Sacred Spaces Facilitator
About The Position
The Sacred Spaces project at Dominican University seeks to preserve and digitally archive architectural spaces of the Dominican family across the United States, and other culturally and religiously significant spaces in the Chicago area. This project takes an innovative approach to historic preservation by creating interactive 360 degree captures of significant sacred spaces using panorama and drone photography. The Sacred Spaces Facilitator will assist in all areas of the project including researching sites of interest, onsite digital capture, tour creation, web posting, and digital asset management. The Sacred Spaces Facilitator will join a small team at the McGreal Center for Dominican Historical Studies who all collaborate on planning, troubleshooting, and undertaking scholarly research for the project.
Requirements
- Background and/or training in library science, programming, photography, history, and/or museums
- Demonstrated interest in digital exhibitions or archives, digital humanities, and/or digital curation
- Willingness to learn and troubleshoot complex VR software, camera equipment, and drone photography
- Self-starting attitude
- Comfort with troubleshooting, using software documentation to address issues
Nice To Haves
- Interest in photography, architecture, and/or religious communities preferred
- Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, Pano2VR, PTGui, WordPress
Responsibilities
- Assist in capturing digital footage of interiors and exteriors of sacred spaces using drones, panorama cameras, and phone cameras
- Create digital tours of spaces using Pano2VR software to build panoramas and embed content
- Create webpages for individual tours on WordPress site, including editing landing page video
- Conduct research on individual spaces and communities, build scholarly bibliographies for website using Zotero
- Assist in identifying new sites of interest, corresponding with representatives of communities
- Assist Program Coordinator with developing digital preservation plan for generated assets
Benefits
- Professional development opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
