| Purpose: |
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Under limited supervision, this position preserves and creates images and documents various materials for historical, current, and future use. |
| Duties, Functions and Responsibilities: |
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Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
- Performs film processing, printing, print finishing, on-line imaging, and production of copy negatives and transparencies.
- Operates, maintains, rebuilds and customizes photo lab, lab software and lab equipment.
- Creates improved copies of faded damaged and obscured early process photographs.
- Acts as advisor on digital imaging, and imaging archiving.
- Enhances and edits image originals and copies.
- Creates archival metadata and manages databases.
- Retrieves, preserves, and organizes photographs and negatives.
- Makes high quality photographic prints, including but not limited to 5x7, panoramic, and mural.
- Operates still film, copy, and digital cameras.
- Handles customer orders including consulting, packaging, mailing, tracking and billing.
- Makes, tracks, and reports specialized purchases.
- Consults with department marketing and exhibit teams and other City departments and employees.
- Assists curator with historical photograph collections.
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| Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised: |
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May provide leadership, work assignments, evaluation, training, and guidance to others.
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| Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: |
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Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
- Knowledge of color management.
- Knowledge of database image storage, retrieval and metadata creation.
- Knowledge of archival standards and best practices.
- Knowledge of historical photographic processes.
- Knowledge of mural and panoramic size professional inkjet printers.
- Skill in maintenance of professional inkjet printers, cameras, developing, and other image producing equipment.
- Skill in photographing people, events, architecture, documents, photographs and artifacts.
- Skill in handling multiple tasks and prioritizing.
- Skill in using computers and related software applications.
- Skill in written and oral communication.
- Ability to operate professional photographic equipment.
- Ability to work in close quarters.
- Ability to quickly and accurately obtain appropriate information.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective communication and working relationships with City employees and the public.
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| Minimum Qualifications: |
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- Associate Degree from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in a field related to the job, plus three (3) years of related experience working as a printer, film processor, or camera operator in a professional photography lab.
- Experience may substitute for education up to a maximum of two (2) years.
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| Licenses and Certifications Required: |
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None.
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