Picture Librarian

Royal Academy; London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

The Royal Academy of Arts is seeking a Picture Librarian to manage its picture library service on a part-time basis, requiring expertise in rights management and digital asset handling. This role offers opportunities to engage with broader Library and Archive services, ideal for candidates with a keen eye for detail and experience in managing picture library services.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Access to a virtual GP Service

Flexible working opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in rights and reproductions management.
• Ability to work under deadlines.
• Familiarity with collections documentation.

Responsibilities

• Manage and promote the picture library service.
• Supply materials and negotiate reproduction licenses.
• Engage with the Library and Archive services.

Skills

Attention to detail

Negotiation skills

Digital image manipulation

Education

Demonstrable experience in picture library services

Tools

Digital asset management software

Photoshop

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The Vacancy

Please note, this role is being offered on a part-time basis, working 2.5 days per week.

The Vacancy

Please note, this role is being offered on a part-time basis, working 2.5 days per week.

About This Role

The Royal Academy of Arts is currently looking to appoint a Picture Librarian to join our team on a part-time basis.

This is an exciting Library based role with opportunities to engage with the wider work of the Library and Archive services at the Royal Academy.

The Picture Librarian will manage and promote the picture library service for internal employees and external customers.

About You

To be considered for this position, you will have demonstrable experience of providing a picture library service, covering rights and reproductions, dealing with supplying materials and negotiating and selling reproduction licenses. Great attention to detail and accuracy are key, as is the ability to work to deadlines.

You will be able to manipulate digital images and be familiar with collections documentation and digital asset management software - Working knowledge of photoshop is highly desirable.

The Company

The RA dates way back to 1768 when a group of artists and architects persuaded King George lll to help them to ‘establish a society for promoting the Art of Design'. The original academy, in Pall Mall, was less than 10 meters long. Since then, there have been many changes, though the RA’s core purpose of bringing art and design to a broad audience and championing art and artists still holds true.

Today we are a contemporary art organisation hosting internationally acclaimed exhibitions and through investment in employee training and development, with courses such as Unconscious Bias, LGBTQ+ Awareness, Bystander, and Mental Health First Aid training, we are striving to foster a safe space for everyone through positive action. We also have Employee Network Groups, Ways In Groups, and an Employee Council so every employee has a voice and a way to feel heard by colleagues through the CEO.

The RA is truly a unique place, both as an attraction to our visitors, but also as a workplace. Our people are at the heart of all we do, and we support a broad and inspiring mix of departments; from exhibitions, curators, art handlers, researchers, publishers, and digital to schools and education, visitor welcome, fundraisers, and corporate support.

The Benefits

Exhibitions

Reciprocal Agreements with galleries across the UK

Enhanced Pension

Generous employer contributions

Enhanced Holiday

25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

Wellbeing

Access to a virtual GP Service and Mental Health First Aiders

Agile Working

The opportunity to work flexibly

RA Staff Council

Where your views are heard and listened to

Employee Clubs

Football, Staff Choir and more

Seniority level

• Seniority level

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Employment type

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