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Erin Hood

Dublin,Ireland

Summary

Recent MA graduate in Archives and Records Management with a strong academic foundation and hands-on experience gained through placements and coursework. Proficient in current archival standards, digital preservation practices, and records lifecycle management. Committed to maintaining high standards of accuracy and efficiency in archival practices while pursuing continuous professional development.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Work Placement

The Guinness Archives
Dublin
01.2025 - 01.2025
  • Catalogued and described hundreds of born-digital materials related to Guinness and Diageo brands.
  • Created box lists and organized materials into fonds, series, and subseries.
  • Converted older digital materials into preservation-friendly file formats.
  • Organized and inputted hundreds of born-digital materials into Axiell.

Administrative assistant

Mobile Notary of Seattle
Redmond, Washington, USA
09.2022 - 07.2024
  • Managed scheduling, calendars, and appointments.
  • Communicated with dozens of clients and vendors.
  • Created social media content for the business.

Smithsonian Digital Volunteer

Smithsonian Transcription Center
09.2022 - 07.2024
  • Worked on projects with Smithsonian Transcription Center, helping to make historical documents more accessible.
  • Transcribed field notes, ledgers, speeches, legal arguments, and more, mostly 19th century.

Government Relations Associate

National Advocacy Center
Washington, D.C., USA
08.2021 - 08.2022
  • Advocated for social justice in federal policy and legislation, representing the Sisters of the Good Shepherd.
  • Educated partner organizations across the United States on legislative issues in Congress and leading them in virtual lobbying meetings with Congressional offices.
  • Liaised with partner organizations to advance their federal advocacy priorities.
  • Worked in Adobe Premiere Pro to create a promotional video for the organization.


History Research Assistant

Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA, USA
05.2018 - 12.2020
  • Created a digital cataloguing system for sorting copies of documents and photographs from the archives of the British Museum and Pitt-Rivers Museum.
  • Transferred, organized, and labelled digital files of archival materials, largely the 19th century field notes of colonial researchers in Africa and the Pacific Islands.

Public Affairs Intern

Finn Partners
Washington, D.C., USA
05.2019 - 08.2019
  • Wrote white papers on supply chain management and cybersecurity, published in SupplyChainBrain.com and Security Magazine.
  • Monitored media and maintained media lists for clients, searching databases for news articles, journalist contact information, and media company details.
  • Created clip packages for clients, compiling all articles mentioning them into a single cohesive document.

Marketing and Public Relations Intern

Princeton University Art Museum
Princeton, NJ, USA
06.2018 - 08.2018
  • Filmed and produced a video series on the museum's internship program.
  • Wrote for the museum's twice-monthly e-newsletter.
  • Created promotional material for an upcoming exhibition.

Education

Master of Arts - Archives and Records Management

University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
09.2024 - 08.2025

Bachelor of Arts - Humanities

Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA, USA
08.2016 - 05.2020

Skills

  • Box listing
  • Cataloguing
  • Description
  • ISAD(G) standards
  • OAIS
  • Creating & managing metadata
  • Digitisation
  • Digital preservation


  • Archives Space
  • Archive It
  • AtoM
  • Axiell
  • DART
  • DROID
  • OpenRefine
  • Siegfried


Accomplishments

  • University College Dublin Global Excellence Scholarship (2024-2025)
  • Delta Delta Delta Senior Academic Excellence Award (2019)
  • Loyola Marymount University Honors Summer Research Fellowship (2017, 2018)
  • Loyola Marymount University Hobnobs Ambassadorial Grant (2020)

Timeline

Work Placement

The Guinness Archives
01.2025 - 01.2025

Master of Arts - Archives and Records Management

University College Dublin
09.2024 - 08.2025

Administrative assistant

Mobile Notary of Seattle
09.2022 - 07.2024

Smithsonian Digital Volunteer

Smithsonian Transcription Center
09.2022 - 07.2024

Government Relations Associate

National Advocacy Center
08.2021 - 08.2022

Public Affairs Intern

Finn Partners
05.2019 - 08.2019

Marketing and Public Relations Intern

Princeton University Art Museum
06.2018 - 08.2018

History Research Assistant

Loyola Marymount University
05.2018 - 12.2020

Bachelor of Arts - Humanities

Loyola Marymount University
08.2016 - 05.2020

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