Curator Job Description
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Employers hiring for the curator job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Education, Art History, History, Art, Museum Studies, Management, Biology, Graduate, Communication, Communications
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Curator Job Description
- Implement and input to comms team’s strategic decisions, such as blog posting schedule, curation and policy development
- Provide final copyediting and proofreading of website content
- Support comms officer(s) responsible for social media outreach
- Support the transition to a new site design as needed
- Assist the Director in long-term planning for the continued growth of the Collection and in maintaining a high quality acquisitions strategy in line with the Hoover Institution's mission and the Library & Archives' strategic plan
- Assess needs and strengths of the Collection and write collection policy statements for the Collection
- Identify and contact potential donors of archival materials, focusing on unique original materials illuminating the careers of individuals or the workings of organizations
- Establish and maintain relations with donors and other sources of materials
- Evaluate historical importance and research potential of possible archival acquisitions
- Negotiate acquisitions with donors and finalize deeds of gift or bills of sale
- Some knowledge of graphic design software (e.g., Adobe Photoshop)
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, WordPress, and various web/e-communications programs (e.g., Druple, mass email systems)
- Previous programming or curatorial experience in the horror or genre vertical
- Deep understanding of the genre and have existing relationships in the space
- Quick learner with ability to multitask and thrive in an unstructured environment
- Knowledge of international brands, designers, and trends
Curator Job Description
- Work with Hoover's digital staff when evaluating digital acquisitions or planning digital projects
- Consult Hoover colleagues when considering acquisitions of audio and visual materials and of damaged materials to minimize harmful effects of mold, insect infestation, and other hazards
- Become rapidly familiar with the holdings of the Library & Archives in general and with the Japanese Diaspora Collection in particular
- Work with processing staff to identify and prioritize collections for description and re-housing
- Propose, design, and manage special acquisition projects for the Collection
- Prepare reports on special acquisition projects
- Identify opportunities for cooperation with other archives, libraries, universities, and research centers throughout the world
- Assist the director with other special tasks, as requested
- Conceive, research, develop and collaborate with colleagues to organize and mount changing exhibitions of varying scope
- Monitor and manage the stewardship needs of donors in adherence to the university’s stewardship standards
- Editorial insight and excellent global news knowledge
- An understanding of the role of global news agencies
- An understanding of video news workflows
- An ability to work effectively with people at all levels and in different functional teams
- An understanding of the role of metadata as related to video news products
- An understanding of sales’ needs, customer expectations and the sales cycle
Curator Job Description
- Research, write and oversee production of related publications, brochures, guides, catalogs and books
- Develop and oversee collaborative projects with faculty and staff, oversee project budgets
- Develop a cooperative and productive relationship between the Center and the art community
- Develop, prepare and maintain exhibition budgets, serve as a liaison to the University community, other institutions and the public
- Overall planning and development of the permanent collection, which includes objects in several media from China, Tibet, Japan, Korea, India, Southeast Asia and the Philippines
- Ownership of a specific category within the market as determined by the Market Lead
- Assist in the creation of databases and query tools for data mining
- Identify and collate new data for inclusion in the database
- Develop and test new functionality with the software
- Collaborate with research personnel in collating data for presentations and demonstrations of the database at conferences or other institutions
- You should at least 3 years of relevant work experience to be successful in this role
- You need to have a good understanding of front end development, project management and content management systems, along with a digital services background
- Your go-to web publishing tools are Sharepoint, Drupal and WordPress
- You are a natural communicator, task juggler, administrative organizer and time manager
- You are all about details and follow through, but not at the expense of deadlines
- Your CSS, HTML, XML, XHTML,and Dreamweaver skills are on point
Curator Job Description
- Oversee content analysis and place and position video content
- Manage and evolve the editorial content onboarding process
- Ensure that content positioning optimizes customer engagement and purchases
- Manage the broader content portfolio to ensure balance and strategic alignment
- Evolve content acquisition strategy based on customer and team feedback
- Lead cross-functional editorial decision making (across product, marketing, content acquisition, content operations and other areas)
- Identify, track and set targets against content-specific key performance indicators (KPIs)
- Interface with the user experience and interface team to ensure optimal customer experience
- Publishing on Russian and European art in exhibition catalogues and other media outlets
- Training and supervising undergraduate or graduate student interns
- You have working knowledge of Google Analytics, SEO/SEM, Content Strategy and Creation
- You stay hungry and are always learning new things
- PhD in an academic discipline related to Japanese studies strongly preferred, with strong knowledge of pre-WWII twentieth-century Japanese history, politics, economics, and culture
- MLIS or other relevant advanced degree from an ALA-accredited institution helpful
- Ability to speak Japanese and to read nineteenth- and twentieth-century Japanese texts
- Significant number of years of professional experience in scholarship and/or libraries and archives, with a proven record of accomplishment and publications
Curator Job Description
- Write papers drawing from information submitted to the database
- Work with users to determine ways of using the information in the database, which may include the development of new user interfaces
- Identify new functionality and user interfaces that would enhance the use of the database
- Compile and create educated summaries of the literature, discovering new facts by analyzing the collected data
- Write and edit copy for inbound marketing purposes
- Arranges and describes the Seigenthaler Papers (initially) and establishes processes to follow for future collections
- Collaborates with IT on institutional repository issues that impact archives
- Conduct content analysis and place and position video content
- Maneuver content positioning to optimize customer engagement and purchases
- Facilitate cross-functional editorial decision making (across product, marketing, content acquisition, content operations and other areas)
- Interest in collecting born-digital materials and willingness to work with other staff in exploring best practices in this area
- Ability to work collegially and to organize and manage team-based projects
- Administrative and managerial experience
- Proven record of sound judgment, initiative, and leadership
- Demonstrated experience in addressing acquisition issues and ethics, particularly with ownership problems (provenance and cultural property) and appraisal
- Frequently twist/bend/stoop/squat, grasps lightly/fine manipulation, grasp forcefully, and sort/file paperwork or parts, lift/carry/push/pull objects that weigh up to 10 pounds