Exhibition Content Writer​/Manager

Company Description

By working at Harvard University, you join a vibrant community that advances Harvard's world-changing mission in meaningful ways,inspires innovation and collaboration, and builds skills and expertise. We are dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming environment where everyone can thrive.

The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) is the historic heart of Harvard University. It is the home of Harvard’s undergraduate program (Harvard College, founded in 1636) as well as all of Harvard’s Ph.D. programs (the Harvard Kenneth

C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, founded in 1872), Harvard Athletics and the Division of Continuing Education. The 40 academic departments and 30+ centers of the FAS support a community unparalleled in its academic excellence across the broadest rangeof liberal arts and sciences disciplines. Together, the FAS seeksto foster an environment of ambition, curiosity and shared commitment to knowledge and truth that elicits excellence from all members of our community and prepares the next generation ofleaders through a transformative educational experience.

The Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (HMSC) are dedicated to building a diverse community of individuals who are committed tocontributing to an inclusive environment – including fosteringrespect for all, serving the greater good, and welcomingindividuals from a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

HMSC is a partnership of public museums in Harvard'sFaculty of Arts and Sciences that includes the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. To learn more about HMSC'smission, objectives, and core values, please visit our websitehttps://hmsc.harvard.edu/.

• In partnership with the Director of Exhibitions, ensure thatexhibit goals, objectives, themes, and key messages are clearlyestablished and reviewed at specified points in the process
• Develop interpretive exhibit content by conducting, in-depthresearch through literature reviews, subject matter expertinterviews, and collaborating with other team members and exhibitstakeholders
• Coordinate outreach and communications to new, existing, and prospective content advisors, including all scheduling matters
• Coordinate and review material from academic and curatorialpartners and integrate into exhibit label text
• Write, edit, revise, fact-check, and proofread text for exhibitlabels and scripts
• Ensure that the style standard for language, punctuation, andvocabulary usage, is consistent with museum field best practices for readability

• Conduct research on visual imagery appropriate for inclusion inexhibits
• Select visual and other imagery, such as photographs, videos,illustrations, and audio for exhibits.
• Coordinate outreach and communications to prospective partners to secure copywrite or other intellectual property permissions foruse of images, video, or audio files in HMSC exhibits
• Ensure that audio/visual exhibit components are consistent with museum field best practices for accessibility

• Conduct outreach to HMSC partner translators, including scheduling meetings as needed
• Collaborate with HMSC finance team members to develop contract and payment mechanisms as needed

• Lead the recruitment of new exhibit content team members, in partnership with Director of Administration and Director of Exhibitions
• Lead onboarding of new exhibit content team members, in partnership with HMSC administration colleagues
• Direct and oversee the work of direct reports, providing regular feedback to achieve project goals
• Conduct all phases of the annual performance process (goals,check-ins, annual review) with direct reports