Digital Imaging Specialist

Summary The Smithsonian Institution is the world's largest museum, education, and research complex, with 21 museums and the National Zoo. This position is located in The National Museum of African Art (NMAfA), Under Secretary for Museums and Culture, Smithsonian Institution (SI). Duties The Digital Imaging Specialist leads the integration of digital imaging operations within digital collections workflows. This position applies advanced professional expertise in cultural heritage imaging, workflow analysis, metadata coordination, quality assurance, digital asset lifecycle management, and enterprise systems integration. The specialist develops and implements sustainable, scalable workflows that enhance operational consistency, improve efficiency, support access and preservation objectives, and strengthen the long-term stewardship of digital collections. In this position, you will: Serve as the Museum lead technical specialist for planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating digital imaging activities in support of collections, archives, and public access. Provide specialized professional digital imaging services for museum and archival collections that require individualized technical approaches based on format, condition, preservation needs, intended use, and institutional standards. Analyze, develop, document, implement, and improve digital imaging processes that support efficient digital collections workflows throughout the Museum. Serve as the Museum lead point of contact for digital imaging workflows, technical documentation, digital asset lifecycle management, and related operational issues affecting collections stewardship. Develop and deliver technical guidance, training, and user-oriented documentation supporting consistent implementation of digital imaging and digital collections workflows throughout the Museum. Qualifications Experience: You qualify for this position if you have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 level in the Federal Service. For this position, specialized experience is defined as planning, coordinating, implementing, and evaluating digital imaging activities across their lifecycle in support of collections, archives, exhibitions, institutional records, publications, conservation, scholarly research, community consultation, and public access. Your resume must be no more than two (2) pages and should clearly demonstrate how your experience aligns with the responsibilities and specialized experience required for this position. Do not copy language directly from the vacancy announcement, as you will be deemed ineligible for consideration. Instead, provide detailed, descriptive information about your actual experience. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Part-time and/or unpaid experience related to this position will be considered to determine the total number of years and months of experience. Be sure to note the number of paid or unpaid hours worked each week. In an effort to streamline our hiring process, SI employees whose current position of record is in the same job series 1001 and who are in a (Federal competitive or excepted service appointment) as this advertised position, are not required to submit a transcript with your application package. However, if selected, you will be required to provide a copy of your transcript before your start date in the position. Time-in-Grade Requirements: Under competitive merit promotion procedures, any individual who is currently holding, or who has held within the previous 52 weeks, a General Schedule position under a non-temporary appointment in the competitive or excepted service, must meet "time-in-grade" requirements (have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade of the grade for which you are applying). Requirements

• Requires career/career-conditional status or eligibility.
• Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered with Selective Service.