Traineeship Descriptions

Brent Museum & Archive A traineeship in both the museum and archives, encompassing social media, website management, photography, and cataloguing. The trainee will also supervise the Archive search room, developing skills in customer service and museum and archive handling and care along with preventative conservation.

Culture & A traineeship in the Culture & team supporting on marketing and PR around public programmes as well as maintaining website, CRM and social media platforms. Working with London Metropolitan Archives on cataloguing and access to Culture& collection and co-producing education events.

English Heritage A traineeship with English Heritage focused on developing engaging interpretation for visitors about the organisation’s sites, histories and conservation work, including giving tours and talks; creating written interpretation; working with experts to create digital content and commissioning AV to be presented on site or on the web; as well as using CMS to put that content online.

Magnum Photos A traineeship working with Magnum Photos across their archive, cultural institution, publishing hub and educational body, encompassing production, archive management, print sales, social media management and delivery of education events.

Museum of Croydon A traineeship in the Museum of Croydon’s digital collections management: from digitisation, digital asset management and digital archiving, through to access projects which reach new audiences through social media and mobile technology.

National Trust London (London Creative Team) A traineeship with National Trust’s London Creative Team working on projects that explore issues of contemporary and future heritage in the capital. The trainee will develop digital and IT skills to support the management of volunteers and staff, commercial events, social media and web content. National Trust London (Sutton House and Morden Portfolio) A traineeship with National Trust’s Sutton House, Morden Hall Park and Rainham Hall. The traineeship will take a focus on digital and IT skills to support the management of volunteers and staff, commercial events, social media and web content.

Royal Academy of Arts A traineeship within the Royal Academy of Arts’ Collections team developing digital skills related to collections information management, encompassing copyright law, image management and data cleaning.

Royal Museums Greenwich A traineeship working across the Conservation and Learning departments, focussed on audience engagement at the Maritime Collections Centre. Supporting the development of behind-the-scenes audience engagement of the Museum’s collections care, the trainee will facilitate public access, school’s visits and special engagement projects.

Shape Arts A traineeship with Shape Arts focussed on the National Disability Arts Collection & Archive, supporting the development and administration of the project website, online content and social media. Learning will also extend across the organisation with opportunity to assist in cataloguing, event management, wider planning of artistic, learning and youth programmes.

Southbank Centre A traineeship working across the Southbank Centre Archive, National Poetry Library and Hayward Art Library with a focus on digital archive development, including online delivery, digitisation, image management and copyright. The trainee will also help facilitate public access through research, displays, events and volunteering, and gain skills around preservation and collections care.

William Morris Gallery A traineeship supporting the learning programme at William Morris Gallery, focussing on digital skills, social media and website management, as well as producing digital learning resources. The trainee will also provide administrative support for schools and families programmes including communication with teachers, artists and volunteers.