Job: Digital Participation Producer, National Portrait Gallery, London

Deadline: Monday 15 March 2010.

Purpose

To create and produce digital content associated with two Cultural Olympiad projects The Road to 2012 and BP Next Generation that are being developed by the Gallery over the next two years. The digital content will be developed for use on-site and online to engage target audiences up to and beyond 2012.

Based in the Learning department, the post holder will work in collaboration with colleagues responsible for delivering both projects, to create a content plan and deliver a programme of digital content creation. They will create an overall concept and audience experience through a coherent narrative and editorial structure. The digital content will complement and extend the reach of both projects to audiences beyond the Gallery, contributing to a year round presence and momentum.

Over two years, ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness and impact of the project work will inform wider plans for digital participation and content production at the Gallery. Working with the Head of Learning and other key colleagues, the post holder will develop a forward plan for digital participation activity to inform the future direction and priorities.

Information on the two Cultural Olympiad projects is provided below.    

Project 1 The Road to 2012
The National Portrait Gallery/ BT Road to 2012 Project is a collaboration between the National Portrait Gallery and BT, the official communications services partner for London 2012. It will create up to 100 world-class photographic portraits celebrating both high-profile people and those working and training behind the scenes that will collectively make the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics happen. ...

Project 2 BP Next Generation
Next Generation is a youth engagement programme associated with the high profile BP Portrait Award that will be developed over the next two years. Central to the reach and relevance of this project for young people will be the development of digital content on the BP Portrait Award micro site. Digital content created with and for young people will explore the process of the BP Portrait Award and the experience of participating artists and their work. ...

Main objectives

• To develop, manage and deliver creative digital content to engage target audiences for the Road to 2012 and BP Next Generation
• To develop digital content plans for both projects within the overall project budget and timeframe
• To work closely with colleagues on the Road to 2012 and BP Next Generation project teams to respond to and inform the overall narrative, documentation and interpretation through digital content for both projects
• To work closely with colleagues in the Learning department to ensure opportunities for digital content creation through participation projects and young people's activity are maximised
• To ensure all audio and video content is produced to a high professional standards
• To manage all digital material within a clear structure for ease of retrieval and effective information management
• To ensure all digital content created is compliant with the Gallery technical standards,  policies and procedures
• To ensure that the format and technical standards used in the digital content creation is informed by relevant external standards that will enable content to be re-used for other relevant activity e.g. Live sites
• To advise on and set up an editing facility at the Gallery to enable the production of  the digital content in-house

Full details and application information on the NPG web site.