[MCN-L] Job Listing: Application Developer at United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

[Levy, Michael]

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is looking for an innovative
and passionate individual to join our team and inspire citizens and leaders
worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity.
With the primary mission of Rescuing the Evidence, the Office of
Collections is currently seeking a skilled Application Developer to enhance
accessibility and management of our digitized historical collection.

This position is located in the Digital Collections Division of the Office
of Collections. The growing digital collection comprises tens of millions
of image files, tens of thousands of hours of video and audio media,
hundreds of thousands of descriptions of items in our Collection, and
several sources of metadata. The Digital Collections Division endeavors to
provide better user interfaces to support those using the Collection via
the web and by internal staff. The public face of the work can be seen on
our Collections Search at http://collections.ushmm.org.

This is a full-time donated position (non-Federal) paid with the Museum’s
private funds with a two year work assignment. Salary is commensurate with
experience.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

   - Design, develop, and implement tools and systems that relate to
   processing, identification, and access to the digitized historical assets
   and databases held by or overseen by the Office of Collections.
   - Develop software systems to enhance access to Collections materials
   including digitized archival materials, photographs, and oral histories,
   historical film, Museum objects, and various databases and sources of
   metadata. The work consists of software and user interface design for new
   projects as well as maintenance, modification, and refactoring of existing
   systems.
   - Use systems, tools, and approaches such as modern programming tools
   (e.g. Java, Python, PHP); contemporary MVC (model-view-controller)
   frameworks as embodied in systems such as Ruby on Rails; JQuery/JavaScript;
   Linux shell scripting; TDD/BDD (test-driven development, behavior-driven
   development) and code reviews; and source-code control (e.g. git, svn).
   - Plan and develop methods of operation to effectively work with
   metadata and use metadata transformation, search, discovery, and user
   interfaces for Collections cataloging materials.
   - Modify, customize, and deploy open source and commercial software
   systems such as Blacklight (the Ruby on Rails application) and
   ResourceSpace (an open source PHP-based digital asset management system),
   and other systems. Populate and query Apache Solr, an open source search
   engine. Use and develop APIs.
   - Improve maintainability, performance, security, using refactor and
   update systems, and maintain conformance with the community of users of
   each system.
   - Test and monitor systems for proper operation.
   - Implement test-driven development and/or behavior-driven development
   systems to ensure proper operation.
   - Perform other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

   - Experience with at least one MVC-oriented development framework such
   as Ruby on Rails, Laravel, Django, Symfony, or similar.
   - Experience developing and deploying applications using at least two
   contemporary programming and web development languages such as Ruby, PHP,
   Python, and/or server-side and/or client-side JavaScript. Experience
   developing and modifying web applications and command-line shell programs.
   - Understanding of good software development practices. Experience with
   refactoring existing installed systems in order to enhance feature sets or
   upgrade to newer versions.
   - Experience with theory and practice of relational databases such as
   MySQL and/or SQL Server.
   - Familiarity with the Linux command line and shells (e.g. bash).
   Experience developing and deploying production systems in a Linux
   environment.
   - Familiarity with source code control and collaborative development
   systems (e.g. git, svn).
   - Ability to learn and use metadata standards of representation and
   exchange that relate to library or collections systems, such as MARC, EAD,
   METS, MODS, TEI and other XML and JSON standards or guidelines.
   - Experience writing code for production-quality, complex systems.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested applicants should send their resume and cover letter to
care...@ushmm.org. Please include both your resume and cover letter in
a *single
PDF or Word document titled "First Name Last Name."* Salary history may be
required during the interview process.

For more information about the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, please visit
www.ushmm.org . The US Holocaust Memorial
Museum is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. This position is open
to all qualified individuals.  If you are not a US citizen, you must
possess sufficient legal documentation and permission to work in the United
States (and provide if

[MCN-L] Join the MCN Board!

[Eric Longo]

This year, MCN is looking to recruit *5 members to our Board of Directors*.
Terms will begin in November at the annual conference in New Orleans.

*Why join the board?*
For many of our board members, serving MCN is a way to give back to an
organization and a community that have helped them in their museum careers.
It’s an opportunity to be part of a team of talented museum professionals
who, together, shape the strategic direction of MCN and constantly think
about new ways to better serve the needs of our community.

*Why join now? Who should apply?*
In 2017, MCN will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding. We are
looking for people to help MCN plan this exciting milestone and execute the
strategic priorities identified in our 2016-2018 Strategic Plan (
http://mcn.edu/about/mcn-strategic-plan-2016-2018/). While all members of
the community with an interest in serving MCN can apply, we are
particularly interested in candidates who bring specific expertise and
experience in at least two or more of the following key areas:

   - Programming and content around the annual conference
   - Marketing, branding, public relations, and community engagement
   - Professional development
   - Fundraising / development expertise
   - IT / programming / developer


*How to apply*
To learn more about what is expected of board members and how to apply,
please see our 2016 Call for Board Candidates:
http://mcn.edu/2016-call-board-candidates/

*Applications are due June 30*.

-
Eric Longo
Executive Director
MCN  (Museum Computer Network)
O: +1-888-211-1477 x801
M: +1-917-740-6631
e...@mcn.edu
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[MCN-L] Job Announcement: Creative Director at Ithaka (Artstor, JSTOR, ...)

[Piotr Adamczyk]

http://www.ithaka.org/jobs/creative-director

CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Location: New York, NY or Ann Arbor, MI
Department: Marketing

At ITHAKA, design matters. We recognize that design is vital to shaping
people’s experiences and perceptions. Although great design is too often
undervalued by those who must invest in it, it is always appreciated by
those who experience it. Because design affects how people feel when using
a product, reading a website, entering a building, or viewing a piece of
art, it is a critically important communications component. People love
fantastically designed products, buildings, and spaces. At ITHAKA, we
believe in extending the principles of design beyond graphic design, to
being an integral part of our larger commitment to building great
experiences for our general audiences, product users, and team members. As
Creative Director, you will lead ITHAKA’s efforts to be an organization
that raises the bar for quality design in education.

Your Role

You will have overall responsibility for the impact and culture of design,
both visually and functionally, on user perception and experience with all
of ITHAKA’s brands. You will operate in a matrixed environment; for
example, you will have designers and user experience specialists supporting
the various product lines with reporting responsibility to you while having
dotted line responsibility to the Vice President for Product and direct
accountability to their product teams.

Your days might include the following: putting together a creative brief
and identity system for the brands; formalizing a creative and conceptual
framework for product design; developing interface and interaction
guidelines that reinforce the ITHAKA brand perspective; working alongside
an engineer or technology architect to test and refine a new product
feature; building a multi-channel design strategy playing out across direct
email marketing, events, advertising and public-facing websites; working
with a business-line managing director and marketing lead to develop a
strategy for improving awareness of key product attributes; and overseeing
collateral workflow in support of events. You must be a visionary,
energetic, deadline-driven person who loves to work as part of a team to
make great things happen – and in this role, you must lead by example.
Design lives and dies through execution, and your close partnership with
the Product team, in particular, will advance the culture of design at
ITHAKA.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

You are an established design professional who understands web-based
products and services and is passionate about delivering creative value in
service of organizational goals. You have vision, leadership, creativity,
an analytical mind, a user-centered orientation, and a positive outlook
that inspires those around you.
You will:

   - Establish, direct, and guide a living brand experience for ITHAKA and
   its related brands, reporting through Marketing, and working closely with
   the VPs of Product and Communications.
   - Set the creative strategy and direction that provides the framework
   for a sustainable brand infrastructure that can support marketing,
   communications, and other outreach teams.
   - Set the creative strategy and direction that provides the framework
   for a sustainable product design infrastructure that can support evolution
   in the visual, tonal, and interactive aspects of ITHAKA’s new and existing
   products.
   - Facilitate and build a culture of design within ITHAKA through
   internal strategic initiatives, mentoring of designers (including hands-on
   exercises) and user experience professionals, and finding new forms of
   overlap between visual design, content development, technology, and
   experience. Work in conjunction with human resources and internal
   communications to manifest this culture in ITHAKA’s physical environments.
   - Successfully integrate user experience and design into an iterative
   product development process that reveals user needs through experimentation
   and analysis of evidence.
   - Engage the wider design community to build a positive reputation for
   ITHAKA to attract passionate and talented individuals to help ITHAKA’s
   cause.
   - Lead, facilitate, and ensure the successful and timely completion of
   major projects requiring content creation, design, and execution for
   ITHAKA’s analog and digital properties that support the goals and KPIs of
   our organization and product lines.
   - Manage and ensure that projects are completed on time and within
   budget.


Requirements

   - Superb creative, organizational and interpersonal skills.
   - Excellent design and written communications skills.
   - Experience overseeing design and production of online and offline
   marketing materials and publications.
   - Demonstrated success overseeing the design of engaging, useful,
   coherent products that thrill users and customers.
   - Experience delivering multi