The Indian Music Experience Museum is hiring a curatorial/gallery assistant in Bangalore.

Looking for:

• Experience: 2+ years comprehensive administrative work experience. (Museum or arts organization experience required)
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Art or Art History. Master’s Degree desirable
• Languages Known- English and Kannada mandatory
• Work Location: Indian Music Experience, JP Nagar, Bangalore
• Reports to: Head of Curation
• Type: Full-time Consultant

The Curatorial Assistant is responsible for a variety of curatorial and execution tasks. Provides support to the curator in line with the following description:

Job Responsibilities:

• Assists in the development, copyediting, design, and production of exhibition and installation of materials, such as wall text, labels, gallery guides, and other content.
• Ensures accuracy of information on publications, in print and online, as needed.
• Obtains permissions and copyright clearance for images and maintains accurate credit lines.
• Ensures that the displays, including the graphic panels, artifacts, media pieces, and interactives, are in excellent shape.
• Assists with the development and maintenance of the archive.
• Assists in the preparation of presentations, reports, and budgets for a variety of purposes, including fundraising, cooperation with other organizations, and so on.
• Assists with managing project budgets; processes all curatorial paperwork related to invoices, handles requisitions and checks.
• Research fresh curation topics and develops unique and out-of-the-box curating concepts
• Take important guests on museum tours as needed.
• Handles collection-related enquiries by phone, or e-mail or on social media platforms.
• Liaisons with vendors for procuring materials for the exhibits
• Stay up to date on what’s going on in the museum industry, connect and network with other museum professionals.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills and Abilities:

• Ability to understand and learn the museum’s collection.
• Understanding of Indian music
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Well-developed written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated editing and proofreading skills.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Computer proficiency with PC and Mac, and Microsoft Office Suite, including Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with collections databases
• Excellent interpersonal skills. Self-directed, ability to anticipate actions needed.
• Ability to juggle multiple tasks and meet demanding deadlines.
• Ability to exercise discretion and to be a team player in an active office environment.
• Fluency in English

Find out more and apply on MNCJobs here.