Imaging Assistant: Greece and Rome

Imaging Assistant
Greece and Rome
Part-time (18 hours per week)
Fixed term (23 months)
£28,144 per annum, pro rata
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on Friday 24 January 2025

About the role:
To photograph, edit and make publicly accessible images of the Greece and Rome collection in support of the Museum's Masterplan, the Museum Operating Plan and all relevant Museum strategies. To improve accessibility of the collection via the Museum's digital online platforms. To produce digital photographic images and help document objects, to process images by matching them to MI+ collections management database records, and to upload them to the Museum's image asset management system.

Key areas of responsibility:

1. To produce standard digital images of the Greece and Rome collection
2. To process images including, where appropriate, standardising backgrounds, pairing obverse and reverse files using established automated batch processes
3. To ensure images are labelled with their MI+ PRN identifier to enable bulk upload to the asset database
4. To liaise with IS staff over the bulk upload of images
5. To identify any issues with the MI+ records of the imaged objects and to work with curators and other staff to correct problems
6. To support upgrading the documentation of Greek and Roman objects in the collection in liaison with curators

About you:

1. Experience of collections and digital asset management databases
2. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Adobe Photoshop software
3. Experience with photographic documentation
4. Some experience of working with a relevant collection, museum documentation and museum databases
5. Open, effective communicator with good spoken and written English
6. Ability to work as part of a team

About the British Museum:
Founded in 1753, the British Museum's remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture. The Museum is a leading visitor attraction, and its world-famous collection includes the Rosetta Stone, Egyptian mummies, the Sutton-Hoo finds, and the Lewis Chessmen. The Museum also holds an extensive collection of prints and drawings spanning 600 years, including works by the greatest graphic artists such as Dürer, Michelangelo and Rembrandt.

Benefits:
The Museum offers a competitive benefits package including:

1. Generous annual leave allowance of 25 days (rising to 30 days after 10 years' service) plus 2.5 privilege days and plus bank holidays.
2. Membership of the civil service defined benefit pension scheme.
3. Free entry to a wide range of museums and exhibitions
4. Participation in private and public Museum activities, including talks by leading curators from around the world and behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn how museums care for and manage their extraordinary collections.
5. Interest-free travel, bicycle, and rental deposit loans
6. Professional and personal development opportunities
7. Employee Assistance Programme
8. Discounts on food and gift shop purchases

Additional details:
For more information about this role, please see the job description.

If you have any additional needs that we should be aware of to support you with your application, please provide details.

The British Museum is committed to promoting equality of opportunity for all staff and job applicants. We aim to create a working environment in which all individuals can make best use of their skills, free from unlawful discrimination or harassment. We value the benefits that a diverse workforce brings to a museum which represents world culture.