2015
Franz D. Hofer
Position Description
Museen der Stadt Wien (Vienna Museum) is a general-purpose metropolitan museum with a wide range of collections and exhibitions, from the history of the city to art, fashion, and modern culture. The main purpose of the museum is to collect, study, exhibit, and preserve objects germane to the history and culture of Vienna. In addition, and central to the institution’s mission in the field of public humanities, the museum hosts several exhibitions each year focusing on different aspects of the city’s history and culture, welcoming more than 400,000 visitors each year in its different locations.
The Outreach Specialist (OS) will be a full member of the Department of Marketing and Communication, working with the department’s director to expand all aspects of community engagement by conducting outreach to ethnic and cultural organizations, voluntary associations, and the city's schools. In particular, the OS will be tasked with enhancing collaboration between the Department of Marketing and Communication and the museum’s six scholarly departments. Serving as a liaison among these departments, the OS will pilot a program by which community engagement will be built into all curatorial endeavors from their first stages of development.
The Outreach Specialist (OS) will be a full member of the Department of Marketing and Communication, working with the department’s director to expand all aspects of community engagement by conducting outreach to ethnic and cultural organizations, voluntary associations, and the city's schools. In particular, the OS will be tasked with enhancing collaboration between the Department of Marketing and Communication and the museum’s six scholarly departments. Serving as a liaison among these departments, the OS will pilot a program by which community engagement will be built into all curatorial endeavors from their first stages of development.