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Join the world-leading V&A Museum, contributing to high quality audience-centred interpretation, foregrounding equality, diversity and inclusion.
Overview
Salary
£33764
Location
Cromwell Road, London
Expires
Expires at anytime
Organisation Summary
The V&A is the world's leading museum of art and design, home to more than 2.8 million objects spanning 5,000 years of human creativity. It offers an exceptional resource for arts and design research, as well as a commitment to championing diversity, inclusion, and audience engagement. Plus, enjoy numerous benefits such as flexible working, exhibition tickets, professional development opportunities, and more.
Role Summary
- Champion equality, diversity, and inclusion.
- Develop audience-centred interpretation text that is meaningful, relevant and inspiring.
- Engage actively with diverse audiences, considering visitor experiences.
- Work closely with curatorial teams to shape gallery and exhibition content.
Role Requirements
- Proven editing experience, preferentially in a museum or gallery context.
- Ability to develop high quality, audience-driven text.
- A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.
- Passion for audience advocacy.
The Role We are looking for an enthusiastic, accomplished individual with proven experience of editing, preferably in a museum or gallery context, and producing high quality text, driven by the needs of audiences. The ideal candidate will champion the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion to develop and deliver audience-centred interpretation text that is meaningful, relevant and inspiring. A passionate audience advocate, they will ensure that the needs and lived experiences of our visitors, both current and underrepresented, are carefully considered - shaping and honing text and content in liaison with curatorial teams to form gallery and exhibition interpretation that activates and forefronts all collection stakeholders’ voices.
The Organisation The V&A is the world’s leading museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book arts, Asian art and design, theatre and performance.
Benefits Generous pension scheme, 29 days plus bank holidays, Flexible working, Tickets to V&A exhibitions, Subsidised staff canteen, 25% discount in V&A shops, Give as you earn scheme, Bicycle loan, Interest-free season ticket, Interest-free rental deposit loan, Free safety checks and small repairs to your bike with Doctor Bike, Wide range of training and professional development opportunities, Employee Assistance Programme, Staff diversity networks.
