National Museums NI is a leading cultural institution and is responsible for ensuring that its significant collection is developed, cared for and accessible to the widest possible audience. Almost one million people enjoy our four museums each year, and through loans, research, community activity and digital programmes we engage a much wider audience than those who physically visit our museums.
As Digital Content Lead you will work with colleagues across the organisation to source, plan and create innovative and compelling content across our digital media channels. The ambition is not only to increase our digital content output, but to do so in ways that create connections with our audiences in original, exciting and innovative ways. You will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering digital storytelling across our museums, leading the creation of innovative, accessible, and audience-focused content—particularly video. You’ll work to champion a unified digital approach that brings our collections and stories to life online.
Reporting to the Digital Media Manager, the Digital Content Lead will be responsible for leading the commissioning, creation, publication and distribution of digital content designed to create engagement with National Museums NI’s collections and knowledge with a specific focus on video. The wider Digital Media team will manage the organisation’s digital media channels and maximise audience engagement through developing compelling digital content
The Ulster American Folk Park at Castletown, Omagh, Co Tyrone is an outdoor museum designed to tell the story of the great waves of emigrants who left Ulster for the New World in the 18th and 19th centuries and of the contribution they made to the USA throughout the whole period of its birth and development. Through its unique display of outdoor exhibits featuring many original buildings such as the ancestral homes of Thomas Mellon, John Joseph Hughes and Hugh and Robert Campbell, the Ulster American Folk Park depicts the varied aspects of emigrants’ life and experience on both sides of the Atlantic.
We are looking for a Visitor Guide to provide all visitors to the Ulster American Folk Park with an enjoyable and informative ‘living history’ experience. The postholder will deliver a positive, engaging and customer focused experience and will interact with a wide variety of visitors including individuals, families, tour groups and school groups.
We believe that our museums can play an important and valuable role at the heart of society. Through our work we preserve, protect and promote the region’s cultural assets, knowledge and collective memory. We provide shared and trusted spaces to explore who we are, where we have come from and where we might be going. We engage and work in partnership with the public to share stories and care for and present a vast range of objects bringing important cultural, educational, social and scientific ideas to life. We unite the past, present and future; enhance health and well-being; make places more attractive to live in, work and visit; and, create positive economic impact. We inspire present and future generations of pioneers, designers, makers and community leaders. Our museums are loved and trusted public institutions: they provide joy, prompt reflection, and foster curiosity about the world around us.
Our vision
To celebrate who we are, telling the stories of our past, challenging our present, shaping our future.
The role
The Preventive Conservator will be required to coordinate and deliver a range of preventive conservation practices across National Museums NI to support the long-term preservation of the collections, while facilitating access to the collections in accordance with the identification, analysis and management of any potential risk.