Collection assistant

Pay in the destination countries

Monthly, in US dollars. Each country is an Imora admission package — open one for that route's fees, language requirement and deadline.

What does the day look like?

Most of the day is split between storage rooms and database work. 35% to 40% is data work in systems such as TMS by Gallery Systems, Axiell Collections, KE EMu, Vernon CMS: checking object locations, transcribing accession registers, entering incoming loans, logging condition-report notes, and printing tracking barcodes.

Another 30% to 35% is physical collections care: moving objects from storage racking to photography suites, measuring them, wrapping them in acid-free tissue paper or plastazote foam, packing conservation-grade crates, and doing annual inventory audits. The glamorous part is only 10% to 15%: handling important objects, attending private exhibition previews, or meeting artists and donors. The other 85% to 90% is routine TMS/Axiell work, checking boxes for silverfish and carpet beetles, cleaning storage areas, ladders, gloves, and archival cardboard. A normal week is 35 to 40 hours, usually 09:00 to 17:00, Monday to Friday. Night and on-call work are almost nonexistent, except evening packing during major exhibition de-installations.

Where does this lead?