Required Education:
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent Bachelor's degree in film, cinema studies, or media production or equivalent experience.
Preferred Education:
Master's Degree Master’s degree or professional certificate in film preservation or moving image preservation
Required Experience:
2+ years Handling assessment, inspection, rehousing, and repair of archival motion picture film.
Preferred Experience:
3+ years Handling, assessment, inspection, rehousing, and repair of archival motion picture film.
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Strong abilities in film inspection, repair, and condition assessment. Knowledge of film bases and issues of film deterioration and decay, and of best practices for film preservation. Understanding of analog to digital reformatting workflows. Ability to cooperate and collaborate with professional colleagues within and across departments. Ability to maintain appropriate professional relationships and lead a small team. Ability to understand and execute complex workflows. Ability to gather and report data in a systematic fashion. Knowledge of basic office computing applications.
Preferred Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
Familiarity with legacy film element types, specific film stocks, and other technical issues related to film collections. Knowledge of film scanning and/or color grading practices.