Digital Resource Manager/Archivist, Artifex Press – NY
Responsibilities
• Manage Artifex Press’s digital image collection and corresponding metadata
• Develop policy and strategic planning for acquisition of digital materials
• Responsible for all image production, including scanning and image correction
• Liaise with external institutions, galleries, artists, collectors, and others to procure permissions for image use
• Serve as chief copyright agent
• Upload images to Artifex catalogues with proper credits in collaboration with Catalogue Editors
Qualifications
• Minimum 3 years relevant work experience in academic, museum, gallery, or publication setting demonstrating increasing responsibility in any of the following areas: managing digitization projects and platforms, creating and overseeing digital resources, developing online information resources
• Strong organizational skills, with attention to detail, accuracy, and thoroughness
• Project management experience
• Ability to communicate effectively and to prioritize multiple, conflicting demands
• Knowledge of current trends and technology for digital collections and cataloguing
• Strong production skills, including image correction and scanning
• Experience with procuring permissions for image use
• Knowledge of copyright law/best practices
• Experience with supervision of digital collections and cataloguing support staff
Qualified applicants, please submit a cover letter and resume to jobs@artifexpress.com, Subject line: Archivist.
Artifex Press is an Equal Opportunity Employer.