Digital Assets Project Manager - The Wolfsonian Museum
Florida International University
Miami, FL
Full-time
Project Management
Posted on April 22, 2024
About FIU
Florida International University is a top public university that drives real talent and innovation in Miami and globally. Very high research (R1) activity and high social mobility come together at FIU to uplift and accelerate learner success in a global city by focusing in the areas of environment, health, innovation, and justice. Today, FIU has two campuses and multiple centers. FIU serves a diverse student body of more than 56,000 and 290,000 Panther alumni. U.S. News and World Report places dozens of FIU programs among the best in the nation, including international business at No. 2. Washington Monthly Magazine ranks FIU among the top 20 public universities contributing to the public good.
Job Summary
Responsible for all operations related to managing the museum's digital media including organizing, storing, and making the museum's digital assets and associated metadata accessible via the digital catalog. Provides imaging and digital catalog support to the museum's collections, exhibitions, marketing, library, and programming departments. Work closely with the Metadata Specialist to communicate metadata standards and clean-up needs and develop longrange plans for efficient and sustainable digital asset and collection information archiving. As the museum grows and evolves, they will lend their expertise to the inclusion of new forms of media onto the digital catalog platform, such as video, and 3D imaging and the implementation of Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF), hOCR (HTML Optical Character Recognition), and open access protocols.
Begin time: 9:00 AM
End time: 5:30 PM
Pre-Employment Requirements
Prospective Employee
If you have not created a registered account, you will be asked to create a username and password for use of the system. It is recommended that you provide an active/valid e-mail account as that will be the main source of communication regarding your status within the process. In this account, you are able to track your applicant status in "My Applications".
To be considered eligible for the position as an internal candidate, departmental staff must meet minimum requirements of the position and be in good performance standing.
Before you begin the process, we recommend that you are prepared to attach electronic copies of your resume, cover letter or any other documents within the application process. It is recommended that you combine your cover letter and resume/curriculum vitae into one attachment. Attached documents should be in Microsoft Word or PDF format. All applicants are required to complete the online application including work history and educational details (if applicable), even when attaching a resume.
*This posting will close at 12:00 am of the close date.
How To Apply
Current Employee
As a current employee, you must log into Employee Self Service (ESS) to apply for this and any other internal career opportunity of interest. In this account, you are able to track your applicant status in "My Applications".
To be considered eligible for the position as an internal candidate, departmental staff must meet minimum requirements of the position and be in good performance standing.
Before you begin the process, we recommend that you are prepared to attach electronic copies of your resume/ curriculum vitae, cover letter or any other documents within the application process. It is recommended that you combine your cover letter and resume into one attachment. Attached documents should be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
*This posting will close at 12:00 am of the close date.
Disclosures
Clery Notice
In compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act, the University Police department at Florida International University provides information on crimes statistics, crime prevention, law enforcement, crime reporting, and other related issues for the past three (3) calendar years. The FIU Annual Security report is available online at: https://police.fiu.edu/download/annual-security-fire-safety-report/.
To obtain a paper copy of the report, please visit the FIU Police Department located at 885 SW 109th Avenue, Miami, FL, 33199 (PG5 Market Station).
Pay Transparency
Florida International University will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
FIU is a member of the State University System of Florida and an Equal Opportunity, Equal Access, Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
Florida International University is a top public university that drives real talent and innovation in Miami and globally. Very high research (R1) activity and high social mobility come together at FIU to uplift and accelerate learner success in a global city by focusing in the areas of environment, health, innovation, and justice. Today, FIU has two campuses and multiple centers. FIU serves a diverse student body of more than 56,000 and 290,000 Panther alumni. U.S. News and World Report places dozens of FIU programs among the best in the nation, including international business at No. 2. Washington Monthly Magazine ranks FIU among the top 20 public universities contributing to the public good.
Job Summary
Responsible for all operations related to managing the museum's digital media including organizing, storing, and making the museum's digital assets and associated metadata accessible via the digital catalog. Provides imaging and digital catalog support to the museum's collections, exhibitions, marketing, library, and programming departments. Work closely with the Metadata Specialist to communicate metadata standards and clean-up needs and develop longrange plans for efficient and sustainable digital asset and collection information archiving. As the museum grows and evolves, they will lend their expertise to the inclusion of new forms of media onto the digital catalog platform, such as video, and 3D imaging and the implementation of Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF), hOCR (HTML Optical Character Recognition), and open access protocols.
- Establishes and maintains systems necessary to manage the creation, preservation, and use of standardized collection metadata and digital assets within the institution.
- Develops and documents policies and procedures related to the selection, creation, preservation, access, and dissemination of digitized collection materials and collaborates closely with appropriate in-house staff to create documentation.
- Performs complex scripting and SQL queries to extract regularly, mass format, manipulate, and clean up content from the museums two main cataloging systems; Discovery and Alma, and upload refined object collection metadata and images into the digital catalog system.
- Provides reports on digital catalog usage, web analytics, and tracks metrics related to the creation of digital assets.
- Keeps up to date on the development of new features and standards in the Islandora open-source community, and strategizes for the inclusion and adaptation of new features onto the digital catalog site.
- Works with Metadata Specialist to organize and prioritize metadata cleanup tasks and ensure that tasks align with registration, curatorial, and library department goals.
- Regularly conducts quality control checks on the catalog and is the lead for troubleshooting and creating maintenance tickets with catalog vendor, Born-Digital.
- Participates in various interdepartmental working groups, such as those responsible for developing overall digital media and digital assets strategy.
- Bachelor's degree in related discipline and five (5) years' experience in related field or a Master's degree and three (3) years' experience in related field.
- Direct hands-on experience with relational databases, as well as data transformation skills using a variety of software and tools, such as MySQL, MARC edit and OpenRefine.
- Master's degree in the humanities and/or data science with 3-5 years of experience maintaining a digital asset management system in an administrator role; or a Bachelor's degree in the humanities and/or data science with 6-8 years of experience maintaining a digital asset management system in an administrator role.
- Experience implementing IIIF standards for museum collections and working with IIIF viewers such as Mirador or Open Seadragon.
- Experience managing a Drupal-based content management system. Islandora experience or experience working with open-source software and communities is a plus.
- Administrative
- $70,000 - $75,000
Begin time: 9:00 AM
End time: 5:30 PM
Pre-Employment Requirements
- Criminal Background Check
- Fingerprinting Check
- Ability to work flexible hours as needed.
- This is a time limited appointment which may be terminated at any time with 30days' notice
Prospective Employee
If you have not created a registered account, you will be asked to create a username and password for use of the system. It is recommended that you provide an active/valid e-mail account as that will be the main source of communication regarding your status within the process. In this account, you are able to track your applicant status in "My Applications".
To be considered eligible for the position as an internal candidate, departmental staff must meet minimum requirements of the position and be in good performance standing.
Before you begin the process, we recommend that you are prepared to attach electronic copies of your resume, cover letter or any other documents within the application process. It is recommended that you combine your cover letter and resume/curriculum vitae into one attachment. Attached documents should be in Microsoft Word or PDF format. All applicants are required to complete the online application including work history and educational details (if applicable), even when attaching a resume.
*This posting will close at 12:00 am of the close date.
How To Apply
Current Employee
As a current employee, you must log into Employee Self Service (ESS) to apply for this and any other internal career opportunity of interest. In this account, you are able to track your applicant status in "My Applications".
To be considered eligible for the position as an internal candidate, departmental staff must meet minimum requirements of the position and be in good performance standing.
Before you begin the process, we recommend that you are prepared to attach electronic copies of your resume/ curriculum vitae, cover letter or any other documents within the application process. It is recommended that you combine your cover letter and resume into one attachment. Attached documents should be in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
*This posting will close at 12:00 am of the close date.
Disclosures
Clery Notice
In compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Crime Statistics Act, the University Police department at Florida International University provides information on crimes statistics, crime prevention, law enforcement, crime reporting, and other related issues for the past three (3) calendar years. The FIU Annual Security report is available online at: https://police.fiu.edu/download/annual-security-fire-safety-report/.
To obtain a paper copy of the report, please visit the FIU Police Department located at 885 SW 109th Avenue, Miami, FL, 33199 (PG5 Market Station).
Pay Transparency
Florida International University will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information.
FIU is a member of the State University System of Florida and an Equal Opportunity, Equal Access, Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
