Job Description
Pixel Acuity, a division of Digital Transitions, provides photo imaging services to clients in the heritage space, including museums, libraries, public archives, and corporate archives.
Job Description
Pixel Acuity is seeking a short-term (3-4 month) Object/Art Handler at the Los Angeles: Culver City location. This role will be primarily responsible for handling nitrate film as part of a medium-scale digitization project. In this position, you will have the chance to learn about historical photographic processes, archival materials handling, and cutting edge instant-capture digitization techniques. Students who are pursuing cultural heritage careers and are looking for experience in a real-world cultural collections environment are encouraged to apply.
Qualifications and Experience
- Previous exposure to and knowledge of working within museums, libraries, or archives
- Experience with heritage materials including, but not limited to, bound and unbound manuscripts, photographic prints, and positive and negative film
- Knowledge of Mac operating systems and associated software and hardware
- Highly organized, self-motivated with ability to work both supervised and unsupervised
- Experience with photography/image software suites (Capture One, Adobe Lightroom, etc.)
- Great communication skills and ability to work with others
- Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
Project/Service
- Transport, handle, arrange, and dust fragile archival materials
- Work with a digital imaging specialist to create digital surrogates of archival objects
- Provide quality control assistance for digital surrogates as necessary
- Data entry and database cleanup duties as necessary
- Handle and support objects of varying fragility with care throughout the imaging process
- Track and maintain pace of prepared objects with production rate of the Digital Imaging Specialist
- Maintain and track systemic organization of material using previously established workflows
- Communicate with the Digital Imaging Specialist throughout the production process
- Align with production expectations throughout the project
Rate:
- Independent Contractor position
- Hourly pay: $20
- Work based on Project/Service estimated 20 hours per week
- Available work hours are between 9:30am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday
Physical Requirements:
- Able to lift 40 pounds
- Able to work in front of a computer for around 6 hours per day
- Able to walk up and down one flight of stairs multiple times per day
Job Tags
Hourly pay, Temporary work, For contractors, Monday to Friday,