I'm open to fully remote freelance/consulting, contract, and part-time gigs

My books are open! I help nonprofits, archives, museums, libraries, and creatives manage their IT systems, databases, websites, and media (working files, animations, A/V, infographics, fonts, licenses, comics). I'm looking for freelance/consulting work, but I'm also open to contract and part-time gigs.
Portfolio: https://www.decolfutures.com
Email me: danareijerkerk@gmail.com

• Chapter One of My Book on Archives, Tribal Politics, and US Sovereignty Violence is Complete

  Posted on April 10, 2026

  Chapter one of my book, “Archives and The Politics of Sovereignty Violence,” is done!! I rage-wrote a good chunk of it. I ended up putting a section about some of the real-time acts of sovereignty violence that the US government is committing against its citizens (e.g. ICE, Epstein Files Cover-Up,... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • Archives and The Politics of Tribal Sovereignty Violence
  • Bloomsbury Book
  • Research
  • Writing
  • Freelance

• How I Use OC Caw Doodles To Promote My Freelance Data Services

  Posted on April 9, 2026

  I made myself a new banner! I just wrapped up an article on how to make it as a freelancer in the archives sector that includes some of my favorite Caw doodles to date. The past six months I’ve been using a cartoony crow doodle named Caw to promote myself... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • Data Consultant in NYC
  • Freelance Data Services
  • Digital Asset Management Services
  • Database Migrations
  • Data Analysis
  • Clients

• Takeaways From a Talk About Rules-Based Workflows to Agentic AI in DAM Systems

  Posted on April 8, 2026

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  Tags:

  • Agentic AI for DAM
  • DAM Upskilling
  • Freelance
  • Digital Asset Management
  • Systems in Cultural Heritage

• April 2026 Issue of the decolFutures Newsletter is Out

  Posted on April 6, 2026

  Another issue of decolFutures came out. This issue is light-hearted and shows off a lot of the cartoony art I’ve drawn of my OC, Caw. I’m resharing links to take part in the digital object authenticity use case survey and the app for the Western Archives Institute (remote, $950 USD,... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • Newsletter
  • DAM
  • Digital Asset Management

• In the DecolFutures Newsletter - Data Training, Paid Internships, and Community Engagement Opportunities

  Posted on March 25, 2026

  The March issue of my newsletter is out.✨ I talk about training, paid internships, and community engagement work to get involved in. I also show you behind-the-scenes of the cool data projects I’ve been working on like my video game and a talk about Gen Zers and social media algorithms.... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • Newsletter
  • Research
  • Freelance Data Services
  • Archival Training

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