Graduate Digital Archives Internship 2027-2028

Digital Preservation Coalition; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 47,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation stipend

Health care plan

Travel support

Paid vacation

Job summary

The Getty Graduate Internship Program 2027-2028 invites a motivated intern in Collection Platforms & Data (Getty Digital) to gain intensive experience preserving Getty's digital assets, including artist archives, art-historical materials, and born-digital records.

Primary duties include troubleshooting and testing ingestion workflows, developing preservation plans for file characterization, migration, and normalization, QA of web archives, metadata assessment, and drafting related policies.

Qualifications

• Pursuing or completed a graduate degree in a field relevant to digital preservation or data management.
• Willingness to commit to full-time work for 12 months (Sept 13, 2027–Aug 25, 2028).
• Ability to engage in archival workflows, metadata assessment, and policy drafting.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and test ingestion workflows for diverse content into a managed system.
• Develop preservation plans for file characterization, migration, and normalization.
• Assist with QA of web archives and metadata curation.
• Contribute to drafting policies and procedures related to digital preservation.

Job description

The Getty Graduate Internship Program 2027-2028 invites a motivated intern in Collection Platforms & Data (Getty Digital) to gain intensive experience preserving Getty's digital assets, including artist archives, art-historical materials, and born-digital records.

Primary duties include troubleshooting and testing ingestion workflows, developing preservation plans for file characterization, migration, and normalization, QA of web archives, metadata assessment, and drafting related policies.