Collection Manager & Digital Archivist

Applications by: 18 July 2025

Photo Museum Ireland is seeking a Collection Manager & Digital Archivist to manage the development of the collection, overseeing acquisition, cataloguing, digitisation, and public access, including registrar duties for temporary exhibitions.

The Collection Manager & Digital Archivist is both a strategic and hands-on position.

The postholder will manage the development of the collection, overseeing acquisition, cataloguing, digitisation, and public access, including registrar duties for temporary exhibitions. This role will also take the lead on their artist-focused archival initiatives and digitisation projects. These include collaborative archival residencies and projects building on recent archival digitisation projects:

- Digitising the Okamura Archive
- Tony O’Shea: Artist in Residence
- Artists' Archive Residency Programme

The role also involves managing major collaborative projects, working closely with institutional and international partners. At the intersection of archival practice, digital innovation, and artist collaboration, this role supports one of the museum’s core strategic priorities of developing the Museum’s Collection.

This is a unique opportunity to shape Ireland’s most ambitious contemporary photography archive, to work directly with artists and estates, and to contribute meaningfully to a dynamic cultural institution that values creativity, inclusivity, and innovation.

Salary: €35,000 per annum.

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