Assistant Curator: Cataloguing

The opportunity

University of the Arts London (UAL) is looking for an Assistant Curator: Cataloguing to join the Museum & Study Collection team, based at Central Saint Martins on a fixed term basis.

 

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with an interest in archives, museum collections, typography and graphic design to contribute to the cataloguing and development of the Central Lettering Record.

 

The collection includes type specimens, lettering samples, sign books, reference materials and photographs. Working alongside museum and archives colleagues, you will help catalogue and manage these materials, making them more accessible and discoverable to support teaching, learning and research at UAL and beyond.

 

Your work will include creating and enhancing catalogue and authority records, contributing to the conservation and preservation of the physical collection, and supporting its promotion through research projects, digital collections, displays and social media activity.

 

You will also contribute to critical cataloguing practices that support the decolonisation of UAL's archival collections, helping to challenge dominance and stereotyping and develop new ways of interpreting the collection.

Your profile

You will have a degree in an information-related subject, arts or humanities, or equivalent experience of a cultural heritage environment in a curatorial, administrative or research capacity.  You'll have experience of cataloguing museum or archive collections to international standards, alongside knowledge of the history of lettering, typography, information and graphic design.

You will be an effective communicator, comfortable working collaboratively with colleagues across different professional groups. You'll also be organised, able to prioritise your workload and use your initiative to resolve problems.

An understanding of how collections can support teaching, learning and inclusivity, together with a positive and responsive approach to student or customer service, will also be important.

This is an excellent opportunity to apply your collections experience and develop your knowledge within a specialist museum and study collection at one of the world's leading universities for art and design.

We are UAL

University of the Arts London (UAL) generates and inspires the creativity the world needs for a better future. Since 1842, our colleges have been defining creative education. With curiosity, imagination and intent we make work which creates lasting change for people and our planet. London is core to who we are, a place where we meet and share ideas with people from different backgrounds and cultures.

Our creative network influences learning, culture, industry and society on a global scale. Our academics and practitioners deliver creative education and inspire new ways of thinking through research and innovation. We work with students at every level from pre-degree and short courses to postgraduate and online learning, enabling them to build the careers they want. Together, we are a community of makers, thinkers, pioneers and storytellers redesigning the future.

As a University, we are ranked second in the world for Art and Design. We are formed of 6 Colleges with unique histories and identities: Camberwell College of Arts, Central Saint Martins, Chelsea College of Arts, London College of Communication, London College of Fashion and Wimbledon College of Arts. UAL also has 4 Institutes, 5 Research Centres, 1 Pre-Degree School and 2 subsidiary companies delivering specialist activities.

We are a global University, welcoming over 22,000 students and 6,000 staff from 130 countries. We aim to be a university where people can be themselves and feel supported to reach their full potential. That’s why we are proud to hold a Bronze Award from the Race Equality Charter (REC), are members of the Business Disability Forum and Employers for Carers, and maintain our status as a Disability Confident Scheme and Living Wage employer.

Application process

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