Africa Photo Archive Cataloguer & Project Assistant

The British Museum; United States; Remote; USD 30,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free exhibition entry for you and your

Civil Service Pension Scheme

25 days’ annual leave

Learning and development opportunities

Job summary

The British Museum invites applications for an Image Makers project role focused on cataloguing and digitising African photographic materials. You will create accurate catalogue records and upload digitised images to the museum's databases, organising thousands of photographs for accessible research.

You will also assist visiting academics and artists, and provide support to partners in Africa. Working with the Project Curator and Project Lead, you will help maintain documentation, organise

Qualifications

• Hold a degree or equivalent in a relevant subject with enthusiasm for African histories, heritage and the arts.
• Experience cataloguing collections and using a collections management database within a museum or heritage setting.
• Accurate, efficient and highly organised with the ability to manage large quantities of digital information.
• Personable and confident liaising with artists, academics, colleagues and project partners; able to provide practical support.
• Ability to write engaging content for social media is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Catalogue the project's selected photographic collections to Museum standards.
• Prepare spreadsheets for bulk upload of images and data to databases.
• Organise and catalogue several thousand digitised photographs.
• Support collection visits by African artists and researchers and assist visitors accessing material.
• Contribute to biographical and provenance research and reorganise photographs into archival storage.
• Maintain project documentation and correspondence.

Skills

Cataloguing experience

Database management

Attention to detail

Interpersonal communication

Time management

Social media writing (advantage)

Education

Degree in African history / art history / anthropology / visual anthropology

Tools

Collections management database

Image databases

Job description

The British Museum invites applications for an Image Makers project role focused on cataloguing and digitising African photographic materials. You will create accurate catalogue records and upload digitised images to the museum's databases, organising thousands of photographs for accessible research.

You will also assist visiting academics and artists, and provide support to partners in Africa. Working with the Project Curator and Project Lead, you will help maintain documentation, organise