Graduate Digital Preservation Internship 2025–2026 (12 Months)

Digital Preservation Coalition; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 42,750 - 52,250; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Paid vacation

Research travel support

Job summary

A leading digital preservation organization based in Los Angeles is offering a full-time Getty Graduate Internship for 2025-2026. The intern will gain hands-on experience in preserving digital collections, including art archives. Responsibilities include troubleshooting workflows and developing creative archiving solutions. This position offers a grant of $47,500, plus relocation expenses, and interns receive healthcare benefits and paid vacation. Applications are encouraged from all nationalities, especially those from underrepresented groups in the field.

Qualifications

• Must be a graduate student with relevant coursework in digital preservation.
• Experience with digital formats and archiving processes is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and test workflows for content ingestion.
• Develop preservation plans for file characterization.
• Assess technical metadata for digital assets.

Skills

Troubleshooting workflows

Quality assurance

Technical metadata assessment

Archiving complex web experiences

Education

Current graduate student

Job description

A leading digital preservation organization based in Los Angeles is offering a full-time Getty Graduate Internship for 2025-2026. The intern will gain hands-on experience in preserving digital collections, including art archives. Responsibilities include troubleshooting workflows and developing creative archiving solutions. This position offers a grant of $47,500, plus relocation expenses, and interns receive healthcare benefits and paid vacation. Applications are encouraged from all nationalities, especially those from underrepresented groups in the field.