Job Description

The Hunt Library seeks a detail-oriented and technically skilled Digital Collections Specialist to manage and contribute to digitization and digital collections initiatives within Archives & Special Collections. This position will preserve and expand access to the library’s unique collections by preparing materials for digitization, organizing and managing digital assets, creating and reviewing metadata, and supporting digital preservation and quality control practices.

This position offers an opportunity to apply existing library or cultural heritage experience while developing and expanding specialized skills in digital collections, digitization, and digital preservation. Demonstrated technical aptitude, responsive communication, attention to detail, and willingness to learn are highly valued. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with library staff, exercise sound judgment when managing projects and digital assets, follow established standards and workflows, and communicate proactively about project progress, questions, and challenges.

About us

For over 100 years, Embry-Riddle has been the world's leading aviation and aerospace university, educating more than 30,000 students across residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, as well as through a global network of Worldwide locations and online programs. With more than 165,000 alumni around the world, our impact reaches every corner of the aerospace, aviation, defense and technology industries.

Today, our faculty, researchers and professional staff are advancing innovation across aviation, space, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, autonomous systems and next-generation engineering. Working alongside industry leaders, government agencies and innovators, they are solving real-world challenges and shaping the technologies that will define tomorrow.

Whether you are an educator, researcher, administrator, technologist or industry professional, your work at Embry-Riddle will contribute to something bigger than a job. Join a community driven by discovery, purpose and excellence—and help shape the future of aerospace.

• Generous Time Off: Enjoy up to 18 days of paid leave in your first year, including 3 days granted upon hire and 15 days accrued throughout the year. You'll also receive 9+ paid holidays, including the day after Thanksgiving and the week between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day.
  
  

Job Description

The Hunt Library seeks a detail-oriented and technically skilled Digital Collections Specialist to manage and contribute to digitization and digital collections initiatives within Archives & Special Collections. This position will preserve and expand access to the library’s unique collections by preparing materials for digitization, organizing and managing digital assets, creating and reviewing metadata, and supporting digital preservation and quality control practices.

This position offers an opportunity to apply existing library or cultural heritage experience while developing and expanding specialized skills in digital collections, digitization, and digital preservation. Demonstrated technical aptitude, responsive communication, attention to detail, and willingness to learn are highly valued. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with library staff, exercise sound judgment when managing projects and digital assets, follow established standards and workflows, and communicate proactively about project progress, questions, and challenges.

About us

For over 100 years, Embry-Riddle has been the world's leading aviation and aerospace university, educating more than 30,000 students across residential campuses in Daytona Beach, Florida, and Prescott, Arizona, as well as through a global network of Worldwide locations and online programs. With more than 165,000 alumni around the world, our impact reaches every corner of the aerospace, aviation, defense and technology industries.

Today, our faculty, researchers and professional staff are advancing innovation across aviation, space, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, autonomous systems and next-generation engineering. Working alongside industry leaders, government agencies and innovators, they are solving real-world challenges and shaping the technologies that will define tomorrow.

Whether you are an educator, researcher, administrator, technologist or industry professional, your work at Embry-Riddle will contribute to something bigger than a job. Join a community driven by discovery, purpose and excellence—and help shape the future of aerospace.

• Generous Time Off: Enjoy up to 18 days of paid leave in your first year, including 3 days granted upon hire and 15 days accrued throughout the year. You'll also receive 9+ paid holidays, including the day after Thanksgiving and the week between Christmas Eve and New Year's Day.