Digital Art Archivist Collections, Metadata & Digital Preservation
Digital Art Archivist Collections, Metadata & Digital Preservation
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Job Description
JOB TITLE
Digital Art Archivist — Collections, Metadata & Digital Preservation
1 Position
ABOUT THE JOB
De Art is looking for a Digital Art Archivist to help organize, document, and preserve the growing body of artistic and cultural material published and collected by the platform.
This role focuses on digital archiving, artwork documentation, metadata, artist records, image organization, and long-term accessibility of cultural content. The successful candidate will establish consistent systems for organizing digital materials and help ensure that information about artists, artworks, exhibitions, and cultural subjects remains accurate, structured, searchable, and usable over time.
The ideal candidate combines an interest in visual arts and cultural heritage with strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and an understanding of digital information management.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Develop and maintain organized digital archives for artworks, artists, exhibitions, editorial materials, images, and related cultural resources.
• Create and maintain consistent metadata for artists, artworks, projects, images, and other digital assets.
• Establish practical naming, categorization, tagging, and file-organization standards for digital art materials.
• Research and verify essential information about artists, artworks, dates, techniques, collections, exhibitions, and related subjects.
• Maintain artist and artwork records and ensure that information remains consistent across different De Art resources.
• Organize high-resolution images, photographs, documents, and other digital assets for long-term access.
• Document image credits, copyright information, attribution requirements, sources, and usage conditions where applicable.
• Collaborate with editors, researchers, curators, designers, and content producers to ensure that published materials are properly documented.
• Identify inconsistencies, missing information, duplicate records, and other issues within digital collections.
• Help establish procedures for version control, backups, file preservation, and structured access to important digital materials.
• Develop practical workflows for adding newly acquired or newly published materials to the archive.
• Research relevant archival and metadata standards and recommend approaches appropriate for De Art's scale and activities.
• Support future development of searchable digital collections and structured cultural resources.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Library and Information Science, Archival Studies, Museum Studies, Art History, Cultural Heritage, Information Management, Digital Humanities, or a related field.
• Strong interest in visual arts, cultural heritage, digital collections, and information organization.
• Excellent organizational and documentation skills.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Understanding of metadata, digital asset management, cataloguing, or archival principles.
• Ability to research, verify, structure, and maintain cultural and artistic information.
• Comfortable working with spreadsheets, databases, content-management systems, and digital file structures.
• Good English communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to establish consistent information-management procedures.
• Familiarity with image metadata, digital preservation, copyright, or collection-management systems is an advantage.
• Experience with museums, galleries, libraries, archives, cultural institutions, publishing, digital collections, or art platforms is a plus.
• Knowledge of contemporary art, photography, digital art, or visual culture is strongly preferred.
• Experience with databases, taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, or digital asset management systems is an advantage.
WHAT WE OFFER
• The opportunity to help build a structured digital knowledge and archive environment for visual arts.
• Direct involvement with artists, artworks, cultural materials, and digital collections.
• Collaboration with researchers, editors, curators, content producers, and digital specialists.
• The opportunity to develop practical experience at the intersection of art, culture, information management, and technology.
• A creative environment that values accuracy, organization, cultural preservation, and long-term thinking.
• The opportunity to contribute to the preservation and accessibility of visual arts information in a digital environment.
HOW TO APPLY
Please send the following materials to:
[Confidential Information]
Subject: Digital Art Archivist — De Art
• CV — maximum 2 pages
• Cover letter — maximum 1 page
• Portfolio or links to 3 relevant archival, research, cataloguing, digital collection, cultural, or information-management projects
• Two professional references, including name, role, and contact information
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview and may be asked to complete a role-specific practical assignment or presentation.
De Art welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds, including interdisciplinary practitioners working across art, culture, archives, libraries, research, technology, and digital humanities.
Digital Art Archivist — Collections, Metadata & Digital Preservation
1 Position
ABOUT THE JOB
De Art is looking for a Digital Art Archivist to help organize, document, and preserve the growing body of artistic and cultural material published and collected by the platform.
This role focuses on digital archiving, artwork documentation, metadata, artist records, image organization, and long-term accessibility of cultural content. The successful candidate will establish consistent systems for organizing digital materials and help ensure that information about artists, artworks, exhibitions, and cultural subjects remains accurate, structured, searchable, and usable over time.
The ideal candidate combines an interest in visual arts and cultural heritage with strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and an understanding of digital information management.
RESPONSIBILITIES
• Develop and maintain organized digital archives for artworks, artists, exhibitions, editorial materials, images, and related cultural resources.
• Create and maintain consistent metadata for artists, artworks, projects, images, and other digital assets.
• Establish practical naming, categorization, tagging, and file-organization standards for digital art materials.
• Research and verify essential information about artists, artworks, dates, techniques, collections, exhibitions, and related subjects.
• Maintain artist and artwork records and ensure that information remains consistent across different De Art resources.
• Organize high-resolution images, photographs, documents, and other digital assets for long-term access.
• Document image credits, copyright information, attribution requirements, sources, and usage conditions where applicable.
• Collaborate with editors, researchers, curators, designers, and content producers to ensure that published materials are properly documented.
• Identify inconsistencies, missing information, duplicate records, and other issues within digital collections.
• Help establish procedures for version control, backups, file preservation, and structured access to important digital materials.
• Develop practical workflows for adding newly acquired or newly published materials to the archive.
• Research relevant archival and metadata standards and recommend approaches appropriate for De Art's scale and activities.
• Support future development of searchable digital collections and structured cultural resources.
QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Library and Information Science, Archival Studies, Museum Studies, Art History, Cultural Heritage, Information Management, Digital Humanities, or a related field.
• Strong interest in visual arts, cultural heritage, digital collections, and information organization.
• Excellent organizational and documentation skills.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Understanding of metadata, digital asset management, cataloguing, or archival principles.
• Ability to research, verify, structure, and maintain cultural and artistic information.
• Comfortable working with spreadsheets, databases, content-management systems, and digital file structures.
• Good English communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to establish consistent information-management procedures.
• Familiarity with image metadata, digital preservation, copyright, or collection-management systems is an advantage.
• Experience with museums, galleries, libraries, archives, cultural institutions, publishing, digital collections, or art platforms is a plus.
• Knowledge of contemporary art, photography, digital art, or visual culture is strongly preferred.
• Experience with databases, taxonomies, controlled vocabularies, or digital asset management systems is an advantage.
WHAT WE OFFER
• The opportunity to help build a structured digital knowledge and archive environment for visual arts.
• Direct involvement with artists, artworks, cultural materials, and digital collections.
• Collaboration with researchers, editors, curators, content producers, and digital specialists.
• The opportunity to develop practical experience at the intersection of art, culture, information management, and technology.
• A creative environment that values accuracy, organization, cultural preservation, and long-term thinking.
• The opportunity to contribute to the preservation and accessibility of visual arts information in a digital environment.
HOW TO APPLY
Please send the following materials to:
[Confidential Information]
Subject: Digital Art Archivist — De Art
• CV — maximum 2 pages
• Cover letter — maximum 1 page
• Portfolio or links to 3 relevant archival, research, cataloguing, digital collection, cultural, or information-management projects
• Two professional references, including name, role, and contact information
Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview and may be asked to complete a role-specific practical assignment or presentation.
De Art welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds, including interdisciplinary practitioners working across art, culture, archives, libraries, research, technology, and digital humanities.
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Key Skills
collection-management systems
archival principles
taxonomies
content-management systems
digital file structures
image metadata
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