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

• Recap of My Talk at the Billy Joel Symposium

  Posted on June 8, 2026

  The Billy Joel Symposium is over! I was LIVE (unbelievable, I know) and IN PERSON at this event with my longtime colleague, Kristen J. Nyitray. I love that the conference program put my Caw doodle in. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • Algorithmic Bias
  • Social Media Platforms
  • Gen Zers
  • Affective Archives
  • Digital Preservation
  • Data Freelance Services in NYC
  • Public Speaking
  • Research
  • Writing
  • Caw Doodle

• Freelancers and RFPs - The Four Phases Comic

  Posted on May 29, 2026

  Which stage are you in? I wrapped up three RFPs (requests for proposals) last night. Since January, I’ve submitted about thirty-five different project proposals. RFPs take time, consideration, and thoughtful writing in a concise 3-5 proposal. I’ve found the best strategy is to apply and then forget about it. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • Data Freelancer For Hire
  • Data Freelancer in NYC
  • RFPs
  • Behind-the-Scenes
  • Caw Doodles
  • Comic

• Looker Dashboard (Data Studio) Project on Costs for Still Image Digitization

  Posted on May 26, 2026

  I’m inundated with preparing requests for proposals (RFPS) this week and had come across this Looker Dashboard I made in 2024! It’s a snapshot of a 2020-21 survey on the costs to digitize still images in cultural heritage. [Read More]

  Tags:

  • Dashboard
  • Data Visualization
  • Still Image Digitization
  • Assessment

• Behind-The-Scenes - How Will People Know You Provide Freelance Services If You Don't Promote Yourself?

  Posted on May 21, 2026

  Being a freelancer has days where I exist in this miasma/void planning my week. There is a lot to do - from administrative labor to finding work - and I like to take a day each week to plan and check in (e.g. statuses of projects, RFPs, articles). [Read More]

  Tags:

  • Data Freelance Services NYC
  • Data Consultant For Hire
  • Publications
  • Comic
  • Caw OC

• Press Release - Upcoming Archival Book on US Archives and Sovereignty Violence Announced in The Paper of Records (Official Newsletter of the Archivists of Metropolitan New York)

  Posted on May 14, 2026

  I’m in the news! Did you know I’m writing an archival book on US Archives and Sovereignty Violence? Want to learn about what data professionals really mean when we say colonization is ongoing and systemic? Interested in other ways of archival decolonization beyond repatriation or reparative cataloging? [Read More]

  Tags:

  • Decolonization
  • Indigenous Relations in Archives
  • Indigenous Collection Management
  • Archives
  • Freelance Writing
  • Research
  • Writing

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