We are looking for a digital curator to develop, program, and manage digital communication platforms for Medical Museion and the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR), including websites, social media, and other online platforms. The digital curator will work both independently, and in collaboration with external consultants.
This role will be part of an expanded communications team, including staff working in exhibition and graphic design, AV communication, marketing, events planning, and science communication. The digital curator will maintain and feed web platforms, as well as designing and implementing new online communication methods, and liaising with external consultants on larger projects. They will also be involved in developing a publicly accessible interface with the museum collections. The team combines daily maintenance of a communication environment with creative thinking about future strategy and experimental projects.
Strategic development: Develop strategic but responsive plan for digital platforms at both Medical Museion and CBMR, in collaboration with the wider communications team.
Website infrastructure: Develop, maintain, and feed the core websites for both Medical Museion and CBMR. This involves programming in both wordpress and CMS, but external consultants can be employed for major new platform developments. Manage web subscriptions and hosting.
Digital communication projects: Develop innovative online communication projects, in dialogue with exhibition, event, and science communication activities at Medical Museion. Podcasts is one potential area for development, along with web exhibitions, and reporting formats.
Museum training: Support Medical Museion staff in utilizing online media to communicate and engage people in the processes of their work and exhibition projects.
Scientist training: Help organize training and input for scientists, in terms of their intrascientific and public digital communication. Offered within CBMR and to other scientific stakeholders.
Knowledge: Continually survey and evaluate current landscape of web and social media for museums and scientific research institutes, apply relevant new tools, and attend conferences to present the work at Medical Museion and CBMR.
User data: Gather basic statistics and other information about how digital platforms are used.
We expect that you have excellent digital skills, centrally the ability to manage, maintain, and creatively develop web platforms. You must be technically independent, and able to drive liaison with external digital companies for larger projects. Your educational background could be from many different disciplinary sectors, but some demonstrable interest in both health and medical sciences, and public or artistic institutions, would be a bonus – this might come from your education, work experience, or hobbies.
The place of employment is at Medical Museion, Department of Public Health, Fredericiagade 18, 1310 Copenhagen, and the role is affiliated with the CBMR Program for Metabolic Science in Culture. We offer creative and stimulating working conditions in a dynamic and international museum and research environment.
The employment as “Digital Curator“ (AC-TAP AS) is a full time, 3 year position. Starting date is 1 September 2019. Employment will be in accordance with the provisions of the collective agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations). The monthly salary will be based on the number of years of work experience (seniority) with the possibility to negotiate a salary supplement based on prior experiences and qualifications.
Please submit your application by clicking on “Apply Now” below.
Deadline for applications is 1 June 2019.