Description

DEPARTMENT:        Registrar’s Office

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Daily updates to object and location information in the collections database per the  Museum’s format guidelines
  • Data clean-up projects to standardize information per format guidelines
  • Entry of exhibition checklists and new object information from a variety of sources and documents
  • Media linking and Metadata standardization
  • Basic office tasks such as filing, photocopying, email correspondence and answering phone calls when related to data entry tasks
  • Other database-related projects to be performed as assigned

REPORTS TO:          Senior Manager of Collections Records and Review

WORK SCHEDULE:  35 hours per week, Monday through Friday, until June 30, 2017, with the possibility of renewal

STARTING DATE:   Immediate

Requirements

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Previous experience with The Museum System, or other collections database experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in art, art history, or related field
  • Ability to perform accurate data entry; meticulous attention to detail, and excellent organizational and recordkeeping skills
  • Experience handling media and updating metadata
  • Visual acuity, including an ability to read a variety of handwriting and typewritten documents
  • Ability to meet deadlines, follow editorial and format guidelines, and focus on detailed work in a fast-paced open office environment
  • Excellent grammar, spelling, and punctuation
  • Ability to work well independently, and with others, on complex research projects and object numbering issues
  • Knowledge of MS Access and Excel preferred
Job Information
  • Brooklyn, New York, 11238, United States
  • 29700745
  • July 28, 2016
  • Collection Information Assistant
  • Brooklyn Museum
  • Registrar/Collections Management
  • Yes
  • Full-Time
  • 1-2 Years
  • BA/BS/Undergraduate
  • 1-2 Years