We’re looking for a creative individual to manage Te Papa’s Writing Team as we continue to redevelop our long-term exhibitions, with an emphasis on powerful storytelling and interactivity.
Te Papa is a world-leading, bicultural, cross-disciplinary museum. The Writing Team are the museum’s storytellers, comprising a combination of permanent writer/editors and project-based contractors. These staff work primarily on exhibitions and related digital, education, and marketing products, helping to identify powerful stories and creating engaging text in English and te reo Māori.
Are you:
- an effective team leader?
- a talented writer/editor with experience in content creation across platforms, digital and physical?
- passionate about connecting with audiences through creative yet concise and accessible text, underpinned by sound scholarship?
- collaborative, confident, positive, and energetic?
- creative as well as well-organised and systems-focused?
Reporting to and supporting the Head of Experience Design and Content, the successful candidate will:
- help to re-imagine Te Papa’s exhibition experiences, collaborating with other interpretive staff to do so (e.g., writers, curators, experience developers, designers, digital producers, educators, public programmers);
- manage the publishing/text-production process for all exhibition-related text, ensuring that the highest standards of storytelling and accuracy are upheld;
- oversee the provision of writing and editing services to other internal Te Papa teams, assuring the quality of core public-facing text.
You might have a background in publishing for museums, print or digital media, film, television, theatre, or education. Knowledge of te reo and tikanga Māori is an advantage.
For more information or to apply visit the Te Papa website.
