Early Years Learning Freelancer: Devising the Experience ______

Department: Audiences Contract: Freelance Duration: July 2019 – October 2019

Commission scope The Design Museum is looking for a freelancer with workshop facilitation experience, specialising in early years learning, along with background in a designer-maker practice. The freelancer is required to devise an ‘experience’ for families based on a pre-school animated character (with children aged under 7 years) that will take place daily at the Design Museum from Friday 25th October to Monday 28th October and from Saturday 28th December to Monday 6th January.

Inspired by the museum’s upcoming exhibition ‘Moving to Mars’ and informed by contemporary design practice, the freelancer will have the opportunity to devise the experience that will celebrate a successful animation series and bring young audiences closer to design through learning and fun activities.

The ‘experience’ will represent a part of the programme which will also include a free exhibition for both young and adult audiences, free activities on the museum mezzanine such as sketching and colouring and a pop-up in the museum shop. The experience and exhibition will feature a well- known animated pre-school brand.

THE EXPERIENCE Guidelines

The ‘experience’ the freelancer is required to devise will be ticketed and hosted in the museum’s Huth Gallery (area of 319sqm).

Ideally, the maximum quantity of tickets sold for each session will be 50 (each ticket will grant access for 1 child and 1 adult). We are expecting a maximum of 100 people per session. Every day there will be 4 ticketed sessions with a duration of 50 mins. Furthermore, the changeover time will be of 40 minutes. If your proposal differs from the following structure, please advise us on recommended capacity, sessions and timings.

The experience should be memorable, fun, focused on design and learning and centred on an animated pre-school brand. Ideally, but not necessarily, the experience and learning activities will connect to the ‘Moving to Mars’ exhibition which will be at the Design Museum during the duration of the programme. The experience will include an interactive finale, advised by our partner, which will be integrated into the proposal.

The proposal should take into consideration the room environment and how the learning activities will interact with it. The designed activities in the room should be reusable and easy to store. The proposal should be cost-efficient.

The activities will encourage children and their families to engage in activity together, explore design through making, gain key developmental skills and be inspired by design and its place in the world around us. The experience should include the opportunity for the young audience to get their own badge as a reward for the new skills learnt through the activities. The overall experience will be delivered by a maximum number of 4 facilitators, managed initially by the freelancer.

The project plan should include a list of materials, tools and equipment required for the suggested proposal, a detailed example of the learning activities and the ideal profile and skills of the facilitators that would put the plan into action.

The freelancer will be expected to oversee the first days of delivery, make recommendations for adjustment and at the end of the first tranche of activity provide a short report detailing the successes and learnings of the project.

Deliverables ‘Experience Project Plan’ • Describing the experience and the core points of the proposal, highlighting the fun and memorable moments • The experience should reflect the values of “doing things” and “having a go” • Indicating the skills the facilitators need to deliver the experience • Learning/educational aspects to link back to EYFS curriculum where relevant • Listing equipment, tools and materials needed for the project to be developed • Including options of pre-designed activities to be made in the experience • The experience should consider innovative ways to extend the experience to live outside of the museum (eg: being able to email yourself a pic of certain, ways of creating user generated content etc) • Feeding into the brief for the design to the space and its integration with the activities • Making sure that the room changeover can be accommodated within the time frame suggested • Considering that a small area of the room will serve as a cloakroom and rest area • Ensure safety and wellbeing of all participants • Advising on how to best execute the proposal and evaluate the experience

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Supplier requirements Essential • Excellent facilitation skills and experience of working with family audiences with an ability to see things from a child’s perspective • Experience of devising activities for children and families • A passion and experience of designing and making practice • Ability to devise memorable and funny learning activities for families and an children under 7s • High standard of presentation and visual communication skills with excellent written and verbal communication skills

Desirable • Working knowledge of museums and galleries • Knowledge of animation • Adaptable across a range of design practices and skills

Fee and application process

Total fee: £170 per day (6 days estimated)

Terms and conditions: Freelancers are required to obtain and maintain in force personal Public Liability Insurance and an up to date DBS check (the museum may also carry out its own DBS check).

The individual will be personally liable for their own tax deductions and national insurance contributions and providing their own material, tools and equipment to enable them to provide the services. The freelancer should assign all intellectual property for the commission to the Design Museum.

To apply: Please email a covering letter which addresses the criteria as set out in the commission, CV and digital portfolio of work to [email protected]

Please quote job ref: Early Years Learning Freelancer/2019 in the email subject header

Closing date for applications: Sunday 30 June 2019 Phone Interview: Tuesday 2 July 2019

For further information please contact: Francesco Bianchini Project Manager (Monday - Friday) E: [email protected] T: 020 3862 5927

About the Design Museum The Design Museum is located in London and is the world’s leading design museum. It makes the impact of design visible and is the only place in the

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UK where the design industry, education and the public can come together to change the way people think about themselves and the future.

Since it opened its doors in 1989 the museum has displayed everything from an AK-47 to high heels designed by Christian Louboutin. It is a registered charity that has staged over 100 exhibitions, welcomed over six million visitors and showcased the work of some of the world’s most celebrated designers and architects including Paul Smith, Zaha Hadid, Jonathan Ive, Miuccia Prada, Frank Gehry, Eileen Gray and Dieter Rams.

On 24 November 2016, The Design Museum relocated to Kensington, west London. Leading architectural designer John Pawson converted the interior of a 1960s modernist building to create a new home for the Design Museum giving it three times more space in which to show a wider range of exhibitions and significantly extend its learning programme.

The Design Museum is European Museum of the Year for 2018; one of forty finalists and the sixth UK winner in the award's 41-year history.

Our vision, purpose, mission and values

Our vision Our vision is a world where everyone values design

Our purpose The purpose of the Design Museum is to make the impact of design visible

Our mission - To build public awareness of design by connecting design with people’s lives and passions - To reflect the designer’s role at the forefront of social, technological and environmental change - To serve the design community. Design is a practice, a diverse discipline, infinitely rich in approaches and characters. It is a young discipline, whose role in the world is evolving. Our unique approach to working with designers is to invite them to ‘think in public’

Our values The museum’s core values are collaborative, welcoming, enterprising and forward looking. designmuseum.org

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