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Archivist, Studio Wayne McGregor

  •  UK-wide
  •  ÂŁ25k-30k
  •  Full time
  •  Closes February 26, 2025
  •  NA
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Description

Job Summary

Studio Wayne McGregor is looking for a brilliant and motivated Archivist, to manage and oversee our dynamic archive with over 30 years’ worth of materials. The post will join at an exciting time to support our first major exhibition, Wayne McGregor: INFINITE BODIES, which will take place at Somerset

Job Description

Job Title: Archivist

Main Objectives: Manage and develop both the digital and physical collections of the Studio Wayne McGregor archive

Responsible to: Director of Licensing and Legacy

Key working relationships: Artistic Director, Director of Licensing and Legacy, Licensing and Projects Manager and Touring and Projects Manager

About us: We are creative, curious and ambitious with equality, sharing, diversity, generosity and collaboration at our centre. We aspire to be a place where a diverse mix of talented people want to come and do their best work. We strive to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the individual voices of our team and reflects the communities we work with. We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups - if this is a transition to a more senior role, we will support you.

Job Requirements

  • Demonstrable experience of working in an archive or with archive collections, including experience of appraising and acquiring materials and arrangement of collections.
  • Experience of handling and working with a diverse range of physical and digital-born assets, and processing and converting a variety of digital file formats, particularly audio-visual formats.
  • Knowledge of archival management principles and best practice.

  • Knowledge of digital preservation principles and best practice.

  • Knowledge of archive cataloguing standards.

  • Excellent organisational skills and an ability to efficiently balance a variety of tasks, prioritise workload and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

  • Evidence of strong team working skills and ability to work collaboratively with a variety of different individuals both internal and external to the organisation.

Job Responsibilities

  • Manage the arrangement of pre-existing materials in the digital and physical collections.

  • Oversee the appraisal of acquisitions to the digital and physical collections to ensure they meet collection policy requirements.

  • To catalogue the digital and physical collections of the archive.

  • Update, contemporise and maintain the data storage system which houses the digital archive.

  • Liaise with departments in Studio Wayne McGregor and external individuals and companies to actively negotiate the transfer of relevant materials from historical and present activity into the archive.

  • Assess archival material in the digital and physical collection to ensure assets are appropriately stored and preserved, and identify which need repair or conservation.

  • Undertake research to assist with and answer queries from departments within Studio Wayne McGregor and external individuals and companies, supplying information and materials as appropriate.

How to Apply

Complete the application form on our website: https://waynemcgregor.com/about/auditions-jobs

We want you to complete your application in a way that is comfortable for you. If you would like to complete your application via audio or video, answering the questions in the application form, please email this to [email protected]

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