Closing Date for Applications: January 20th, 2023

Starting Date: The target start date for this role is two weeks from the time of offer

Location: NW Austin, TX, 78759

Total # of hours to be worked: 20-40

Work week: Flexible; Monday - Friday

Salary: $16-$25.00/hr Commensurate with experience and availability

Duration Type: Temporary contract position; ability to transition into a formal position after three months if a good fit

Monocurate LLC seeks a user-oriented, creative, collaborative, and self-motivated individual to join the archival team in the position of Digital Imaging Technician. Monocurate primarily works with private collections, institutions, and community-based organizations. 

The Imaging Technician will assist in producing high-quality digital images of private archival materials according to established professional standards. This position creates assets using scanners and digital cameras, applies digital image processing techniques, and generates derivative files. The Imaging Technician handles rare and fragile materials, including rare books, photographs, archival materials, and maps. The Imaging Technician also assists with special projects in a collaborative workplace.

Responsibilities

As a Digital Imaging Technician, your typical work assignments may include the following under supervision:

• The ability to safely handle and care for rare archival materials provided to the digital studio for scanning

• Work effectively, consistently, and accurately with deadlines and rush requests

• Operate digital cameras and scanners

• Track image production and workflow

• Communicates any workflow or system inconsistencies to the Lead Archivist when appropriate

• Follow professional and locally developed guidelines and best practices 

• Consistently and accurately name image files

• Assess digital image files for quality assurance purposes and identify images that need to be rescanned or photographed from their original formats

• Judge and correct digital images for color balance, contrast, tonality, and density when compared to original objects, photographic prints, or transparencies

• Organize, maintain, and properly store all analog and digital assets, including transparencies, negatives, photographic prints, and some video and audio files

• Record and report production statistics and monitor milestones

• Set up camera equipment and studio lighting equipment

• Perform quality control reviews

• Assist in the creation of inventories

• Assist in the creation of metadata

• Assist in the creation of various data entry

• Write technical documentation in a clear and accessible style

• Organize, archive, and file images for Client deliverables 

• Help maintain the lab and supplies

• This person will actively engage in other Monocurate archival projects, such as archival processing and collection management functions, including describing digital and physical archival collections and assisting with other needs and projects.

  Qualifications

• A master’s degree in library and information science or a bachelor’s in an arts-related field such as photography and knowledge is preferred

• A minimum of two years experience in an Imaging Technician or Photography role is highly desired, preferably at a museum, archive, library, or other arts-related or non-profit organization

• Evidence of ability to exercise independent judgment within the scope of projects and assignments

• Thorough understanding of digital still image file creation, including image sizing, bit depth, color profiling, image resolution, compression, and creating derivatives

• Knowledge of digital cameras, monitor calibration, scanners, and lighting

• Ability to use medium-format studio cameras

• Familiarity with the Adobe Creative Cloud applications, specifically Photoshop, Bridge, and Lightroom

• Familiarity with SilverFast

• Familiarity with CaptureOne

• Familiarity with Trello 

• Familiarity with Google Workspace 

• Ability to work on both Mac and PC 

• Maintain a manual and/or an automated recordkeeping system to identify, maintain, store, and control source documents and electronic records, and media

• Knowledge of FADGI guidelines

• Working knowledge of archival best practices, including file naming and professional standards and workflows

• Knowledge of archival description 

• Ability to sit for long periods of time

• Perform related duties as assigned

• Must be flexible and enjoy working both collaboratively and independently and learning new technology

• Must have reliable transportation and valid Driver's License (Required)

How to Apply

Your cover letter should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that relate to this position.

Please email a resume and cover letter with salary expectations to hello@monocurateatx.com.