Digital Intern at Ocean-Archive.org

We strive to be the primary global ocean resource for creative narratives and research through the lens of art and culture to inspire care for the Ocean. Join us to support us on this journey. You will work closely with our colleagues from the Digital & Innovation department. Assist in research content and data management of TBA21–Academy digital environment.

If you are interested, please share with us your CV and short motivational letter here.

Terms & Conditions

Role: Digital Intern
Time dedication: 20-24 hrs / week
Evaluation: 600 Eur net with active student status / month
Duration: January - December 2024

Deliverables and Responsibilities:

Content and data management

• Content management for Ocean-Archive.org - digital content archiving, publishing and dissemination
• Actively searching for external acquisitions new content uploads through ocean comm/uni/ty or available online sources
• Actively troubleshooting and spotting bugs across the platform, reporting to programmer
• Understanding and noting copyrights
• Being aware of data protection issues

Design research and mediation

• Digital interfaces - collaboration on the development of a digital tools based on requirements of specific ongoing projects
• Ad-hoc analysis of specific exponential technologies focused on possible implementation within TBA21 ecosystem

Requirements

• Strong digital literacy
• Knowledge of relevant standards and digital formats
• Strong interest in archival practices, contemporary art mediation, environmental humanities
• Fluency in English (written and oral), Italian or Spanish a plus
• Great attention to details, ability to organize work effectively and prioritize tasks
• Team player as well as self-motivated, self-initiative

Communication channels: Email, Slack, Mighty Networks Community platform, Zoom, Asana

About the project

Ocean-Archive.org is an online platform that investigates the potential of storytelling and transdisciplinary collaboration within and beyond archival practices. It strives to expand critical ocean literacy in a time of great necessity and catalyzes collective action for a living Ocean. The aim of Ocean-Archive.org is to bring together the multitude of voices and journeys around the Ocean and connect those striving to nurture and protect it. With ocean comm/uni/ty, the platform instigates conversations around the Ocean so that members can connect and co-create. Designed as a storytelling and pedagogical tool, Ocean-Archive.org translates current knowledge into a shared language that fosters synergy among art, science, policy, and conservation and enables us to make better decisions for urgently needed policies.

About us

TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary is a leading international art and advocacy foundation created in 2002 by the philanthropist and collector Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza, representing the fourth generation of the Thyssen family’s commitment to the arts and public service. The foundation stewards the TBA21 Collection and its outreach activities, which include exhibitions as well as educational and public programming.

TBA21–Academy is the foundation’s research arm, fostering a deeper relationship with the Ocean and other bodies of water by working as an incubator for collaborative inquiry, artistic production, and environmental advocacy. For more than a decade, the Academy has catalyzed new forms of knowledge emerging from the exchanges between art, science, policy, and conservation in long-term and collaborative engagement through fellowships, residency programs and activities in a wide variety of formats.