Research Assistant, Contemporary Art
p style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"nbsp;/span/pp style="box-sizing: border-box; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-inset: ; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 1.25; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" id="isPasted"span style="font-size: 16px;"strongJOB TITLE/strongstrong:/strong Research Assistant, Contemporarynbsp;/span/pp style="box-sizing: border-box; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-inset: ; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 1.25; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"span style="font-size: 16px;"strongDEPARTMENT:nbsp;/strongCuratorialnbsp;/span/pp style="box-sizing: border-box; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-inset: ; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 1.25; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"span style="font-size: 16px;"strongREPORTS TO:/strong Department Head/span/pp style="box-sizing: border-box; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-inset: ; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 1.25; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"span style="font-size: 16px;"strongCLASSIFICATION:/strong Part-Time, Non-Exempt, Temporary (One Year Contract)/span/pp style="box-sizing: border-box; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-inset: ; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 1.25; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"span style="font-size: 16px;"strongREMOTE WORK ELIGIBILITY:nbsp;/strongMuseum Based/span/ph3 style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px;"br/span/h3h3 style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"GENERAL SUMMARY/span/h3p style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Under the supervision of the Department Head and the guidance of the Associate Curator, Contemporary Art, the research assistant span style="color: black; background: white;"will support the reinstallation of the museumrsquo;s contemporary art galleries through object and provenance research and administrative support for related public programming.nbsp;/span/span/pp style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;"strongESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/strong/span/pul style="list-style-type: disc;"li style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Research and compile scholarship on assigned collections. nbsp;nbsp;/span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Update files, documents, and databases pertaining to the collections. nbsp;/span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Contact scholars, collectors, artists, and museums for information as necessary./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Support curator on development and production of written materialsnbsp;/span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Support development and implementation of related public programming in collaboration with curator and other DIA departments./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Apply DIA values to interactions to support a culture of belonging among internal and external stakeholders./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Perform other duties as assigned. nbsp;/span/li/ulh3 style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"QUALIFICATIONS/span/h3p style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px;"strongspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;"EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCEnbsp;/span/strong/span/pp style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Bachelorrsquo;s degree in art history, anthropology, or related field required. Masterrsquo;s degree in a related field preferred. Specialization in assigned collections preferred (Global Contemporary Art, 1950-present). Three (3)span style="color: black; background: white;" years of museum, university, or art gallery experience is required/span/spanspan style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; background: white;"./spanspan style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"nbsp;/span/pp style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px;"strongspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;"KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIESnbsp;/span/strong/span/pul style="list-style-type: disc;"li style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Previous experience with archival, object-based, and provenance research./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Demonstrated skills to prioritize and complete multiple tasks tonbsp;meet deadlines and goals./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Demonstrated ability to work with attention to detail and produce accurate results./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Excellent written and oral communication skills required./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Demonstrated ability to share complex information, ideas, and instructions clearly, effectively, and professionally to diverse audiences through talking or writing./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Demonstrated collaboration skills to work across departments and divisions internally and with diverse stakeholders externally. nbsp;/span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Experience with collections database software, The Museum System (TMS) preferred./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Ability to work occasional weekend and evening hours for special events./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Must be proficient in the latest version of Office 365./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Must have proficiency in the use of remote work technology such as scheduling with, connecting to, and using digital collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Must be able to establish and maintain professional, productive, and courteous interactions that promote positive teamwork. This encompasses going beyond giving and receiving instructions and includes but is not limited to (a) performing work activities requiring interacting or speaking with others; and (b) responding appropriately to constructive feedback or suggestions for improvement from a supervisor. nbsp;/span/li/ulp style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px;"br/span/pp style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px;"strongspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;"PHYSICAL DEMANDS/span/strong/span/pp style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Upon receiving notice, reasonable accommodations may be made, if possible, to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.nbsp;/span/pp style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate and exchange accurate information using various methods including in-person, telephone, and email.nbsp;/span/pp style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px;"strongspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"This job description describes the general nature of the duties and requirements of this job. nbsp;It is not intended to be an exhaustive list or to limit the supervisorrsquo;s ability to modify work assignments as appropriate./span/strong/span/pp style="text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;"span style="font-size: 16px;"strongspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.nbsp;/span/strong/spanspan style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"nbsp;/span/p p style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"nbsp;/span/pp style="box-sizing: border-box; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-inset: ; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 1.25; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;" id="isPasted"span style="font-size: 16px;"strongJOB TITLE/strongstrong:/strong Research Assistant, Contemporarynbsp;/span/pp style="box-sizing: border-box; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-inset: ; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 1.25; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"span style="font-size: 16px;"strongDEPARTMENT:nbsp;/strongCuratorialnbsp;/span/pp style="box-sizing: border-box; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-inset: ; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 1.25; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"span style="font-size: 16px;"strongREPORTS TO:/strong Department Head/span/pp style="box-sizing: border-box; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-inset: ; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 1.25; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"span style="font-size: 16px;"strongCLASSIFICATION:/strong Part-Time, Non-Exempt, Temporary (One Year Contract)/span/pp style="box-sizing: border-box; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-inset: ; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-color: rgba(59,130,246,.5); --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 1rem; line-height: 1.25; color: rgb(65, 65, 65); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;"span style="font-size: 16px;"strongREMOTE WORK ELIGIBILITY:nbsp;/strongMuseum Based/span/ph3 style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px;"br/span/h3h3 style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"GENERAL SUMMARY/span/h3p style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Under the supervision of the Department Head and the guidance of the Associate Curator, Contemporary Art, the research assistant span style="color: black; background: white;"will support the reinstallation of the museumrsquo;s contemporary art galleries through object and provenance research and administrative support for related public programming.nbsp;/span/span/pp style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; text-decoration: none;"strongESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/strong/span/pul style="list-style-type: disc;"li style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Research and compile scholarship on assigned collections. nbsp;nbsp;/span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Update files, documents, and databases pertaining to the collections. nbsp;/span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Contact scholars, collectors, artists, and museums for information as necessary./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Support curator on development and production of written materialsnbsp;/span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Support development and implementation of related public programming in collaboration with curator and other DIA departments./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black;"Apply DIA values to interactions to support a culture of belonging among internal and external stakeholders./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Perform other duties as assigned. nbsp;/span/li/ulh3 style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"QUALIFICATIONS/span/h3p style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px;"strongspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;"EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCEnbsp;/span/strong/span/pp style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Bachelorrsquo;s degree in art history, anthropology, or related field required. Masterrsquo;s degree in a related field preferred. Specialization in assigned collections preferred (Global Contemporary Art, 1950-present). Three (3)span style="color: black; background: white;" years of museum, university, or art gallery experience is required/span/spanspan style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; background: white;"./spanspan style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"nbsp;/span/pp style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px;"strongspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;"KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIESnbsp;/span/strong/span/pul style="list-style-type: disc;"li style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Previous experience with archival, object-based, and provenance research./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Demonstrated skills to prioritize and complete multiple tasks tonbsp;meet deadlines and goals./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Demonstrated ability to work with attention to detail and produce accurate results./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Excellent written and oral communication skills required./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Demonstrated ability to share complex information, ideas, and instructions clearly, effectively, and professionally to diverse audiences through talking or writing./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Demonstrated collaboration skills to work across departments and divisions internally and with diverse stakeholders externally. nbsp;/span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Experience with collections database software, The Museum System (TMS) preferred./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Ability to work occasional weekend and evening hours for special events./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Must be proficient in the latest version of Office 365./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Must have proficiency in the use of remote work technology such as scheduling with, connecting to, and using digital collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams./span/lili style="font-size: 16px;"span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"Must be able to establish and maintain professional, productive, and courteous interactions that promote positive teamwork. This encompasses going beyond giving and receiving instructions and includes but is not limited to (a) performing work activities requiring interacting or speaking with others; and (b) responding appropriately to constructive feedback or suggestions for improvement from a supervisor. nbsp;/span/li/ulp style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px;"br/span/pp style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px;"strongspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: windowtext;"PHYSICAL DEMANDS/span/strong/span/pp style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Upon receiving notice, reasonable accommodations may be made, if possible, to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.nbsp;/span/pp style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate and exchange accurate information using various methods including in-person, telephone, and email.nbsp;/span/pp style="text-align:justify;"span style="font-size: 16px;"strongspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"This job description describes the general nature of the duties and requirements of this job. nbsp;It is not intended to be an exhaustive list or to limit the supervisorrsquo;s ability to modify work assignments as appropriate./span/strong/span/pp style="text-align:justify;vertical-align:baseline;"span style="font-size: 16px;"strongspan style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"THE DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.nbsp;/span/strong/spanspan style="font-size: 16px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"nbsp;/span/p Apply Job! 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