BROOKLYN MUSEUM
NON UNION POSITION
Position Digital Imaging Specialist
(part-time)
Department Digital Collections and Services
Requirements Bachelor’s degree. Highly computer literate, including Microsoft Excel and Access skills, and experience working with a complex database such as a collections or digital image management system. Experience scanning and working with digital images. PhotoShop skills. Accurate, detail oriented, organized, interested in learning new skills. Works well as a member of a team.
Physical Requirements Sit, stand, and bend as may be required for normal office functions; good visual acuity.
Responsibilities Under the direction of the Head of Digital Collections and Services and in collaboration with other members of the Scan Lab staff, scan analog materials; import images, create and enter metadata, and perform quality control on images in Luna DAMS. Undertake image management projects.
Assist staff with acquiring and managing images for Museum exhibition, publication, and public relations purposes; scan and process materials as necessary.
Assist with special projects, training, camera bank, imaging workflow, and departmental administration as needed.
Starting date immediate
Work schedule 13 hours/week, Monday-Friday, 9AM-5PM
To apply: Candidate should submit resume and a letter outlining her/his particular suitability to the position by email to deborah.wythe@brooklynmuseum.org. Brooklyn Museum is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants for positions are considered without regard to race, creed, color, country of origin, sex, age, citizenship, disability or sexual orientation. Candidates of color are strongly encouraged to apply. The Immigration and Control Act (1986) requires that all hires be in conformity with the law.
Peter J. Wosh
Director, Archives/Public History Program
History Department
New York University
53 Washington Square South
Room 503
New York NY 10012
Phone: (212) 998-8601
Fax: (212) 995-4017
http://aphdigital.org
http://history.fas.nyu.edu/object/history.gradprog.archivespublichistory.html