Africa Photography Cataloguer and Project Assistant

Arts Council England; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

The British Museum is seeking a Project Assistant & Cataloguer (African Photography Collections) to join the Image Makers initiative in London. You will create accurate catalogue records and upload digitised images to the Museum's database, organising thousands of photographs for project partners in Africa.

You will support biographical and provenance research, maintain project documentation, and assist visiting African artists and researchers in accessing material, while working closely with

Qualifications

• Hold a degree, or equivalent experience, in a relevant subject such as African history, art history, anthropology or visual anthropology, together with an enthusiasm for African histories, heritage and the arts.
• Experience of cataloguing collections and using a collections management database within a museum or other heritage institution.
• Experience of working with image databases, museum objects or photographic collections is also essential.

Responsibilities

• Catalogue the project's selected photographic collections to Museum standards, including establishing appropriate thesauri and authority-controlled fields.
• Prepare spreadsheets for the bulk upload of images and data to relevant databases and inventories.
• Organise and catalogue several thousand digitised photographs.
• Support collection visits by African artists and other researchers, including assisting visitors to access relevant photographic material and supervising visits where required.
• Contribute to biographical and provenance research and reorganise photographs into archival-quality storage.
• Maintain project documentation and correspondence.

Skills

Cataloguing

Liaison

Attention to detail

Data management

Education

African history degree

Tools

Collections DB

Image databases

Job description

The British Museum is seeking a Project Assistant & Cataloguer (African Photography Collections) to join the Image Makers initiative in London. You will create accurate catalogue records and upload digitised images to the Museum's database, organising thousands of photographs for project partners in Africa.

You will support biographical and provenance research, maintain project documentation, and assist visiting African artists and researchers in accessing material, while working closely with