Company: The Davey Tree Expert Company

Locations:

Additional Locations: NA

Work Site: On Site

Req ID: 209524

Position Overview

Davey Corporate Communications

Historical Archives

Part-time Intern Summer/Fall 2025

Position Description :

Davey is seeking a self-motivated, highly organized individual with a passion for historic preservation and an interest in storytelling to join the corporate communications team as an intern supporting the company’s historical archives.

The primary focus for this role will be labeling and organizing the new modular storage system in Davey’s new archival facility to correspond with the company’s pre-existing archival inventory map.

In 2024, in preparation for the opening of a new archival storage facility at the Davey SEED Campus under construction in Kent, the company worked with architects and archival storage solution providers to design the company’s first-ever dedicated archival storage space. This facility, housed within the new SEED Campus, consists of a receiving room, processing room, and long-term storage area with display space. The long-term storage space consists of all new flat files, wire art racks, and multiple rows of modular shelving units.

The goal for this internship is to assist in organizing and labeling the new storage facilities to correspond with the company’s existing archival collections, complete with wayfinding and other archival search tools, to allow for the integration of the company’s thousands of historic artifacts into the new system in a cohesive, searchable manner. This work will involve assessing existing inventory sheets and physical items to determine the best locations for items in the new system, labeling the locations accordingly and placing the items in their new locations.

This project offers the opportunity to play an important role in defining the archival organizational structure for a legacy tree care company with over 145 years of history.

Job Duties

Primary Tasks and Project Goals Include:

• Familiarizing yourself with the company’s archival inventories and physical collections;

• Installing labeling and wayfinding aides in the new storage facilities to correspond with existing inventories;

• Physical placement and integration of Davey’s historical archives collection into the newly constructed and installed facilities, this may require lifting up to 50 lbs on occasion;

• Processing backlog of submissions for archival storage consideration and accessioning of approved items into the company archival collection.

Digitization of select items from the company archives will include scanning a variety of appropriate items for use in communications, marketing and other publications – this can include scanning photographs, documents, photo slides, and other relevant media. The digitization process may include uploading scanned files to our company digital asset management database, and inputting relevant metadata.

This role may also support exhibit display coordination and installation in the new SEED Campus building, and may be assigned other duties as needed.

Additionally, this role may include digitization of select items within the company archives for use in communications messaging, including:

• Scanning 60+ years of monthly issues of the company employee magazine, The Davey Bulletin;

• Scanning hundreds of old company magazine and newspaper advertisements from the first half of the 20th century;

• Working with a vendor to digitize older company VHS training videos;

• Additional scanning as identified.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate :

• Has archives experience, preferably in a museum setting;

• Is pursuing or has obtained a degree in library sciences, archival studies, or other relevant field;

• Has knowledge of archives preservation requirements and storage needs;

• Has familiarity with Microsoft Office suite and other similar programs;

• Is able to work independently for extended periods of time;

• Has excellent communication skills, both written and orally;​​​​​​​

This position is based in the corporate office in Kent, Ohio.

Additional Information

Divisional Overview

The Davey Tree Expert Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected class, including race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national or ethnic origin, marital or familial status, disability, status as a protected veteran, status as an Aboriginal or Indigenous person, or other classification protected by law.

The Davey Tree Expert Company provides research-driven tree services, grounds maintenance and environmental consulting for residential, utility, commercial and environmental partners in the U.S. and Canada. We care about our clients, each other and the world around us. We offer the resources, size and stability of a big company while maintaining the culture, entrepreneurial spirit and feel of a small one. We invest in our employees by offering industry-leading training, technology and benefits that lead to a rewarding and safe work experience at all levels. Wherever you want to grow your career, there’s a place for you at Davey. To learn more, visit Davey.com.

Accommodations: If requested by employee or otherwise as required by law, reasonable accommodations will be made to enable employees with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

If you need assistance at any time, please contact us at 1-877-411-7601 or at Recruiting@davey.com .

Employment Type: Intern

Job Type: Part Time

Travel Expectations: None