Imaging Assistant

The Museum; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent cultural institution seeks a dedicated individual to photograph and manage digital assets of the Greece and Rome collection. Responsibilities include improving online accessibility and ensuring documentation accuracy. Ideal candidates have experience with digital management databases and effective communication skills. This role offers generous vacation days and unique professional opportunities.

Benefits

Generous annual leave allowance

Civil service pension membership

Access to various exhibitions

Interest-free loans for travel and bicycles

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in collections and digital asset management databases.
• Good knowledge of photographic documentation.
• Ability to work with museum documentation and databases.

Responsibilities

• Produce standard digital images of the Greece and Rome collection.
• Standardise backgrounds and manage image processing.
• Collaborate with IS staff for image uploads.

Skills

Collections and digital asset management

Microsoft Office proficiency

Adobe Photoshop proficiency

Photographic documentation experience

Effective communication skills

Team collaboration

Job description

Overview

To photograph, edit and make publicly accessible images of the Greece and Rome collection in support of the Museum's Masterplan, the Museum Operating Plan and all relevant Museum strategies. To improve accessibility of the collection via the Museum's digital online platforms. To produce digital photographic images and help document objects, to process images by matching them to MI+ collections management database records, and to upload them to the Museum's image asset management system.

Key responsibilities

• To produce standard digital images of the Greece and Rome collection
• To process images including, where appropriate, standardising backgrounds, pairing obverse and reverse files using established automated batch processes
• To ensure images are labelled with their MI+ PRN identifier to enable bulk upload to the asset database
• To liaise with IS staff over the bulk upload of images
• To identify any issues with the MI+ records of the imaged objects and to work with curators and other staff to correct problems
• To support upgrading the documentation of Greek and Roman objects in the collection in liaison with curators

Experience and skills

• Experience of collections and digital asset management databases
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop software
• Experience with photographic documentation
• Some experience of working with a relevant collection, museum documentation and museum databases
• Open, effective communicator with good spoken and written English
• Ability to work as part of a team

About the Museum and benefits

• The British Museum offers a competitive benefits package including: generous annual leave allowance of 25 days (rising to 30 days after 10 years' service) plus 2.5 privilege days and bank holidays
• Membership of the civil service defined benefit pension scheme
• Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions
• Participation in private and public Museum activities, including talks by leading curators from around the world
• Interest-free travel, bicycle, and rental deposit loans
• Professional and personal development opportunities
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounts on food and gift shop purchases

Additional details

We have a legal responsibility to ensure that employees have the right to work in the UK. If you currently do not hold the right to work in the UK, we can only sponsor a limited number of roles that meet eligibility criteria. To offer a sponsorship, the job role you apply needs to be in the list of eligible occupations. The British Museum is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants, and to creating a working environment free from unlawful discrimination or harassment. We value the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to a museum which represents world culture. The Museum adheres to the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) for pre-employment screening of Civil Servants. For more information about visa sponsorship and salary requirements, please refer to the official government links provided in the original posting.