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Curatorial Assistant

2 months ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Getty Images Full time

Curatorial Assistant - Getty Images Archive

Location:
London

Work type:
Hybrid (The role will require you to be onsite 3 days per week at our Archive in London)

Contract: 12 months fixed-term (maternity cover)
**To Start: March 2024

Who You Are:

  • You have a curatorial ethos of collections accessibility balanced with conservation. Adept at navigating bibliographic tools, you use knowledge of social, cultural and photographic histories to read and connect visual materials.

Your Next Challenge:

  • Involved in all aspects of library care and engagement, you will join a team entrusted with the management of the world's largest picture library. You will provide expert information and research services for both internal and external stakeholders.
  • Collections maintenance and research: sourcing and presenting relevant materials for visiting researchers and PR enquiries; uncovering and assessing unpublished materials to expand the archive's coverage and representation of diverse narratives; updating and maintaining the collections database and digital records
  • Conservation: assisting the conservator with the rehousing of print and negative collections identifying, cataloguing and handling of vulnerable materials
  • Library care: refiling and classifying of originals across various analogue media in such a manner that enables users to efficiently locate, store, and retrieve visual content
  • Archive Tours: occasional cover hosting visiting groups of clients and students

What You'll Need:

  • Relevant research or library experience
  • Knowledge of analogue visual media
  • Basic knowledge of the Getty Images Archive collections and visual content library
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Proficiency in Excel, Photoshop and PowerPoint
  • User experience of Instagram, producing reels, stories and posts
  • Ability to work autonomously and with others in both your local team and across the wider business
  • Strong copywriting and subediting skills
  • Experience of social media scheduling software is desirable
  • User experience of Instagram, producing reels, stories and posts
for business is desirable

  • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritise tasks
  • Experience of handling analogue visual media is desirable

Benefits for qualifying employees at Getty Images

Private Medical Insurance (PMI)


Private Medical Insurance through Cigna is designed to give you access to medical care where and when you need it.

The scheme covers the costs of private medical treatment for consultations, out-patient, in-patient and day-care treatment in accordance with the benefit limits and rules set out in the policy.

All employees are automatically covered from the date they join.

Individual cover is 100% Getty Images paid, and there is also the option to add your spouse and dependents to the policy at an additional cost.


Time off Work/life balance is important to us
In addition to public holidays, Getty Images offers 25 paid holidays per year.

Company Paid Holidays
Employees enjoy company-paid holidays for each of our global locations.

Life Assurance, Critical Illness and Income Protection
We automatically enroll all new employees in our risk coverage schemes, with Getty Images paying 100% of the cost. We provide you with Group Life Assurance (x4 salary), Critical Illness Cover (x1 salary) and Income Protection (75% salary).

Employee Assistance Programme
Our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) is provided by Health Assured. This is a free, confidential, service available to all employees 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year

Group Personal Pension (GPP)
Save for retirement with Aviva by making contributions consistently and conveniently through payroll deductions. Getty Images automatically enrolls all employees at 3% of your pay, with Getty Images contributing 5% of your pay.

You have the option of increasing how much you contribute and benefit from tax and NI savings by contributing via salary sacrifice.


Learning & Growth
We value continuous learning and development to help everyone develop their skills. Enjoy mentorship, curated training & more.

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Who We Are:

Getty Images is a preeminent global visual content creator and marketplace.

Through Getty Images, iStock, and Unsplash, we offer a full range of content solutions to meet the needs of any customer—no matter their size—around the globe.


Getty Images encompasses the largest and best path to market for visual creators through their premier brands including its core, Getty Images; iStock, a value offering of creative stills and videos providing a significant volume of exclusive content to small and medium-sized businesses; and Unsplash, a free offering of creative stills servicing the fast-growing and broad-based creator economy.


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