£11.44 per hour + £1.38 holiday pay
Advertising End Date
26 Feb 2025

Role & Department Overview

Please note: this internship is only available to current students registered on a degree scheme in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Lancaster University.  If you apply for this role the information within your application will be shared with the recruiting organisation.

Lakeland Arts is an arts, heritage and culture charity. It runs exhibitions, events and engagement programmes across a portfolio of galleries and museums including Blackwell Arts and Crafts House, Windermere Jetty Museum and Abbot Hall. 

The Collections Content Assistant will support the Curatorial and Participation & Learning teams in generating accessible and accurate narratives for collection objects. These will largely be used for Lakeland Arts’ digital guide which is hosted by Bloomberg Connects. Content could form the basis for digital trails, exhibition narratives or highlighted stories from works in the collection. Content could take the form of written narratives, videos and audio interviews. Key areas of focus will include narratives around the 250th anniversary of Turner’s birth, profiling diverse stories within our collection and creating content for objects being planned for display.  In total this is a 70-hour internship.
 
Please submit a CV (maximum of two sides) and a Cover Letter (maximum one side) both tailored to the role. 


Interview Date: 19 March 2025

Start Date: 28 March 2025 or thereafter (flexible)

End Date: 31 July 2025 (or before)

Working Hours / Pattern: Variable working hours, to be agreed before commencement (this internship is 70-hours in total). Hybrid working - remote and at Lakeland Arts’ Abbots Hall Art Gallery, Kendal.

 
Location: Remotely (in the UK) and at the premises of an external employer

Job Description

Main Duties:
 
  •  Work with the Collections Manager and Participation & Learning Team to identify key dates and topics for content.
  • Research the Lakeland Arts collection and develop ideas for digital content.
  • Support the Creative Producer – Communities in generating audio and video content including scheduled interviews.
  • Produce and provide appropriate content to deadline. 

Person Specification

Skills Required:
 
  • Proven writing and research skills.
  • Good communication and ability to work in a team.
  • Self motivated and experienced in working to deadlines.
  • An ability to create a variety of content according to audience and/or requirements of the organisation.
  • Flexible and positive approach to working.
  • An interest in art and heritage in gallery and museum settings.
 

Working in this role will help develop the following skills and experience:

  • Collaboration
  • Creativity
  • Curiosity
  • Exercising Professional Judgement
  • Flexibility
  • Integrity

 

For any further inquiries please email [email protected]

 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You are required to submit a cover letter to support your application. Applications without a cover letter will not be considered.

 

Please note: Unless specified otherwise in the advert wording, this role is only open to individuals living in the UK.

Under the terms of this work, we endeavour to provide the advertised number of hours however,hours are not guaranteed and that work may cease if there is a fall in demand. 

Adverts that display a closing date should be treated as a guide. We reserve the right to close the vacancy once we have received sufficient applications, so we advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

Help and advice on making applications can be found on the Lancaster University Careers pages. Visit www.lancaster.ac.uk/careers.