Project Curator: Digital

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The British Museum is Seeking a Project Curator: Digital

Location: Bloomsbury (Hybrid – minimum 3 days per week on-site)
Contract: Full-time (41 hours/week), Fixed-term until November 31, 2029
Salary: £36,396 per year
Deadline: April 7, 2026 (12:00 PM)

The British Museum is seeking a Project Curator: Digital to join the Endangered Material Knowledge Programme (EMKP), the museum’s largest digital initiative focused on preserving knowledge related to global craft, architecture, technology, and cultural practices.

This role combines digital curation, asset management, and digital preservation, supporting an open-access repository and working with researchers and communities worldwide to safeguard endangered forms of material knowledge.

The Project Curator will support the programme’s digital strategy and infrastructure, ensuring that digital assets submitted by researchers and grantees are preserved, documented, and accessible through the programme’s repository. The role also involves contributing to public-facing digital content and supporting capacity-building among international collaborators.

Responsibilities

Support and develop the programme’s digital infrastructure and platforms
Implement EMKP’s digital preservation strategy
Manage and audit digital assets submitted by project grantees
Ensure best practices in metadata, rights management, and ethical standards
Publish and maintain materials within the open-access digital repository
Contribute to digital dissemination, including web content and social media outputs
Provide training and digital support to researchers, grantees, and partners

Candidate Profile

The museum is seeking a candidate with:

Experience in digital preservation, digital collections, or archives
Strong digital asset management and metadata skills
Experience working with digital repositories or collections systems
Excellent communication and collaboration skills across international networks
Interest in safeguarding and sharing cultural and material knowledge