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Key to this position is an individual’s expertise in using a wide range of hardware and equipment, including analog and digital camera and video equipment, scanning devices, and audio and video software. This employee also will be expected to have experience working with established and cutting-edge trends in software applications and their programming components, including PhotoShop, Final Cut Pro, Audition or Soundtrack Pro, with familiarity with consumer level applications like iMovie, Garage Band, and Moviemaker. Experience with digital asset management software, sophisticated scanning processes and audio-video editing is essential.

Duties

• This position reports to the association’s Vice President of Research and New Media.
• Works as a member of a team creating and maintaining a digital photographic archive.
• Assists the Association’s Vice President of Research and New Media with content updates and developing web site pages.
• Works within a team and responsible for image editing and production of high resolution scans and digital prints.
• Fulfills external and the association’s staff internal requests, involving scanning, photographic copy work, requests for location assignments (WHHA sponsored events) architectural and product photography, and portraiture.
• Fulfills requests for photographs, transparencies, and digital media for public and private media production, publication companies, and private citizens.
• Assists with special projects as requested involving graphic design or photographic and videographic productions.
• Assists the Vice President of Research and New Media with photographic research as assigned.

Qualifications

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in a digital media related discipline or equivalent combination of education and work experience. Experience working in the public education, museum, or public history fields with strong photographic, scanning expertise, graphic design, and videographic skills would be a plus. Competitive salary commensurate with experience and benefits include life, health, and long-term disability insurance, retirement plan, and vacation and sick leave.

How to Apply

Send letter and resume by October 15, 2012 to: Media Production Specialist Search Committee White House Historical Association P.O. Box 27624 Washington, D.C. 20038-7624 202-789-0440 facsimileswebmaster@whha.org  No telephone calls

Position Summary

The Northeast Document Conservation Center (NEDCC) is seeking an experienced preservation professional to lead and manage its nationally-recognized education programs and consulting services. The Director of Preservation Services designs ground-breaking projects and programs; manages a staff of in-house educators and consultants; lectures on a variety of preservation topics; is active in professional associations; serves on advisory committees of peer institutions; and works closely with NEDCC’s marketing and public relations manager to reach a national audience. The Director of Preservation Services reports to the Executive Director and is a member of NEDCC’s senior leadership team.

Qualifications

Applicants must have:

• A broad knowledge of and experience in traditional collections preservation and digital curation
• Demonstrated experience in managing a variety of projects, employees, and consultants at one time
• A high level of maturity and solid reputation in the field
• Clear, concise, and eloquent written and oral communication skills
• Excellent relationship-building skills, and
• A master’s degree in library and information science and/or preservation management

NEDCC’s Preservation Services department is currently staffed with three in-house educators/consultants and one technology/events coordinator. Services include general preservation needs assessments, digital collections needs assessments, webinars, workshops, conferences, 24-hour disaster assistance, and answering technical inquiries.  Products include print and online publications, online self-help tutorials, and a variety of preservation- and disaster-planning tools.  The Preservation Services staff also serves as an in-house reference resource for NEDCC’s conservation and digital imaging staffs.

About NEDCC

Founded in 1973, NEDCC is the first independent conservation laboratory in the United States to specialize exclusively in treating collections made of paper or parchment, such as works of art, photographs, books, maps, manuscripts, etc.  NEDCC is incorporated as a nonprofit in order to provide its services at cost to collecting institutions.  Its mission is to improve the conservation efforts of libraries, archives, historical organizations, museums, and other repositories; to provide the highest quality services to institutions that lack in-house conservation and reformatting facilities or those that seek specialized expertise; and to provide leadership in the preservation, conservation, and imaging fields. Its services include book, paper, and photograph conservation; digital reformatting; surveys and consultations; disaster assistance; and workshops and conferences.  NEDCC is located in a renovated historic mill building in Andover, Mass., twenty-five miles north of Boston.

Salary and Benefits

NEDCC is an equal opportunity employer. Salary and benefits are competitive. This position will remain open until filled.

Application Process

To apply, please send cover letter and resume in PDF to Bill Veillette, Executive Director, at bveillette@nedcc.org.

A pdf copy of this job description is available for download athttp://www.nedcc.org/about/downloads/2012dirpresjob.pdf.

Executive Director
Children’s Museum of the Arts
(New York NY)

BACKGROUND & MISSION:
Founded in 1988, The Children’s Museum of the Arts (CMA) is one of the nation’s first children’s museums focused exclusively on the arts.  The mission of CMA is to extend the benefits of the arts to all children and their communities and to secure the future of the arts by inspiring and championing the next generation of artists and art lovers.  CMA is committed to celebrating the artist in every child and promoting access to the arts for all children regardless of ability or socioeconomic status.

CMA provides robust visual arts programs for New York children ages ten months to 15 years through authentic hands-on experiences with teaching artists, both in our interactive state-of-the-art new 10,000 square foot museum in lower Manhattan and also extended into the community at sights ranging from NYC public schools, parks, community centers to homeless shelters.  From its in house WEE Arts program for the very young to our new teen center, CMA serves over 110,000 people annually, 25 percent for free.

POSITION OVERVIEW
Having successfully executed its last 5 year strategic and business plans culminating in the grand opening of its new museum facility to rave reviews, CMA is now in search of a dynamic, visionary and seasoned Executive Director to lead the organization through its next phase of growth.

The Executive Director is the Chief Executive Officer of CMA. The Executive Director reports to the Board of Directors, and is responsible for the organization’s consistent achievement of its mission and financial objectives, program development and administration.

The ideal candidate is a person of high integrity, whose actions aligns with his/her beliefs and shows a commitment to and appreciation of the mission of CMA. He/She will be dedicated to CMA doing what it takes and spending the time or energy necessary to realize all of CMA’s potential.  He/She will have a proven track record including five to seven years in managing a direct service not-for-profit organization of CMA’s current size and complexity, including working with a large board of directors. The ED will be a magnanimous leader recognizing the invaluable contribution of CMA’s staff, leading the team with humility and fairness. The ED will be open to ideas from the board and its staff, while taking an assertive leadership role. The candidate will have a successful history in raising capital for a non-profit institution. Importantly, CMA’s leader will demonstrate an understanding and love of children and the arts, and ideally have a rigorous arts background affiliated with the cultural institutions of New York City.

ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES
The Executive Director will:
-Ensure ongoing programmatic excellence, rigorous program evaluation, and consistent quality in programming delivery, while also developing the capacity to balance the many competing and complementary programs and activities that fall under CMA’s mission and to allocate resources appropriately so that the balance is sustainable
-Provide leadership in developing staff, organizational procedures and financial plans with the Board of Directors and staff. Lead, develop, and retain CMA’s staff at all levels.
-Promote active and broad participation by engaging and energizing CMA’s volunteers, board members, event committees, partnering organizations, funders and donors in all areas of the organization’s work.
-Maintain official records and documents, and ensure compliance with federal, state and local regulations. Ensure effective systems to track progress, and regularly evaluate program components, so as to measure successes that can be effectively communicated to the board, funders, and other constituents.
-Evaluate CMA’s external relationships. Enhance the existing network and continue to build new partnerships, establishing relationships with the funders/donors, political and community leaders, and peer organizations in the arts and in the field
-Improve board management to promote good governance practices, find the appropriate role for the board in day-to-day museum operations, and ensure full participation. See that the board is kept fully informed on the condition of the organization and all important factors influencing it.
-Publicize the activities of the organization, its programs and goals. Raise awareness for CMA to new communities without losing its identity. Represent the programs and point of view of the organization to agencies, organizations, and the general public.
-Be an excellent communicator, internally and externally. Communicate effectively and easily with the different constituents.
-Be responsible for the recruitment, employment, and development of all personnel. Ensure that job descriptions are developed, that regular performance evaluations are held, and that sound human resource practices are in place. See that an effective management team, with appropriate provision for succession, is in place. Encourage staff and volunteer development and training, and assist program staff in relating their specialized work to the success of the overall organization. Maintain a climate that attracts, keeps, and motivates a diverse staff of top quality creative and effective people.
-Complete the final stages of fundraising to finalize the current capital campaign. Organize and arrange future fund raising capacity to ensure that adequate funds are available to permit the organization to carry out its work and strategy.
-Manage CMA’s $3.1 million annual operating budget. Be responsible for developing and maintaining sound financial practices. Work with the staff, the Finance Committee, and the board in preparing a budget, report on actuals, and conduct an annual audit; see that the organization operates within budget guidelines.

TO APPLY
Interested candidates should submit their resume and a cover letter by email to executivedirectorsearch@cmany.org. No phone calls, please.

CMA is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage candidates from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds to apply. Check out www.cmany.org for more information about the museum and its programs.

Website: http://www.cmany.org

Antenna International, one of the world’s leading providers of audio and multimedia tours as well as smart phone apps for some of the highest profile museums, exhibitions and historical sites is looking for US based freelance writers.

During a project, a writer works with the Antenna creative team to create audio scripts and other forms of written content that interpret visitors’ experience of a museum or other cultural site in engaging, lively and sometimes unexpected ways. The creative process draws on research materials provided by our clients, as well as interviews with their representatives and nominated experts.

In addition to working with Antenna’s creative team, writers are also expected to have some interaction with clients – attending meetings in person or by phone at the beginning of a project; conducting interviews (in person or by phone) with experts designated by our clients. Writers may sometimes be asked to travel onsite, either at the project outset to gather information, or towards the end of the project, to assist in checking the audio or multimedia program (expenses are covered in such cases).

What kind of person are we looking for?

Writers with a passion for art and culture and an ability to express it in writing in a vivid, engaging and accessible way. Applicants should be flexible with regard both to creative input from the rest of the team and clients, and to a project’s extensive editing process; applicants must also be able to exercise discretion and diplomacy at all times in dealing with clients and their materials.

Qualifications:

A museum/cultural/heritage site background is an advantage, although not essential. Applicants must have proven experience in writing – preferably in an area related to our activities, and/or in a field that interprets material for a wide, non-specialist audience that can include adults and/or children.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the US.

Application process:

To apply, please send an email to jobs@antennainternational.com, and outline why you’re interested in working with us. Please also attach your resume and one or more samples of your writing.