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Museum Collections Manager Resume
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| Desired Industry: Anthropology |
SpiderID: 11938 |
| Desired Job Location: New York, New York |
Date Posted: 3/24/2007 |
| Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent |
Availability Date: Variable |
| Desired Wage: $40+ |
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U.S. Work Authorization: Yes |
| Job Level: Experienced with over 2 years experience |
Willing to Travel: Yes, 25-50% |
| Highest Degree Attained: Masters |
Willing to Relocate: Yes |
Objective:
To progress within a creative environment where others have a genuine enthusiasm for their professional roles and internally drive the success of the organization in which they operate.
Experience:
COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS ASSISTANT JULY 2006 – CURRENT
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center
1603 Orrington Ave, Suite 815, Evanston, IL 60201, US
Supervisory Contact: Bethany Fleming, Museum Registrar
Telephone: 847 491 0905
● Accessioning of recently acquired items for a new museum development, including preventative conservation.
● Gathering artifact and donor background information; organizing the transfer of cultural materials.
● Contacting and scheduling meetings with donors for both informative purposes and potential artifact deposit.
● Creating reports to prioritize collection areas requiring attention or elaboration prior to curator presentations.
● Documenting and elaborating individual histories for items considered to have greater exhibit potential.
● Standardizing and completing collections’ metadata within iO software, including digitally scanning 2D items.
● Packaging items for storage and transport; insuring proper storage of items at offsite storage facility.
● Participating in new exhibit creation and exhibit installation, including take-down and gallery preparation.
COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT MARCH 2006 – JUNE 2006
Metropolitan Police Historical Collection
Unit 7, Meridian Trading Estate, Bugsby Way, London, SE7 7SJ, UK
Supervisory Contact: Maggie Bird, Head of Collection
Telephone: 020 8269 0204
● Designed and implemented a centrally accessible database system for the collection’s cataloguing systems.
● Conserved, catalogued, and archived Metropolitan Police artifacts to suit industry standards.
● Managed incoming and outgoing loan documentation; processed items prior to shipment and on return.
● Compiled and updated collections policies to best meet internal needs and the UK’s accreditation standards.
CURATORIAL ASSISTANT MARCH 2006 – APRIL 2006
Crime (Black) Museum New Scotland Yard, The Broadway, London, SWIH 0BG, UK
Supervisory Contact: Alan McCormick, Curator
Telephone: 0207 230 4398
● Researched and compiled interpretative text of Metropolitan Police crime cases featured in the courtroom drawings of artist William Hartley as preparation for exhibition development and a catalogue.
GALLERY GUIDE APRIL 2006 – JUNE 2006
National Portrait Gallery St Martin’s Place, London, WC2H OHE, UK
Supervisory Contact: Toni Parker, Reaching Out- Drawing In Project Manager
Telephone: 020 7321 6639
● Assisted blind and partially sighted visitors with accessing and interpretation of the NPG’s Fame! exhibit in conjunction with the Royal National Institute of the Blind.
WINTER BREAK-CAMPS OPERATION COORDINATOR DECEMBER 2005 - JANUARY 2006
Pacific Science Center 200 Second Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109, US
Supervisory Contact: Meaghan Sullivan, Camp Program Supervisor
Telephone: 206 443 2001
● Supervised camp teachers and volunteers, ranging between 7-11 people daily; coordinated staff breaks.
● Managed supply purchasing, distribution, and tracking for both winter break and spring break camps.
● Ensured the smooth and safe operation of daily program operations, including communication between relevant museum departments, general troubleshooting, and implementation of any required emergency procedures.
● Participated in camp program delivery, directly with campers, and taught camp curricula as needed.
GROUP SALES COORDINATOR AUGUST 2002 - SEPTEMBER 2005
Pacific Science Center 200 Second Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109, US
Supervisory Contact: Cindy Messey, Group and Facility Rental Manager
Telephone: 206 443 2001
● Acquired and monitored group sales revenue to exceed annual budget projections for the duration of hire.
● Scheduled and managed group reservations between visitors and museum departments including exhibit visits, IMAX® films, catering requests, and any other requested service to ensure customer satisfaction.
● Researched target groups to establish viable approaches of marketing science center programming.
● Managed and developed group sales marketing strategies, including informational and promotional materials.
● Implemented a clientele database, along with a direct-mailing system, to track client relations.
● Formed and maintained contractual agreements with corporate organizations/vendors, i.e. Microsoft, Boeing, Expedia.com, and Alaska Air/Horizon Air, to independently market masses of admission vouchers.
● Represented Pacific Science Center at the National Tourism Association’s convention and acted as direct contact for networking and soliciting museum amenities to group travel agents considering visits to Seattle.
● Assisted Events/Group Sales Manager with facility rentals and special event programming as needed.
● Researched industry counterparts and managed the interdepartmental collaboration of a new visitor guide.
VISITOR SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE MARCH 2002- AUGUST 2002
Pacific Science Center 200 Second Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109, US
Supervisory Contact: Kurt Koller, Visitor Services Manager
Telephone: 206 443 2001
● Staffed science center’s informational positions and exhibit floor positions for visitor interpretation purposes.
● Intermittently performed front-line ticket sales for exhibits, IMAX® films, and annual membership sales.
RECEPTIONIST JULY 2001- DECEMBER 2001
Cannons Health Club Mecklenburgh Place, London, WC1E 2AY, UK
Supervisory Contact: Mark Williams, General Manager
Telephone: 020 7813 0555
● Greeted members and ensured account validity; scheduled fitness classes, masseuses and physical therapists.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION INTERN NOVEMBER 2000 - MAY 2001
Louisiana State Division of Historic Preservation POBOX 44247, Baton Rouge, LA 70804, US
Supervisory Contact: Mike Varnado, Curator and Historian
Telephone: 225 342 8160
● Extrapolated information from state historic archives and incorporated data into a MS Access database clone.
● Digitally scanned images of state’s historical structures and correlated image data files into system.
ART GALLERY ASSISTANT JUNE 1999 – JANUARY 2000
Anne Connelly Fine Art 711 Jefferson Highway, Baton Rouge, LA 70806, US
Supervisory Contact: Anne Connelly, Gallery Owner
Telephone: 225 927 7676
● Produced and recorded both sales and shipping invoices; packaged and shipped artwork to gallery clients.
● Aided during exhibit take-down and installation; designed art plaques for arriving artwork.
Education:
MA in Museum and Gallery Management
SEPTEMBER 2005- NOVEMBER 2006
CITY UNIVERSITY LONDON
Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK
● Core modules focused on international models of cultural policies and frameworks; managing people, collections and metadata; financial planning; and international transport laws, procedures, and ethics.
● Graduate Dissertation: Mechanisms for Accessing Collections and the Usefulness of National Accreditation System. Research focused on the devices and influences affecting the availability of accessing collections, both internally and externally, among American museums and galleries with relation to the AAM’s accreditation scheme. Secondary focus explored commonly used collections software with relation to its effectiveness.
BA in Cultural Anthropology; minor in Art
SEPTEMBER 1996- MAY 2001
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
110 Thomas Boyd Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, US
● Undergraduate Dissertation: New Orleans’s Voodoo Queen and the Cultural Practices Surrounding Her in Modern Times. Research explored the beliefs and rituals associated with the disputed burial place of Marie Laveau, attributing evident cultural performances to tourist activity, rather than modern practitioners of Voodoo.
● South Coastal Archaeology in Belize Project: participated in the 1997 field excavation of Heather McKillop PhD, Professor of Archaeology. Skills acquired focused on surveying techniques, mapping, recording and cataloguing of cultural materials returned from the Late and Post Classic Mayan coral mound sites.
High School Diploma
AUGUST 1993- MAY 1996
SOUTH TERREBONNE HIGH SCHOOL 3879 Highway 24, Bourg, LA 70343, US
● Achievements include: honors accelerated trajectory curriculum, Honor Society, and Editor- In- Chief of newspaper.
Additional Information:
● Fluent in Mac and Windows environments; 55 WPM.
● Excellent knowledge of Windows 95- XP & MSOffice Suite, Adobe Photoshop, Razor’s Edge.
● Practical working experience with MIMSY, TMS, Past Perfect, and I/O collections software packages.
● Intermediate level of written and conversational Spanish; basic level of written French.
Reference:
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