- Bachelor’s degree in museum studies, life sciences, environmental studies, education, or related field.
- Five or more years’ experience in exhibit/interpretive development for an informal science or similar setting.
- Minimum three years of leadership experience, with a demonstrated ability to manage complex projects, improve processes, produce high quality products, lead and collaborate with people, supervise staff and get results from teams.
- Thorough understanding of the exhibit development process, design principals and interpretive practices.
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with team members, consultants, staff and external partners to develop exhibits/interpretive by finding consensus, dividing workload and following project details through to completion.
- Fluency in using project management tools and software to manage tasks, timelines, people etc.
- Demonstrated experience in science writing for diverse public audiences. Spanish or second language fluency a plus.
- Gifted storyteller and science communicator who writes clearly, concisely and imaginatively.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability and desire to work in a team environment and develop interpretive storylines collaboratively; comfortable working with strong personalities and drawing out others who may be reticent.
- Practiced at multi-faceted, deep listening skills, including questioning, verifying, and exploring what is heard to ensure understanding of both surface and underlying messages and priorities.
- Working knowledge of interpretive planning concepts, principles and philosophies, and emerging research in conservation psychology.
- Ability to develop thematic structure, research subject matter, and create content that engages guests
- Knowledge of exhibit evaluation methods in informal education settings, conservation issues, and proper presentation of artifacts.
- Proficient and experienced with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook; familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite is a plus.
- Must be able to work with customized databases and technology, and conduct Internet research.
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