Exhibit (Interactive) Producer

Natural History Museum; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27.5 days holiday and public holidays

Pension scheme

Season ticket loan

Life insurance

Free admission to exhibitions

Staff discount

Staff training & development

Job summary

Natural History Museum is seeking an Interactive Exhibit Producer to provide client-side expertise, advocacy and QA for interactive exhibits and visitor experiences.

You will support the gallery delivery team, and work closely with external design partners to realise the project vision, brief and objectives, ensuring delivery of high-quality exhibits that engage audiences and enhance the gallery experience.

Qualifications

• Significant experience delivering interactive, digital and mechanical exhibits.
• Strong ability to manage concepts from storyboard to installation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide client-side expertise, advocacy and QA for interactive exhibits and visitor experiences.
• Support the gallery delivery team and work with external design partners to realise project vision.
• Champion accessible, engaging and innovative exhibit design across in-house and external teams.

Skills

Interactive exhibits

Digital experiences

Exhibit design

Project management

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Tools

Software development

Hardware integration

Job description

About Us

We are a world-class visitor attraction and leading science research centre. We use the Museum's unique collections and our unrivalled expertise to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. We care for more than 80 million objects spanning billions of years and welcome more than five million visitors annually and 16 million visits to our website.

About Us

We are a world-class visitor attraction and leading science research centre. We use the Museum's unique collections and our unrivalled expertise to tackle the biggest challenges facing the world today. We care for more than 80 million objects spanning billions of years and welcome more than five million visitors annually and 16 million visits to our website. Today the Museum is more relevant and influential than ever. By attracting people from a range of backgrounds to work for us, we can continue to look at the world with fresh eyes and find new ways of doing things. We employ 1100 staff in a variety of roles, all united by our vision of a future where people and planet thrive. We need everyone to have the passion and drive to help us with our mission to create advocates for our planet and inspire millions to care about the natural world. Diversity and inclusion matter to us. Our vision is of a future where both people and the planet thrive. Diversity is one of our core values and we strive to build a workplace where everyone feels a sense of belonging. All new staff who join us learn about the importance of diversity and inclusion to the Museum and how to contribute to creating an inclusive environment. We know we have more to do, but we are committed to ensuring that everyone who works at the Museum feels they can thrive and feel valued and respected.

About The Role

As an Interactive Exhibit Producer at the Natural History Museum, you will provide client-side expertise, advocacy and quality assurance for interactive exhibits and visitor experiences. You will support the gallery delivery team and work closely with external design partners to realise the project vision, brief and objectives, ensuring the delivery of high-quality exhibits that engage audiences and enhance the gallery experience. This exciting role within the Exhibitions and Galleries (interpretation) team and requires experience, creativity, collaboration, excellent communication skills and excellent process management skills. Using an audience-informed approach and a strong understanding of best practice in interactive and exhibit design, you will apply your knowledge of museums, cultural attractions and visitor engagement to shape and influence exhibit development. Acting as a subject matter expert for interactive experiences, you will provide guidance and oversight to projects delivered by our in-house design, digital and technical teams, as well as by external suppliers. You will champion excellent interactive design, ensuring that all exhibits are accessible, engaging, innovative and aligned with the Museum's strategic and audience goals.

About You

For this role, you will bring significant experience delivering interactive, digital and mechanical exhibits within museums, cultural organisations or visitor attractions, alongside expertise in developing engaging visitor experiences for physical spaces. You will possess a strong understanding of interactive/exhibit design, including digital, audio-visual and electro-mechanical experiences, and be able to match appropriate solutions to audience needs and interpretive objectives. You will have knowledge of the design and delivery process, from concept development and storyboarding through software development, hardware integration and installation, together with an understanding of exhibition design documentation and drawings. Excellent communication, stakeholder management and relationship-building skills are essential, as is the ability to manage competing priorities, think analytically and maintain a high level of attention to detail. An additional specialism in exhibition development, digital product development, design or museum practice would be advantageous.

Thriving at the Museum: the way we work

We are proud to work at the Museum and have identified the qualities we all need to embody to reach our shared ambition. This sits alongside the Museum’s values and forms the framework for the way we work. Find out more here.

What We Offer

• 27.5 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays (full time equivalent)


• Generous defined contribution Natural History Museum Pension Scheme (employer contribution 4 - 10%)


• Season ticket, bicycle and rental loan


• Life insurance


• Free admission to our exhibitions and many other paid exhibitions at museums, galleries and institutions across London and the UK.


• Staff discount at our Museum shops and cafes


• We offer a wide variety of training initiatives and opportunities to build skills. Investing in staff development is important to us, and we are ambitious about helping staff to grow and fulfil their potential.


• Affordable membership to the Civil Service Sports Council which offers a range of benefits including an extensive list of special offers and reduced entry fees at a selection of cinema chains, theme parks, theatres, retailers and supermarkets. It also provides entry to up to 300 English Heritage sites and other national treasures. For more details, visit https://www.cssc.co.uk


• Membership to our Sports and Social Association (for a small fee), which includes access to our in-house gym and clubs such as football, softball, table tennis and tennis and classes in Middle Eastern dance, yoga and Tai Chi

Hybrid working

We are working towards a vision where both people and planet thrive, and nothing gives a greater connection with this, than seeing first-hand, the visitors, scientific research and collections that all of our work is inspired by and working side by side with the teams delivering the visitor experience and events. We also recognise the benefits and flexibility that hybrid working brings. We operate a hybrid working model that requires regular, weekly attendance for this role, with the precise pattern of days on site and worked from home to be agreed with your manager.

Please note that this role does not qualify for Museum sponsorship so the successful postholder will need to have a valid right to work in the UK at the point of offer.