Temporary Digital Collections Assistant
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Key details
- Salary
- $52K/yr
- Location
- New York City, NY, United States
- Work style
- Onsite
- Level
- Entry level
- Job type
- Temporary
- Function
- Administrative
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- 23h ago
Skills
asset management
About the role
Department: ArchivesTitle of Position: Temporary Digital Collections AssistantReports to Position: Senior Manager, Digital Collections
Start Date: November 16, 2026 (approximate) – End Date: March 31, 2027 (approximate) Rate: $25.00 hourly
Carnegie Hall seeks a temporary, part-time, 14-hours per week Digital Collections Assistant. This position will:
Monitor, quality check, and catalog all incoming digital assets that are added to Carnegie Hall’s digital asset management system. This includes images, audio, and video files.
Respond to internal and external requests for access to assets. Process requests and provide required materials.
Inventory and catalog physical media in preparation for digitization projects.
Create authoritative keywords in internal database following library science and archival metadata standards.
Qualifications:
Currently enrolled in or have completed a Master’s degree program in Archival Management or Library and Information Science.
Understanding databases, working knowledge of digital content formats, and experience working with digital asset management systems.
Thorough understanding of metadata standards and practices, schemas, taxonomies, archival tagging, cataloging and file formats and experience applying these practices in both historic and current digital asset management environments.
Ability to communicate technical concepts to a general audience and create clear, consistent documentation.
Experience with normalizing large and/or complex data sets.
Understanding of file-based workflows and working with digital assets.
Interest in working on other projects including archival processing, cataloging and description of collections in the Rose Archives.
This position is in office at 881 7th Avenue, New York, NY 10019.
Start Date: November 16, 2026 (approximate) – End Date: March 31, 2027 (approximate) Rate: $25.00 hourly
Carnegie Hall seeks a temporary, part-time, 14-hours per week Digital Collections Assistant. This position will:
Monitor, quality check, and catalog all incoming digital assets that are added to Carnegie Hall’s digital asset management system. This includes images, audio, and video files.
Respond to internal and external requests for access to assets. Process requests and provide required materials.
Inventory and catalog physical media in preparation for digitization projects.
Create authoritative keywords in internal database following library science and archival metadata standards.
Qualifications:
Currently enrolled in or have completed a Master’s degree program in Archival Management or Library and Information Science.
Understanding databases, working knowledge of digital content formats, and experience working with digital asset management systems.
Thorough understanding of metadata standards and practices, schemas, taxonomies, archival tagging, cataloging and file formats and experience applying these practices in both historic and current digital asset management environments.
Ability to communicate technical concepts to a general audience and create clear, consistent documentation.
Experience with normalizing large and/or complex data sets.
Understanding of file-based workflows and working with digital assets.
Interest in working on other projects including archival processing, cataloging and description of collections in the Rose Archives.
This position is in office at 881 7th Avenue, New York, NY 10019.