VRA Jobs Digest

• Paid Part-Time Art Library Internship, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas TX
  • The Shirley Phillipson Pollock Internship in Art Librarianship at the Mayer Library is a paid, part-time, nine-month internship offered to a recent graduate or current student in library and information science with an interest in art librarianship. The Pollock Intern will gain practical experience in art museum library work, including cataloging, collection management, and public services.  There will be focused projects throughout the internship, but the intern will have an opportunity to explore desired areas of interest.  At the conclusion of the internship, the intern will write a post for the DMA's blog Uncrated.
• Image Archive Assistant, Art + Commerce, NYC
  • Art + Commerce is seeking an Image Archive Assistant to support the Director of the Image Archive. Candidates will be responsible for supporting the Director and key colleagues across all division activities, including working with artists and clients to maximize creative opportunities in licensing, special projects and new initiatives. This is a client facing position; applicants must be organized and well spoken with impeccable written and verbal communication skills.
• Digital Asset Manager, Frans Lanting Studio, Santa Cruz CA
  • Manages ingestion, processing and archiving of digital assets (stills, video and other media) 
  • Manages digital asset databases in Lightroom and Photoshelter
  • Maintains studio digital asset management workflow 
  • Manages studio asset deliveries to agencies, publishers, museums and other clients 
  • Manages image collection operations with studio staff and contractors
  • Manages print output for exhibitions and fine print collectors
• Technical Assistant II, Yale University, New Haven CT
  • Performs technical and bibliographic quality control (QC) of vendor deliverables including analog and digital files which include text, but especially moving image, and audio—following written QC protocols.  Ingests preservation digital files into the appropriate repository...
• Digital Archivist, UNC Charlotte, Charlotte NC
  • Reporting to the Associate Dean for Special Collections and University Archives, the Digital Archivist will work collaboratively with departmental, library, and university colleagues to facilitate the acquisition, transfer, preservation, arrangement, description, and access to born-digital records of enduring value.
• Senior Library Associate of Digital Services, George Washington University, Washington DC
  • The Senior Library Associate of Digital Services works in a highly collaborative Library environment to increase and enrich online access to the Libraries’ collection of rare and unique materials, including strong collections documenting the American labor movement, higher education, DC and Foggy Bottom history, and nearly two centuries of GW University history.
• Archivist/Junior Producer, Exposure NY (Fashion Industry Agency), NYC
  • - Coordinate with the talent and clients to obtain digital files, prints, and digital/physical tear sheets (scan and retouch files, as necessary).
    - Organize and maintain digital and physical image archive for all artists.
    - Work with agents to regularly update and edit physical and online portfolios.
    - Assist agents with client research and contact organization.
    - Prepare portfolios and iPads for reviews and meetings.
    - Assist in-house producer with a number of tasks, including, but not limited to, booking talent, crew, studios and catering, creating call sheets, scheduling messengers, creating estimates, and invoicing.
    - Assist with administrative tasks, as needed.
    - Promote news about the agency and the artists through company blog, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat.
    - Design and write periodic newsletters and manage contact database.
    - Design promotional materials for printing.
    - Manage the company website and act as liaison to Lookbooks account manager.
    - Lead the company internship program by hiring and managing the interns.
• Library Services Specialist, Fashion Institute of Technology, NYC
  • The Library Services Specialist provides public service desk coverage, supports the Library's mission and daily operations, and updates and creates content for the unit's web pages.
• Humanities Research and Digital Instruction Librarian, UNC Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill NC
  • Support humanities research, teaching, and learning at Carolina.
• Curatorial Assistant, The Frick, NYC
  • The Curatorial Assistant provides administrative and research support to the Associate Curator whose projects range from art of the Italian Renaissance through the eighteenth century (painting, sculpture, and works on paper).
• Museum Photographer (part-time), Washington and Lee University, Lexington VA
  • The museum photographer will be responsible for photographing two- and three-dimensional objects including but not limited to ceramics, paintings, works on paper, sculpture, textiles, metals, lacquers, jades, and other objects of material culture from Washington and Lee University’s significant collection of approximately 12,000 artworks and artifacts. The photographs will be used for purposes of print and electronic reproduction, research, study, conservation treatment documentation, and collections database.
• Research Assistant, NYPL, NYC
  • Under the supervision of the Assistant Director for Exhibitions, the Research Assistant is responsible for working with the curator and staff of the Exhibitions Program in the research and selection of objects to be included in the Treasures exhibition to be presented in the Gottesman Exhibition Hall in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
• Digital Initiatives Program Manger, University of California Riverside, Riverside CA
  • Reporting to the Associate University Librarian for the Digital Library, the Digital Initiatives Program Manager leads the Library in both on-going and future development of a comprehensive program to generate, manage and preserve born-digital and digital surrogates, and to build value-added services on top of these digital assets.
• Museum Technician (2 openings, seasonal), Division of Cultural Resources at Ocmulgee National Monument, Macon GA
  • This is a seasonal position within the Division of Cultural Resources at Ocmulgee National Monument. The position will perform the full range of basic cultural resource functions pertaining to museum cataloging. The incumbent identifies, labels, and packages artifacts for curation. He/she captures archaeological artifact and project data on catalog records and enters them into automated systems. Further, the incumbent maintains databases, maps, files and also provides general technical archaeological assistance in a variety of areas related to or impacted by the archaeological function, including Section 106 compliance/planning and cultural related special events.
• Head of Digitization, The Internet Archive, San Francisco CA (remote possible)
  • Reporting to the Digital Librarian, the Head of Digitization will have overall strategic and operational responsibility for Internet Archive's 70+ digitization staff in 8 countries, programs, expansion, and execution of the group's mission.
• Digital Imaging Specialist, The Internet Archive, various locations
  • The Internet Archive (IA) is currently seeking a detail-oriented Digital Imaging Specialist with an engineering/photography background to ensure that defined standards for image quality are consistently and reliably achieved in IA book digitization centers, projects and workflows worldwide. This position is a contract position with hours based on project demands, with possibility for expansion.
• Library Technician 2, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas NV
  • This position will manage and coordinate projects, working with curators, faculty, and community members to provide digitization services for prioritized projects. They will oversee the management of the University Libraries Digital Collections' digitization lab, including the complex operational duties required to support our growing in-house digitization operation for multiple formats of cultural heritage materials.
• Audiovisual Librarian/Archivist (temporary), United Nations, NYC
  • This position is located in the Audiovisual Library Unit, Audiovisual Services Section, News and Media Division, Department of Public Information. The mandate of Unit is to provide audiovisual library and archival services and distribute multimedia contents to internal and external professional clients. The Unit also provides the audiovisual library services support in the scope of AV digitization project.
• Digital Multimedia Asset, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Waltham MA
  • Person has a passion and interest in a visual design and photo/video oriented career with background and education related/aligned to graphics and visual design. Grounded basic understanding of Photo and Video archiving and the value of disciplined organization. Will be engaged in upkeep of our corporate image library and helping with migration of content/files to a new DAM or Digital Asset Management Solutions.
• Online Photo Producer, Hasbro, Pawtucket RI
  • We have an immediate need for a Photo Producer to lead production of creating our toy & game lifestyle and product photography assignments. He/she will partner with our regions, outside agencies and internal teams to produce best in class digital assets. The producer will also work indirectly with our Hasbro Pixelworks team, our video studio team and Ecommerce Marketers when developing creative to ensure alignment and a common voice.
• Digital Asset Management (DAM) Systems Operations Manager, CBS Corporation (Showtime), Los Angeles CA
  • As the worldwide demand for Showtime content grows exponentially, the Program Operations and Distribution department is changing its asset library infrastructure and will require a Digital Asset Management Systems Operations Manager to play a primary role in the performance, integrity and security of the database. This position will require the highest level of development and scrutiny of schema for metadata (e.g., technical, descriptive, operational) and digital asset taxonomies. In addition, there is a concurrent need of management and maintenance of the library data structure, and administration of new users, user groups, and permissions.
• Interior Design Resource Librarian, Marc-Michaels Interior Design, Winter Park FL
  • The Resource Librarian manages the activity and materials in the library, acting as the main point of contact for design teams internally and vendors externally.