Position Announcement: Digital Asset Intern
 

The Wildenstein Plattner Institute, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to art historical research, is seeking a Digital Asset Intern to work with publication and audio-visual metadata held in our bespoke cataloguing and archiving database. The role will require developing knowledge in the navigation of this system to organize, edit, or clean-up records. The intern will work closely with the Digital Asset Coordinator on several projects including:

• Edit captions of photographs generated through AI
• Cleaning up records linked to sales catalogues and archival resources
• Consolidating records to conform to authoritative vocabularies, such as the Getty ULAN
• Cleaning up the WPI’s collection of scanned publications by splicing/merging image files 
• Edit the transcripts of audio-visual materials from the Romare Bearden Papers
   

Skills and Qualifications:

• B.A. required, currently enrolled or a recent graduate of a Library & Information Science, Archival Management, or Digital Asset Management program, or equivalent degree/professional experience
• Experience working with digital asset and/or content management tools
• Knowledge of library sciences and archival standards 
• Knowledge of Google G-suite

The ideal candidate must have excellent written communication and organizational skills, and be extremely detail-oriented, adaptable, and data-driven. A familiarity with art historical terms is highly preferred.

Please send your résumé and cover letter to info@wpi-art.org

Duration of the internship: 3 months minimum, 16 to 24 hours/week
Salary: $25/h

*Interviews will be held virtually during the week of January 22, 2024.

Submit specified application materials to info@wpi.art.