The Digital Asset Management Group/Department of Digital Media of
the Metropolitan Museum of Art is looking for current college seniors and
graduate students who are interested in applying for an unpaid internship
during the spring 2014 semester. Under the supervision of professional
staff, interns will gain first-hand experience by cataloguing digital audio
content related to the museum, and participating in digitization
projects.
The Digital Asset Management Group of the Department of Digital
Media is responsible for the oversight and management of all digital assets in
the Museum’s digital asset management system, establishing metadata
requirements for cataloguing of relevant digital assets within the DAM,
streamlining the deployment of digital assets from the DAM to the CMS,
overseeing the application customization and integration with other systems.
We are a very busy department and can offer an interesting
experience for anyone intrigued by an alternative library environment.
The spring internship will be from January-May. Standard
internship requirements would be a minimum of at least two full days (14 hours)
per week during business hours. The department is only open
Monday-Friday, 9:00-5:00 and closed on the weekends.
Interns will be eligible for employee discounts at the Museum’s
public restaurant, Membership Dining Room, the Museum’s retail stores, and free
admission to all other New York City museums.
If interested in applying, the deadline is November 22, 2013. All
materials should be compiled by the applicant, emailed together and include the
following:
• Resume and Cover Letter
• Proposed begin and end dates
of internship
• Availability for an
in-person interview
APPLICANTS SHOULD SUBMIT MATERIALS TO:
