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The Getty Research Institute (GRI) seeks nominations and applications for a creative, collaborative, and experimental manager to serve as the inaugural Head of Metadata Strategy. This position is an excellent opportunity for a thoughtful, pragmatic, and technologically-savvy administrator to work across the GRI on born digital content, digitized content, and various metadata projects and systems, among other future-forward endeavors. The GRI is now at a crucial stage in its development as an institution, with a new and developing digital infrastructure to process, preserve, and present its archival collections and a recently adopted institutional approach to metadata strategy. With a newly created team of 7 within Special Collections Management and the expectation for further growth, the inaugural Head will have the opportunity to impact world-class services in support of research at the Getty and around the globe. The inaugural Head will work across divisions and programs to assess current metadata practices, steer the development of a durable vision for institutional, cross-department metadata standards, and assist staff in the library, special collections, institutional archives, and research departments to implement them. The role will require up-to-date expertise in metadata management, awareness of current and evolving schema for published, unpublished, and born-digital materials, and excellent diplomatic and communication skills. The targeted hiring range for this position is $120,000-$130,000 annually, with some flexibility based on the candidate’s background and experience. The Getty also offers a generous benefits package. #J-18808-Ljbffr ASALH LLC

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