The Museum of Modern Art is currently accepting applications for a Digital Image Archivist who assists in all operations related to MoMA’s museum-wide digital asset management system (DAM), including ingesting,
tagging, cataloging, organizing assets, and refining workflows. Provides access and support to staff across the Museum through training and documentation. Facilitates storage and retrieval workflows and assists with licensing requests from MoMA’s outside licensing
partners.
Responsibilities:
- Checks image quality and updates metadata, formatting, and file naming.
- Integrates information from various sources and databases.
- Assists other departments to ingest Museum assets; communicates any inconsistencies or issues.
- Maintains documentation and staff training materials for proper digital asset management (DAM) usage and workflows.
- Provides support, training, and assistance to Museum staff on effective usage of DAM.
- Assists with asset organization and distribution for museum staff and artists.
- Assists with inquiries from licensing partners to find or facilitate the use of assets.
- Updates existing images through retouching, color correction, cropping and image rotating, etc.
- Performs advanced asset searches and tagging of artworks.
- Handles routine troubleshooting.
- Performs any other duties reasonably related to the functions described above.
Requirements:
- Bachelor of arts or bachelor of science in imaging, imaging science, or library science.
- One to three years previous experience with DAM systems in a museum or library environment (experience may include internships).
- Experience with DAM taxonomy and metadata.
- Previous experience digitizing materials for preservation.
- Proficient on Mac and PC platforms.
- Very high-level of organizational and communication skills.
- Experience with database management, including creating organizational file structures, advanced searches, and batch processes.
- Experience with TMS, NetXposure a plus.
- Knowledge of modern art history.
- Understanding of how museums are organized and how they document their collections.
- Knowledge and understanding of digital image file parameters, including bit depth, color profiles, resolution, compression, image size and formats.
- Ability to digitize archival paper documents, including safe handling for reproduction.
- Excellent Photoshop skills. Bridge and Google office app skills.
- Ability to learn new software.
- Solid analytic skills to improve processes.
- Effective working both independently and as part of a team.
- Fully vaccinated with a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and/or the World Health Organization authorized vaccine (or approved for an exemption as a reasonable accommodation due to a qualified disability
or sincerely held religious belief or other legal basis).
Supervises: None
Reports to: Digital Assets Manager
Application instructions: To apply, please visit MoMA
Jobs. Applicants should submit a resume and a statement of interest.
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement: Equal Employment Opportunity has been, and will continue to be, a fundamental principle at the
Museum, where employment is based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation,
gender, gender identity or expression, marital and civil partnership/union status, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic predisposition or carrier status, unemployment status, familial status, domestic violence, sexual violence or stalking victim
status, caregiver status, arrest or conviction record to the extent required by applicable law, credit history, or any other protected category as established by applicable law, including the New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL”).
**This is a unionized position at MoMA with covered employees represented by Local 2110, UAW, AFL-CIO.**