of course includes the trading cards, video games, merchandise, movies, and television shows. “This role will be contributing to the establishment and development of an internal The Pokemon Company Archive and Museum,” the job listing noted. “This role will work with the The Card Game Product team’s Game Data Librarian to conduct large scale inventories, write policy, process, catalog, preserve, and other duties that will establish and develop the company’s first internal archive from the ground up.”

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Whoever ended up getting the job was required to have a degree in Library Science, Archives Management, or Information Management in addition to between three and four years of “related professional experience.” This includes “writing archives management policies such as collecting policies, mandates, retention schedules, and other process documentation” as well as “conducting inventories or surveys, archival processing, and acquisitions.” The successful candidate was also expected to have “experience in vetting and establishing software for use in archival description and internal employee access or research.”

When it comes to expectations, the new hire is going to be supporting the teams