Interior Architecture Materials Resource Curator

Chatham; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Chatham University seeks an IAResource Room Manager to organize and maintain the interior architecture program's materials, drawings, and publications. The role involves guiding users, shelving, assisting students, managing donations, updating vendor lists, and preserving reference sets.

The position supports faculty and students in a campus library-like space, with monthly reviews of processes and ongoing efforts to improve organization and access to resources relevant to design materials and

Responsibilities

• Be knowledgeable of the layout and organization of the room; act as a "tour guide" for anyone using the space.
• Reshelf all materials, products and samples that have been left out, or placed in the cart for reshelving.
• Assist students to help them find specific materials.
• Accept, categorize samples and materials that are donated to the Resource Room, and write thank you notes to the donor.
• Update and maintain a product vendor list, and keep a current list posted.
• Keep paint sets organized; protect master sets from each vendor as "reference only".
• Throw out damaged binders that are missing most of their contents, all samples or materials that do not have manufacturer labels or specification data included.
• Meet with faculty advisor once a month to review processes and suggestions for improvement.
• Be knowledgeable of the layout and organization of the room; act as a "tour guide" for anyone using the space.
• Assist faculty with any administrative tasks for class instruction.
• Help maintain the large format plotters; paper jams, changing ink cartridges, basic maintenance tasks.
• Help students use the desktop plotter for high resolution scans.
• Update magazines and periodicals so most current issues on located in the magazine carousel, back issues are filed chronologically in the bookcase.
• Meet with faculty advisor once a month to review processes and suggestions for improvement.

Job description

Chatham University seeks an IAResource Room Manager to organize and maintain the interior architecture program's materials, drawings, and publications. The role involves guiding users, shelving, assisting students, managing donations, updating vendor lists, and preserving reference sets.

The position supports faculty and students in a campus library-like space, with monthly reviews of processes and ongoing efforts to improve organization and access to resources relevant to design materials and