Job Opening Title: IndieCollect PACKATHON! PAID Training Program
Institution/Organization Name: IndieCollect
Job Location (City, State, Province, Country): New York, New York
Application Deadline: ASAP
Years of experience required: N/A – IndieCollect will train participants
Job Description (if URL to posting not available): Paid Training Program:
This will be a 6-week film & sound element identification training program for film students, entry-level archivists, and interested cinephiles. Participants will be taught to discern whether 35mm & 16mm film reels are original camera negatives, positive prints, interpositives, internegatives, or magnetic sound elements. You will learn how our inventory/asset management program works, how to read our barcodes, and how our IndieCollect Index tracks elements and element sets. In the process, you will pack (and be taught how to safely pack) the correct elements for approximately 700 motion pictures selected by the Academy Film Archive.
These indie treasures are going to be safely preserved at the Academy Film Archive, at no cost to the filmmakers! This is a wonderful opportunity to save hundreds of important films, and get training as an entry-level archivist at the same time.
Compensation:
Participants will be paid $10/per hour. We also welcome participants (including experienced archivists) who wish to donate your time!
Start Date:
The orientation program starts on Monday, March 7, at 10am.
(If you cannot be present on that first Monday, we will orient you separately.)
Minimum Time Commitment:
We are asking participants to commit to a minimum of 8 hours per week — either one day or two half-days. During spring break, we would be happy if students could work full-time (i.e., up to a 40-hour week).
Run of Program:
We anticipate that this program will last for 6 weeks. Participants who perform well will be considered for future employment.
Location:
IndieCollect, 245 West 55th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10019
Diversity:
We pride ourselves on having assembled a fun and diverse team. We welcome diversity in every sense of the word.
Contact: Steve Blakely, Collection Assessment & Archive Liaison Director (steve.blakely@indiecollect.org)
Interested participants are asked to:
— Email Steve Blakely to express your interest
— Provide complete name, home address, tel & email contact in body of email
— Indicate days/hours you will be available
— Indicate if you will be able to attend first March 7 orientation session
— Attach your CV or bio
This program will be a first-rate educational experience and hope you will circulate this notice to your friends, colleagues and students.
Sandra Schulberg
President
IndieCollect @ Lab for Icon & Idiom, Inc.
IndieCollect is a program of the Laboratory for Icon & Idiom, Inc.(LII), our non-profit organization.