Education Specialist for Digital Outreach and Engagement, National Museum of American History

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History seeks a candidate experienced in museum education and digital outreach to serve as a member of the New Media team. Specific duties of the position include:

- Leads the interpretive planning for and the development of digital outreach initiatives.
- Designs outreach campaigns and activities that support the Museum mission and educational goals by broadening access to online audiences and encouraging more deeply engaging digital experiences.
- Manages content development, review, editing and publishing process for the museum blog and other visitor-focused digital outreach including social media channels.
- Conducts and/or coordinates formative and summative evaluations of the Museum’s digital outreach activities and other new media efforts.
- Uses Web analytics, user surveys, and other appropriate forms of testing and feedback to assess visitor interests and behaviors, prototype proposed outreach methods, and measure the effectiveness of completed projects.

This is a permanent, federal position. Visit USAJobs to learn more and to apply (closing date May 9, 2012):
http://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/315071500

Questions can be directed to me at macarthurm@si.edu.