Job Opening Title:
Intern, Archival Digitization
Name of Employer:
Jazz At Lincoln Center
Job Site Location (City, State) :
New York, NY
Application Deadline:
January 21, 2025
Minimum Degree Requirement:
Associates Degree
Years of experience required:
3 months experience
Salary Range:
$20 hr
Job Description (if URL to posting not available). Include instructions for how to apply.:
The mission of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Inc. (“JALC”) is to entertain, enrich and expand a global community for jazz through performance, education, and advocacy. From college students to young stars, from working professionals to celebrated masters, we present quality jazz for an ever-increasing audience in an unprecedented range of activities and a variety of venues. We are dedicated to lifting audiences and bringing people together with substance and with integrity. JALC has created a dynamic platform where our key constituents – jazz artists (beginner to grizzled veteran), fans (casual listeners to advanced scholars), educators (local band leaders to leading artist-educators) and advocates (local community advocates to important national promoters) – can meet, engage, learn, and work towards common objectives.
JALC is seeking an Archival Intern for a 3-month term (15-20 hours per week).
Archival/Library Sciences students with previous digitization experience and a demonstrated interest in pursuing a career in Archives are strongly preferred.
This internship will be focused on creating Archival quality digital scans of printed materials, and photographs and negatives from our collection for ingest into our DAM system. We seek someone with the skills to operate a flatbed scanner, create PDFs and contact sheets, do minor image editing (crop and resize).
You will be asked to participate in other projects, as needed.
Qualifications/Skills:
Excellent organizational abilities and attention to detail.
Strong verbal communication skills.
Ability to follow detailed instructions and workflows.
Previous scanning experience (we’re using Epson flatbed and Plustek optifilm scanners).
Comfortable performing focused and repetitive tasks.
Basic proficiency with Microsoft Office programs: Word and Excel.
Photoshop/photo editing skills, Adobe Acrobat.
Ability to work independently, as well as with the team.
JALC does not offer a hybrid work schedule. All staff work together as a team, Monday through Friday at our offices (either Jazz at Lincoln Center’s administrative offices at 3 Columbus Circle or at Frederick P. Rose Hall, The House of Swing).
Jazz at Lincoln Center is an equal opportunity employer that affords equal opportunities to all applicants, employees, contractors, and other covered persons, and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Jazz at Lincoln Center is committed to creating an inclusive, open, and respectful culture that reflects and embraces diversity.
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