Digital Archivist

Richemont•New York, NY

8d•$100,000 - $110,000•Onsite

About The Position

A High Jewelry Maison with a strong heritage is seeking a talented Digital Archivist to join their team. This role involves managing and enhancing digital archives, ensuring their long-term stability and security, and implementing digital preservation systems. The archivist will also be involved in identifying physical collections for digitization, overseeing digitization projects, quality control, and uploading approved digital archives into a database. Additionally, the role includes creating and updating metadata, writing finding aids, collaborating with local and HQ Archives teams on research requests, and collecting digital-born documents. This is an opportunity to contribute to a Maison that values employee career development, offering immersion in its history, know-how, and creations.

Requirements

Masters degree in Information Science or Archives and Preservation
At least 5 years experience in similar projects
Ability to read handwritten script/cursive
Ability to move heavy boxes
Self-motivated with excellent time management and organizational skills
Accurate attention to detail
Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
Proficient in Microsoft Office and Adobe Suite
Ability to travel locally as needed
Valid work authorization for employment in the USA

Nice To Haves

Interest and experience in art history
French language skills strongly preferred

Responsibilities

Manage and enhance the digital archives
Maintain the growing digital archives and ensure the long-term stability and security of the files
Implement a digital preservation system
Create a precise report on the volume of the digital archives
Assess the files types and storage usage regularly
Working with the Collections Archivist, identify physical archive collections that need to be digitized
Oversee digitization projects by providing instructions on file naming and handling instructions to the vendor
Be the point of contact for the vendor on all questions that arise from the digitization process
Quality control and rename digital file as needed
Work with HQ Archives Department to upload approved U.S. digital archives into database
Work on creating and updating the metadata for digital archives
Enhance the archives
Write finding aids using a controlled vocabulary thesaurus in collaboration with local and HQ Archives team
Ensure preservation conditions and the collection’s integrity are respected
Work closely with HQ Archives team on research requests
Independently research areas within the U.S. archives which may be of interest to the general history of the Maison
Assist in tracking research requests for internal statistics
Give internal presentations on the archive collections and archival methodologies used
Collect digital born documents from various departments of the Maison in collaboration with HQ Archives team