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Student Worker - Collections
Department: Collections
Classification: Temporary / Full-time / Hourly
Quarter: Summer
Position Summary:
The Collections department creates and maintains the official records for all artworks in Langson IMCA’s collection, oversees all artworks entering and leaving the museum, and is responsible for the care of the collection. For the summer quarter, the student worker position provides an opportunity to learn about best practices in museum registration and collections management and will gain an understanding of the day-to-day responsibilities of a museum registrar.
Primary duties include, but are not limited to,
- entering or reconciling data in the museum collections database (EmbARK)
- generating condition reports and shipping receipts
- archiving files for incoming loans, outgoing loans and exhibitions
Additionally, the position includes opportunities to visit art storage & other local museums with staff, write a post for social media, and participate in art related and professional development workshops.
The ideal candidate is motivated, detail oriented, meticulous in gathering and entering information, and comfortable with computer work. The start date will be the week of June 25th and requires a minimum of 32 hours a week during the quarter. The position requires working in the office Tuesday through Thursday and working remotely on Friday.
Preferred Requirements
Registered UCI undergraduate or 4+1 student
Art History or Art major/minor
Digital Information Systems, minor
Compensation
$16.00 per hour
Apply via Handshake (Job #8831240) or submit resume and cover letter by email with subject line “Summer Collections Application” to Chanelle Mandell, Associate Registrar, mandellc@uci.edu. Applications will be received no later than 5pm (PST) on May 10.
Student Worker - Collections Data
Department: Collections
Classification: Temporary / Full-time / Hourly
Quarter: Summer
Position Summary:
The Collections department creates and maintains the official records for all artworks in Langson IMCA’s collection, oversees all artworks entering and leaving the museum, and is responsible for the care of the collection. This particular student worker position provides an opportunity to gain experience with training an AI instance of Chat-GPT. The candidate should be familiar with basic programming concepts, as well as the usage of API’s with Python. Previous experience with AI and fine-tuning is not expected, though greatly preferred.
Primary duties include, but are not limited to,
- Analyzing museum collection data within Excel
- Interacting with GPT-4 using Python’s Open AI library and exploring fine-tuning with the collection data
- Classifying Artwork images for keywords, both manually and using a tuned AI model
Additionally, the position includes opportunities to visit art storage & other local museums with staff, write a post for social media, and participate in art related and professional development workshops.
The ideal candidate is motivated, detail oriented, meticulous in gathering and entering information, interested in AI technologies, and comfortable with programming in a modern IDE. The start date will be the week of June 25th and requires a minimum of 32 hours a week during the quarter. The position requires working in the office Tuesday through Thursday and working remotely on Friday.
Preferred Requirements
Registered UCI undergraduate student
Programming Experience with API’s
Computer Science / Computer Engineering, major / minor
Compensation
$16.00 per hour
Apply via Handshake (Job #8831385) or submit resume and letter of interest by email with subject line “Collections Data and AI” to Jehan Tillekeratne, Senior Data Systems Analyst, jtilleke@uci.edu. Applications will be received no later than 5pm (PST) on May 10 .
Gallery Guide
The application period for Summer 2024 and Academic Year 2024 - 2025 is closed.
Department: Visitor Experience
Classification: Part-time / Hourly