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Job: Metadata Specialist IV at The J. Paul Getty Trust

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The Getty Research Institute is dedicated to developing leading ways to access and discover collections, develop knowledge, and disseminate research. Our digital initiatives provide crucial support to these endeavors and the practice of art history in the digital age.

We are looking for a full-time Metadata Specialist to join our Digital Initiatives team and to work in collaboration with colleagues across the Getty Research Institute and Getty Digital. The Metadata Specialist will focus on complex metadata in order to support and enhance access and discovery as well as research applications and investigations, recognizing that metadata is critical for facilitating digital scholarship. The Metadata Specialist will be assigned to multiple project teams, will have the opportunity to contribute to such innovative initiatives as PhotoTech (to digitize the Getty Research Institute’s photo archives) and to leverage or enhance the Getty Vocabularies and Getty Provenance Index. The Metadata Specialist must be willing to work collaboratively, interfacing with content experts, project managers, software developers, and systems and semantic architects, to help plan and execute projects.

The candidate will demonstrate

a high level of knowledge of international metadata standards used to describe digital resources and competency in related digital tools and programming languages such as OpenRefine and Python for metadata manipulation and enrichment
a good working knowledge of metadata applications relevant to key areas of digital humanities research, including text analysis, image analysis, network analysis, and geospatial analysis
a good working knowledge of data modeling, relational and graph databases, ontologies, and classification systems
competency in working in collaborative environments, including coordinating activities and ensuring smooth workflows as well as clear, consistent, and timely communications

Application Deadline: February 28, 2021 or until filled

*Due to COVID-19, the Getty campus is currently closed to non-essential staff members. This position will begin as a temporary work-from-home position; this is not a permanent remote assignment. The successful candidate must be a California resident when employment begins. Relocation assistance may be available. 

Major Job Responsibilities

Applies extensive knowledge of metadata standards and best practices to projects that involve metadata creation, editing, aggregation, and enhancement at every level of complexity
Directs or participates in projects applying project management best practices. This will include duties related to human relations, budgeting, reporting, purchasing, and approvals.
May lead a section or functional team by providing direction, training, and work review, organizing and assigning work, setting priorities, and following up to ensure coordination and completion of assigned work
Participates in departmental strategic and program planning to establish goals and priorities and ensures that institutional policies are consistently applied
Provides training on metadata practices and tools to professional staff and others
Documents policies, procedures, and/or editorial guidelines, in compliance with relevant standards
Participates in the design and development of user specifications, user testing, and evaluation tools
Serves as a key collaborator with Getty Digital in the development of workflows, systems and tools
Serves and collaborates on internal and external teams, committees, working groups, and other Getty entities as well as external groups and organizations as needed
May research, write, present, and publish about work activities, collections, and/or professional issues
May develop, promote, and implement new and evolving standards and best practices designed to create open, sustainable, interoperable, and trustworthy metadata
May contribute to discussions around rules and standards relative to the broader national and international communities

Qualifications

●  MA degree in art history, data science, library and information science, cultural heritage field or related discipline

●  Minimum of 7 years professional experience, preferably in an art-related or cultural heritage organization

●  Excellent written and verbal communication skills

●  Substantial  knowledge and technical expertise in computational analysis, as well as data analysis, management, and manipulation

●  Preferred:  experience in project management

●   May require some related supervisory experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Interest in the intersections of art history, digital technologies, and data science    
Understanding of linked data principles and technologies as well as software development
Ability to work in team-based and collaborative environments
Background in technical report writing and programming languages
Advanced knowledge of new developments in the profession, including born-digital resource management
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to conceptualize work within broader GRI goals and objectives
Expert-level facility with systems and computational techniques required to perform work duties. These may include systems designed for collection management, digital materials management and transformation, digital repository management, digital asset management, data management, data integration, communications, and resource discovery.
Working knowledge of digital humanities methods and tools
Expert knowledge of established standards and best practices relevant to library and archival practice, systems, and metadata standards


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