[Nhcoll-l] Job: Digital Assets Manager & Anthropology research asst., Illinois State Museum Society

[Meredith Mahoney]

*Digital Assets Manager Job Description*

Digital Assets Manager for Illinois State Museum Society (Two-Year
appointment)

*Educational/Experience Qualifications*

Requires a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology, Museum Studies or similar
associated subject preferably with an emphasis on ethnographic studies.
Requires 2-3 years of prior digital database software experience in a
museum or similar cultural collections settings such as universities or
libraries.

Must have solid knowledge of technology, object photography and scanning of
collection objects. Should possess experience with collections management
systems (CMS) as well as a general understanding of database design and
functions.  The successful candidate must have excellent research skills
and substantial research experience and knowledge in the fields of
anthropology or ethnography or similar associated subject. Must possess
good communication, organization skills and be detail oriented.  The
position will be focused 50% on the role of being Digital Asset Manager and
50% on the role of being a research assistant to the Curator of
Anthropology.

*Job Description*

The Digital Asset Manager will serve as part of the Anthropology team at
the direction of the Curator of Anthropology to implement digitization of
approximately 8000 objects in the ethnographic collection. Responsibilities
include object inventories, photographing objects, scanning, or otherwise
digitizing supplemental research associated with the ethnographic
collection. Additional responsibilities include assessing object condition,
rehousing objects according to museum safe storage best practices. The
candidate must have experience handling a range of objects and materials
and caring for cultural objects.

The Digital Asset Manager will join the Collections team in the ongoing
transfer of collections data to a new collection management system (CMS).
This system will serve the diverse needs of collection management staff as
well as support digital assets from the Museum collections. The collections
include cultural objects, artifacts, and art related to the history of the
state of Illinois with extensive collection holdings in the fields of
Anthropology, Art, Botany, Geology, History, Library Science, Paleontology,
and Zoology. The Digital Asset Manager will play a key role in the future
of ISM online curated experiences and collections data served on the website.


The Digital Assets Manager is instrumental in the creation and
documentation of metadata, digital images, workflows of cataloging and all
such data from the ethnographic collections that will be migrated to the
new CMS. The successful cadidate must be prepared to serve a lead role
overseeing the ethnographic collections actively researching and assisting
the Curator of Anthropology as a research assistant. The successful
candidate can expect to work with the CMS’s company’s staff tech expert(s)
and the Museum’s information technology curator with support of the
Anthropology curator(s) and registrars. This position has additional
responsibilities, such as providing training for new system users.

*Anticipated Salary Range:* $35,000 to $55,000 (commensurate with
experience). This job description is subject to change at any time.

*To Apply:* Please submit your cover letter, resume or CV, and three
references *by 10/29/21* to:

Marilyn Sabo
Illinois State Museum Society
502 S. Spring St.
Springfield, IL 62706
msabo at ismsociety.org

No calls, please

The Illinois State Museum Society and the State of Illinois continually
strive for a workforce that reflects the growing diversity within our
State.  A diversity of employee backgrounds, perspectives, ideas and
experiences is crucial to our ability to most effectively serve the public.
The Illinois State Museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums
and is a proud member of the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience.
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