The Digital Projects Intern role is a researcher, storyteller, and project manager all in one. This role would be an apprenticeship under the Vice President, Marketing Communications. The project helps with the expansion and awareness of the Museum of the City of New York’s brand and digital footprint by identifying, curating, and marketing our exhibitions and collections in digital applications (apps, online channels) that reaches both our on-site visitors and digital community.
The Museum views digital extensions as a way to cultivate the New York, national and international audiences by way of unique experiences that leverage our intellectual property and collection. This person would need to explore the Museum’s collection for related materials and work with the curatorial team to uncover the stories that didn’t make it into the final script. He/she would then tell these stories in an accessible and engaging way, potentially working with text, video, audio, and images. Finally, this role would work with partners and funders to build, implement and market these stories within digital products (apps, podcasts, video series) and on the Museum’s owned channels. A current Marketing, Communications, History or Museum Studies Bachelor, Masters or PhD candidate with an excellent grasp of technology would be an excellent fit.
Responsibilities:
- Research numerous Museum exhibition topics, including within exhibition background research and the Museum collection, working with collections team to identify important Museum items to highlight exhibitions and intellectual property
- Regularly liaise with curatorial teams in the research and writing process to align storytelling with goals and philosophy of exhibition
- Identify themes and write engaging copy for our digital stories monthly
- Curate accompanying images, video, and sound for each digital story (where applicable)
- Work with exhibition team to design on-site and offline experiences
- Collaborate with partner development teams to build out stories within applications
- Research and identify new digital extensions for the Museum to consider
- Support design of on-site signage and collateral
- Proven interest in storytelling and interpreting history for a general audience
- Experience working with digital products or exhibition design is highly desirable
- Superb written communication skills with experience writing in a pithy and engaging style
- Excellent verbal communication skills and ease with collaborating across multiple departments
- Strong project management skills with a high level or organization and attention to detail
