Opportunity type: Fixed-term, Full-time
Working hours: 36 hours per week
Salary: £25,064 per annum
Location: St Ives
Closing date: 17 July 2023 at midnight
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with a passion for promoting public engagement with the arts to work at the heart of a world-renowned and award-winning public art gallery in the beautiful location of St Ives in West Cornwall.
As part of the programme team, you’ll support the delivery of innovative interpretation that helps audiences engage with contemporary art and historical displays. With a keen eye for detail and excellent writing and text-based skills, you’ll help generate and coordinate the production of interpretation in a wide range of media, both in the galleries and online. You’ll show you’re a team player who understands the issues and practices of interpreting art and heritage for broad and diverse audiences.
This role is supported by the National Heritage Lottery Fund.
This is a fixed-term contract to the end of June 2024, with a possibility of extension subject to funding.
This position is offered on a fixed-term contract until June 2024.
Tate’s vision is to serve as artistically adventurous and culturally inclusive art museums for the UK and the world. We deliver this through activities in our four galleries across the UK (Tate Liverpool, Tate St Ives, Tate Britain and Tate Modern), our digital platforms and collaborations with our national and international partners. At the heart of Tate is our collection of art, which includes British art from the 16th century to the present day, and international modern art from 1900 to the present day.
You can find further information about Tate on our website: www.tate.org.uk
About the role
To support the Curator, Interpretation in the preparation, planning and delivery of all Interpretation resources at Tate St Ives and the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden
About your team
Tate St Ives’ Programme team combines our Exhibitions and Displays team with Interpretation and Learning teams to create an innovative approach to programming, integrating the planning and delivery of exhibitions with an understanding and awareness of our audiences. Interpretation at Tate is a research-led practice that facilitates audience engagement at the moment of encounter. The team produces content including text, audio, digital interactives, timelines, leaflets, and spaces for visitor response and reflection.
You can find further information about Tate on our website: www.tate.org.uk
What you will do (Main Duties and Responsibilities)
- Produce exhibitions, displays and heritage interpretation with support from the Curator, Interpretation at Tate St Ives
- Generate engaging and accessible interpretation for Tate collection displays, exhibitions and heritage assets
- Support the development and delivery of interpretative content suitable for a wide range of audiences
- Develop and deliver innovative interpretation in different media, such as audio, digital, leaflets, trails, captions, and online
- Support, supervise and administer the commissioning of external producers, through to production and install
- Assist with exhibition and displays interpretation delivery and installation
- Write, edit and format texts and captions for artworks using best practice and in line with
Tate guidelines
