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🔗Commissioned Art Collection Digitization Intern – 930 hours

  • Internship
  • NCPE Internship
  • Charles Town, WV
  • $18.50 USD / Hour
  • Applications have closed
  • Department: Harpers Ferry Center for Media Services - Commissioned Art Collection
  • Job Reference #: 4038c
  • Job Summary: Come work with an art collection at the National Park Service!
  • Job Qualifications:

    Experience with using computer software (i.e., word processing/spreadsheet programs and databases) required. Strong writing skills required. Some prior museum studies, registration, collections management, or archives experience is helpful, but not required.  Attention to detail, ability to multitask, flexibility, and a willingness to learn is important.  Must be a current student or recent graduate of a community college, undergrad or graduate program with courses in museum studies, art history, archives, or closely related fields. Applicants must be enrolled students or have graduated within the past 12 months from the closing date of this announcement.  Training will be provided in all areas listed in the job description. Own transportation is required. Located in Charles Town, WV.

  • How to Apply:

    Click on the application button at this listing and follow the instructions to apply online.

  • Job benefits: Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Physical Demands / Work Environment: Work completed in an office environment. Must be able to lift boxes up to 40 pounds. Boxes will not be carried over distances and carts will be used. Work involves prolonged sedentary periods during digitizing which can be relieved to some degree with available standing desks. The office is cold as is collections storage.
  • Application Email: waso cr-intern@nps.gov

Website National Park Service/NCPE Internship Program

Harpers Ferry Center is the National Park Service's Media Center that creates a variety of interpretive tools to assist NPS field interpreters. These tools include audiovisual programs, historic furnishings, museum exhibits, publications, and wayside exhibits. HFC also provides a variety of services including graphics research, interpretive planning, media contracting, artifact conservation, revision and reprinting of publications, and replacement of wayside exhibits.

Do you love art? Do you enjoy writing? Do you like organization? Do you have fun working with digital files? If so, apply to work with the Commissioned Art Collection at the National Park Service (NPS)’s Harpers Ferry Center for Media Services in Charles Town, WV!

The successful candidate will work directly with the Commissioned Art Collection Manager to handle art, complete database records, digitize files, and rehouse art.  The primary work will focus on scanning, organizing, and attaching contract and research files to collection database records. Duties include using Photoshop and Bridge to edit digital images, rewriting and expanding image descriptions to reflect current and appropriate terminology, and organizing publications that feature art from the collection.

The intern will be part of a team that assists each other as needed to help everyone succeed. Training is provided in the use of FileMaker and a digital asset management system to accomplish the work. The position will be able to telework two days a week, so access to reliable home internet is important. The internship is for 930 hours or 23+ weeks full-time.

This position is part of the Internship Program administered by the National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE). The program is a partnership between the National Park Service and NCPE. The successful applicants must be 30 years of age or younger (or 35 years or younger if a Veteran) when they begin the internship. Other eligibility requirements apply; visit https://preservenet.org/ncpe-internships/ for details and instructions on how to apply.

Qualified NCPE interns who complete their internships may count their position towards earning a Public Land Corps (PLC) Non-Competitive Hiring Authority certificate.  Once earned, the PLC hiring authority certificate may be used to apply for eligible Federal temporary, term, or permanent positions. Visit the website listed above for details about this benefit. Successful completion of the internship does not guarantee Federal employment.