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Virginia Tech

Digitization Specialist

🇺🇸 Blacksburg, VA 🕑 Part-Time 💰 $18 - $18 per Hour 💻 Other 🗓️ March 12th, 2026

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Virginia Tech is hiring a Digitization Specialist to support the Digital Imaging Lab in the University Libraries. The role involves managing imaging workflows, training student assistants, digitizing archival materials, and conducting quality control to ensure compliance with archival standards.

Highlights
  • Manage imaging workflows in the Digital Imaging Lab under the supervision of the Digital Imaging Coordinator.
  • Train and oversee student assistants to adhere to department imaging standards.
  • Digitize and organize archival materials.
  • Perform quality control and project processing for digital images.
  • Required skills include experience with Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, DSLR cameras, scanning, and handling fragile materials.
  • Strong time management, project management, and communication skills are necessary.
  • Preferred qualifications include a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, data entry proficiency, supervisory experience, and familiarity with Adobe Bridge and VT library systems.
  • Hourly pay ranges from $17.50 to $18.00 depending on qualifications and experience.
  • Position averages 30 hours per week and is non-exempt, eligible for overtime.
  • Criminal conviction check required for employment.

Digitization Specialist Full Description

Job Description
The Digitization Specialist provides operational support for the Digital Imaging Lab in the University Libraries. Responsibilities include managing imaging workflows and processes under the supervision of the Digital Imaging Coordinator and according to archival standards; working with student assistants to ensure they conform to department imaging standards; digitizing and organizing archival materials; and conducting quality control and project processing for the imaging lab.

Required Qualifications
- Experience working with library or archival collections
- Demonstrated experience with Adobe Photoshop
- Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office applications, including word processing, spreadsheets, and databases
- Strong time management skills
- Demonstrated experience in detail-oriented project management
- Excellent communication skills
- Knowledge of DSLR Cameras and Lenses
- Experience with scanning 
- Experience with handling fragile materials
- Knowledge of quality control of digital images
- Experience working with image file formats and image editing software
- High level of interpersonal skills, professionalism, and sensitivity to working in a multicultural setting

Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or comparable experience
- Experience with data entry for project tracking
- Proficient with Adobe Bridge
- Supervisory experience
- Knowledge of VT campus
- Knowledge of VT library system
- Knowledge of technologies in libraries

Pay Band
3
Overtime Status
Non-Exempt: Eligible for overtime
Appointment Type
Regular
Salary Information
$17.50-$18.00/hour dependent on qualifications and experience
Hours per week
average of 30 hrs
Review Date
3/25/26
Additional Information
The successful candidate will be required to have a criminal conviction check.
 
About Virginia Tech
Dedicated to its motto, Ut Prosim (That I May Serve), Virginia Tech pushes the boundaries of knowledge by taking a hands-on, transdisciplinary approach to preparing scholars to be leaders and problem-solvers. A comprehensive land-grant institution that enhances the quality of life in Virginia and throughout the world, Virginia Tech is an inclusive community dedicated to knowledge, discovery, and creativity. The university offers more than 280 majors to a diverse enrollment of more than 36,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students in eight undergraduate colleges, a school of medicine, a veterinary medicine college, Graduate School, and Honors College. The university has a significant presence across Virginia, including Blacksburg, the greater Washington, D.C. area, the Health Sciences and Technology Campus in Roanoke, sites in Newport News and Richmond, and numerous Extension offices and research institutes. A leading global research institution, Virginia Tech conducts more than $650 million in research annually.
Virginia Tech endorses and encourages participation in professional development opportunities and university shared governance.  These valuable contributions to university shared governance provide important representation and perspective, along with opportunities for unique and impactful professional development.

Virginia Tech does not discriminate against employees, students, or applicants on the basis of age, color, disability, sex (including pregnancy), gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, ethnicity or national origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, or military status, or otherwise discriminate against employees or applicants who inquire about, discuss, or disclose their compensation or the compensation of other employees or applicants, or on any other basis protected by law.

If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact Rebecca Osborne at rebeccaao@vt.edu during regular business hours at least 10 business days prior to the event.

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