Job Opening: Seeking Writer/Researcher for Southwest Museum Services from efamily member Paul Joseph of Joalcompany

Greetings:

Tony Webber CEO of Southwest Museum Services is currently seeking a professional writer/researcher for his firm. The applicant should be a self-starter, dependable, punctual (dependable transportation) with a pleasant attitude and able to work in a team environment. This is a part-time position involving a 30 hour minimum commitment Monday thru Friday(office hours are 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The office is located Hwy 290 @ North Gessner.

This would be an ideal position for a retired English, Language Arts teacher or school administrator with excellent English and communication skills. If you know of anyone who might be interested in this position please have them to contact me directly by E-mail ONLY at joalcompany@gmail.com (NO PHONE CALL PLEASE). They should also attach a couple of exhibits of their writing samples.

You can visit Southwest Museum’s website to have an idea of the type of work involved with this position.

www.swmuseum.com

Regards,

P. B. J.

    

SOUTHWEST MUSEUM SERVICES

Job Description

The Content Coordinator is a member of an interdisciplinary museum team that includes a graphic designer, exhibit designer/architect, audio visual specialist and a project manager. The Content Coordinator is key in helping shape the exhibit message and proposing ways to convey that message through media and objects. The Content Coordinator then conducts research, writes exhibit descriptions, writes the museum text and finds and/or collects photos to be presented in the museum/exhibit as needed by our media specialists and designers who design the physical exhibits that will be produced in our shop and production areas by production staff. The primary work is research, writing and organizing information and media for designers to reference.

Typically the project mission and parameters will be defined by our Project Manager and Lead Designer per the directions of our client’s management staff. The Content Coordinator will often interface directly with a museum Curator to collect and expand on ideas and information these clients will provide to create a Content Workbook. This will be the source document from which, for example, a Graphic Designer will devise a visual approach and then perform the artistic graphic layout of graphic panels using the approved text and photos from the Content Workbook.

Requirements

While this job requires creativity, the substance of the tasks can only be performed through organizational skills, writing skills and technical knowledge of the English language.  The Content Coordinator will often be the first and last step in the writing and proofing process and must therefore be exceptionally knowledgeable of proper sentence structure, parts of speech, grammar, and punctuation. Creating and organizing the work requires attention to detail and effective knowledge of software such as Word and Excel. Some familiarity with design type programs such as Photoshop and In Design would be helpful in reviewing documents created by our designers. The Content Coordinator may be required to visit client museum sites occasionally. This could require a driving trip with an overnight stay not more than a couple times a year within Texas or to a near neighboring state.  Most all aspects of the work will be performed in our offices in Houston.

A qualified applicant should hold at least an undergraduate liberal arts degree, but candidates in any area of study will be considered based on skills. Employees performing this job role for the company in the past had degrees including a BA in History, Anthropology, Zoology, or Museum Studies. Some also had related Masters Degrees.