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

• 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

• First Art Assets are in Godot and Working on an Animation Storyboard

  Posted on March 23, 2026

  I started adding art assets into Godot and working on a storyboard for the opening sequence in my Dungeons-and-Dragons-style turn-based video game Don’t Talk To Me. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • Dev Log
  • Don'T Talk To Me
  • Video Games
  • Indie Game
  • Godot
  • Animation
  • Storyboarding
  • Software Development
  • Freelance Data Services in NYC

• I'm Open to Freelance Technical Writing Projects

  Posted on March 17, 2026

  I provide technical writing freelance services for nonprofits, cultural heritage institutions, and creatives on data topics like data migrations, AI, social media platforms, DAM, and more. I’ve been working on a lot of writing projects this past month for a book, conferences, and trade publications. So let’s go through the... [Read More]

  Tags:

  • Data Consultant in NYC
  • Freelance Technical Writing Services
  • Open to Freelance Work
  • Research
  • Writing
  • Social Media Algorithms
  • Augmented Reality in Cultural Heritage
  • AR Digital Preservation Challenges
  • Decolonization Research
  • AI in healthcare data operations research

• How to Self-Promote When Your Data Work Isn't Visual

  Posted on March 16, 2026

  I found a cool utility tool that other data professionals (archivists, digital asset managers, librarians, curators, UX designers, graphic designers) might like: https://tools.rmv.fyi/ [Read More]

  Tags:

  • Utility Tool
  • Freelance
  • Digital Asset Managemement Consulting

• Use Case Survey for Expressing Authenticity in Heritage Digital Objects is Open

  Posted on March 10, 2026

  I’m a part of a working group looking at still image authenticity and we made a survey to collect use cases/user stories to be included in the Appendix of a white paper on the subject. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • Survey
  • Still Image Authenticity Research
  • Digital Object Authenticity Working Group
  • Freelance Survey Researcher
  • Data Consultant in NYC
  • Cultural Heritage Research

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