Does anyone have a job description for internship positions to
document historic districts for submission to the National Trust for Historic
Preservation that you can share with me?
Thanks,
Sallie Loy
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Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Internship at The Field Museum
Below
is a description of an internship position with the Exhibitions
Department at The Field Museum that we are looking to fill ASAP. The work would
start out 2-3 days/week, and then this summer could transition to full time.
This would be a great fit for a Chicago-area student interested
in content development and media in exhibitions. Please feel free to share this
posting with others who may be interested.
If
you have any questions please be in touch. If you'd like a PDF copy of
the posting, please let me know. I wasn't able to attach it to the list-serve
email.
Best,
Anna
Huntley
Exhibition Visual
Resources Intern
Spring 2010
Intern Supervisors: Anna Huntley, Libby
Pokel, Greg Mercer
Museum Information
The Field Museum's Exhibitions Department is composed of individuals
who design, develop, and produce museum exhibitions. Project teams
implement a different slate of permanent, temporary, and traveling exhibitions
every year. Each project team includes at least one graphic designer, exhibit
designer, content developer, production supervisor, and project manager.
These members work together—up to three years in advance of an
exhibition’s opening—to create the look and feel of the exhibition,
as well as the educational messages the Museum strives to convey.
Exhibitions are chosen and developed based upon the mission of helping visitors
explore the Earth and its people. Exhibitions vary in size and scope from
a small exhibit of photographs on Arctic wildlife to a large collection of Egyptian
art.
Internship Description
The primary focus
of this internship will be to manage the visual resources associated with the
development of an upcoming permanent exhibition on conservation and
biodiversity. The intern will be responsible for the organization, cataloging,
and tracking of high resolution images and video clips to be used in the
exhibition.
The
intern will work with a team of museum professionals as they plan, develop,
design and produce content for the exhibition. The intern will have the
chance to gain a variety of general experiences in these areas by becoming a
member of a project team.
Other
duties may include: photo research and securing image rights, attending
meetings and strategy sessions relating to the development and design of the
exhibition, assisting in developing content presentations, and conducting
visitor surveys and prototyping exhibition elements with the public, and
working face to face with Field Museum scientific staff to locate and select
visual resources for consideration
This position would initially be 2-3 days per week, transitioning to
full time during the summer of 2010. Compensation would be $12/hour.
Qualifications
All candidates must have strong organizational skills, and written
communication skills.
Self-motivation, creativity, and the ability to work
independently—especially on image cataloging—are all desirable
qualities in the candidate.
As the museum’s project team comes from a variety of
backgrounds, the Exhibitions Department will consider a diverse range of
educational backgrounds in the candidate:
·
Courses and/or experiences with topics in multimedia, art, anthropology,
environmental studies, biology and/or ecology are a plus
·
Video editing and/or production experience is a plus, though not
essential
Candidates should be well versed in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, and be
comfortable working with both PCs and Macs.
Candidates should have a “good eye” and be able to
describe images and video clips in a succinct manner in order to catalog
clearly and quickly.
Candidates should be comfortable working and speaking with the diverse
members—and diverse personalities—of a project team.
Please
submit your resume and a brief cover letter via email by April 1 to
Anna
Huntley
Special
Exhibition Project Manager
Exhibitions
Department
The
Field Museum
1400
S Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
IL, 60605
312.665.7352
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Anna Huntley
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Exhibitions Project Manager
The Field Museum
1400 S. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL 60605-2496
(312) 665-7352 (direct)
(312) 922-9410 (main)
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