Imperial War Museums
Digitisation Manager - Access
Type of Contract: Permanent
Location: Duxford
Salary: £38,700 - £41,000 per annum depending on experience
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
Closing Date: 9am 6th January 2025
Date and type of Interview: Interview for this post is to be confirmed
The IWM Visual Resources digitisation team converts the IWM analogue collections to enable them to be accessed (for example through collections search) and preserved digitally. The team undertake the work in house or contract work to third parties through frameworks. In all instances the team deliver to internal customers who then connect content with our audiences.
The Digitisation Manager role is split between two specialists who manage the in-house teams:
1) Digitisation Manager Access
Manages the programme of digitisation in support of public and commercial programmes. They manage largely on-demand work, with some project-based work.
2) Digitisation Manager Preservation
Manages the programme of digitisation where longevity of the original is short. They manage large projects, with some on-demand work.
The Museum’s ambition for the next five years (see Annual Report 5.3 Digital Futures) is to significantly increase the rate of digitisation. Due to the age of our collections IWM is digitising its most vulnerable assets now, as many of the assets will no longer be viable to digitise in five years’ time.
The access and/or preservation need will be established by your Head of Department (working within the governance structure). Your role will be to channel the work to in-house teams or third-party suppliers.
Focusing our ways of working to turn the strategic vision to increase the rate of digitisation into reality will be the focus of your work. This will demand accurate progress reporting, and quality assurance to ensure the transition period results in positive change. The Digitisation Manager Access will work with the Preservation Digitisation Manager to identify and resolve issues, maintain the working environment and deliver the same standard of reporting.
You will be the day-to-day point of contact for third-party suppliers working on projects within your area, have delegated budget responsibility for equipment and materials and reciprocally cover the Digitisation Managers work in their absence.
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The Royal Collection
Photographer
Type of Contract: Fixed Term Contract (1 Year)
Location: St James’s Palace, London
Salary: £34,000 p/a
Hours of work: 37.5 per week over 5 days (Monday to Friday)
Closing Date: Sunday 1st December at 23:55
Date and type of Interview: 1st Stage – MS Teams W/C 9th December, 2nd stage – On Site W/C 16th December
It's knowing you’re capturing a unique snapshot of history. It’s working as one team to deliver impressive projects. And it’s the satisfaction of presenting and promoting one of the world’s greatest and most diverse art collections. This is what makes working for Royal Collection Trust so different.
The Publishing & Images team is responsible for the photography of works of art within the Collection; as well as the management and marketing of digital images for use by internal and external colleagues and by customers who wish to purchase images through our Picture Library.
Joining this dedicated team, you'll photograph works on paper, manuscripts and books and all other decorative works of art whilst ensuring the delivery of high-quality images on time and to brief.
You'll process digital files, undertake detailed colour management and work with the Digital Imager to ensure files are ready to be uploaded to the Royal Collection’s Digital Asset Management (DAM) system.
You’ll maintain an up-to-date pool of images, as well as undertaking specific photography requests as and when required, using your expertise in RAW image processing software to bring the images to life. With photographic sessions undertaken in both Royal Residences and external locations, you’ll liaise with internal and external stakeholders to plan and discuss the brief for each photography session. Attending shoots will involve moving photographic equipment between different sites as required.
In all your work, you’ll aim to show the beauty of unique and often fragile paintings and other works of art. And your passion for producing engaging photography will be vital in promoting the works of this unique collection.
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