{"id":10025,"date":"2014-05-15T10:37:56","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T15:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=10025"},"modified":"2014-05-15T10:37:56","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T15:37:56","slug":"digital-imaging-specialist-detroit-institute-of-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2014\/05\/15\/digital-imaging-specialist-detroit-institute-of-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Imaging Specialist, Detroit Institute of Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Job Title\/Department\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad<\/strong>
\nDigital Imaging Specialist<\/strong>
\nConservation Department<\/strong>
\nThe Detroit Institute of Arts, housing one of the finest encyclopedic collections in the country, seeks a Digital Imaging Specialist.\u00a0 The successful candidate will join the Conservation Department consisting of conservators in paintings, paper, and objects; research scientist; imaging specialist; and mounts specialist.\u00a0 The candidate should have prior fine arts museum imaging expertise including:
\n\u00d7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Photography of 2 and 3 dimensional works of art, achieving clarity of detail, evenness of lights, gradation and tonal fidelity.
\n\u00d7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Proficiency with the latest Photoshop version, as well as image stitching and mosaic building software.
\n\u00d7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Experience handling a wide range of art objects.
\n\u00d7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 X-radiography of works of art and maintenance of the source equipment.
\n\u00d7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ultra-violet imaging and infra-red reflectography, including the requisite image stitching software.
\n\u00d7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Effective photo studio management – tending to the care of cameras, lights, computers, monitor calibration and supplies.
\n\u00d7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ability to work effectively with museum curators, exhibition personnel and conservators.
\n\u00d7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Familiarity with polynomial texture mapping using reflectance transformation imaging techniques is desirable.
\nThe Digital Imaging Specialist will also shoot and edit departmental video and images in support of departmental educational and conference needs, as well as prepare and organize conservation images for updates to TMS and DAMS (Digital Asset Management System). The Digital Imaging Specialist will work with the Photography Department staff in the creation of high-resolution images of the collection, as needed, in support of the collections access project. The Digital Imaging Specialist is also responsible for the development and management of the studio budget.\u00a0 The successful candidate will possess the organizational skills required to coordinate the imaging needs of the Conservation Department and the excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, essential to working collaboratively.
\nThe Digital Imaging Specialist reports to the Director of Conservation.\u00a0 The successful candidate should possess a Bachelor\u2019s degree in a related field.\u00a0 The position is full-time with excellent benefits and compensation commensurate with experience.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Please provide a letter of intent, curriculum vita, and contact information for three professional references in a single PDF file (please note that only one attachment is allowed).\u00a0 The deadline for applications is end of business day June 16, 2014. Applications must be submitted online at www.dia.org.
\nTHE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Job Title\/Department\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad Digital Imaging Specialist Conservation Department The Detroit Institute of Arts, housing one of the finest encyclopedic collections in the country, seeks a Digital Imaging Specialist.\u00a0 The successful candidate will join the Conservation Department consisting of conservators in paintings, paper, and objects; research scientist; imaging specialist; and mounts specialist.\u00a0 The candidate should have prior … Continue reading “Digital Imaging Specialist, Detroit Institute of Arts”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":184,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/184"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10025"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10025\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}