Sacred Spaces Assistant: Digital Archives & VR Tours Onsite

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

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.