McGreal Center Undergraduate Sacred Spaces Assistant

Dominican University; River Forest (IL); On-site; USD 17,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite position at DU River Forest

Job summary

Dominican University seeks an Undergraduate Sacred Spaces Assistant to support the McGreal Center's Sacred Spaces project in River Forest, IL. You will help capture digital footage, create tours, and research spaces while engaging with communities.

This 10–20 hour/week, onsite role involves learning VR tools, drone photography, and archival workflows within a collaborative scholarly team at the McGreal Center for Dominican Historical Studies.

Qualifications

• Interest in digital exhibitions or archives and digital curation.
• Willingness to learn VR software, cameras, and drone photography.
• Comfort with troubleshooting software using documentation.
• Experience in photography, film, programming, architecture, or library/museum work preferred.
• Interest in architecture, Chicago history, or religious communities preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Sacred Spaces team in capturing digital footage of interiors and exteriors of sacred spaces sites using drones, panorama cameras, and phone cameras.
• Create digital tours of spaces using Pano2VR software.
• Conduct research about individual spaces and communities.
• Assist the Sacred Spaces facilitator in identifying new sites of interest, corresponding with representatives of communities.
• Assist the archives assistant with selecting content for permanent retention, describing in ArchivesSpace, and ingesting into Preservica.

Skills

Digital exhibitions

Archival research

Drone photography

VR software troubleshooting

Photography

Tools

Pano2VR

PTGui

Preservica

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Premiere Pro

Job description

Position: McGreal Center Undergraduate Sacred Spaces Assistant

Location: River Forest, IL

Job Id: 2392

# of Openings: 1

TITLE: McGreal Center Undergraduate Sacred Spaces Assistant

DEPARTMENT: McGreal Center

FLSA STATUS: Hourly

The McGreal Center at Dominican University seeks to preserve the history of the Dominican family across the United States with two major initiatives. The first is an archive of Dominican history with an emphasis on collaborative organizations, communities of women, and Dominican spirituality and scholarship. Second is Sacred Spaces, a digital archive of Dominican Family architectural spaces and other culturally and religiously significant spaces in the Chicago area. The undergraduate assistant will assist in all areas of the Sacred Spaces project including researching sites of interest, outreach and community relationship development, onsite digital capture, tour creation, and digital asset management. The assistant will join a small team at the McGreal Center for Dominican Historical Studies who all collaborate on planning, troubleshooting, and undertaking scholarly research for the project.

Responsibilities:

• Assist the Sacred Spaces team in capturing digital footage of interiors and exteriors of sacred spaces sites using drones, panorama cameras, and phone cameras
• Create digital tours of spaces using Pano2VR software
• Conduct research about individual spaces and communities
• Assist the Sacred Spaces facilitator in identifying new sites of interest, corresponding with representatives of communities
• Assist the archives assistant with selecting content for permanent retention, describing in ArchivesSpace , and ingesting into Preservica

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated interest in digital exhibitions or archives, digital humanities, and/or digital curation
• Willingness to learn and troubleshoot complex VR software, camera equipment, and drone photography
• Comfort with troubleshooting, using software documentation to address issues
• Experience in photography, film, programming, architecture, or library/museum work preferred
• Interest in architecture, Chicago history, or religious communities preferred

Software programs you will learn:

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Pano2VR, PTGui , Preservica

Logistics :

• 10-20 hours/week
• $15/hour
• This is a fully onsite position at the McGreal Center on DU’s River Forest campus