Hybrid Processing Archivist & Cataloger (Part-Time)

AMIA | Assn of Moving Image Archivists; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 25,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

South Side Home Movie Project (SSHMP) in Chicago seeks a part-time Processing Archivist and Cataloger to support a Getty Foundation-funded project focused on the Ramon Williams Collection and Black Chicago Renaissance.

The role involves processing, digitizing, and describing audiovisual materials, ensuring preservation and public access in line with archival standards. Hybrid work with on-site Logan Center for the Arts and up to 25% remote.

Qualifications

• Minimum: college/university degree in a related field.
• Under 2 years of related work experience.
• Preferred: degree in African-American history, art history, Chicago studies, film studies, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Inspect, clean, repair, digitize, and create access files for Ramon Williams films.
• Create and manage metadata records using SSHMP vocabulary; identify people, places, events in films.
• Ingest digitized files into SSHMP’s digital archive; enhance discoverability via tagging and annotations.
• Perform quality control on digitized files and metadata; document workflows and decisions.
• Support community-informed archival practices; prepare materials for public programming and exhibits.
• Develop collection-level resources like finding aids, digital exhibits, or interpretive essays.

Skills

Research & analytics

Independence

Organizational skills

Community-centered

Interest in film/arts

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree or related field

Preferred: film studies/Black visual art history

Tools

ArchivesSpace

Omeka

Job description

South Side Home Movie Project (SSHMP) in Chicago seeks a part-time Processing Archivist and Cataloger to support a Getty Foundation-funded project focused on the Ramon Williams Collection and Black Chicago Renaissance.

The role involves processing, digitizing, and describing audiovisual materials, ensuring preservation and public access in line with archival standards. Hybrid work with on-site Logan Center for the Arts and up to 25% remote.