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• Collaborating with clients, stakeholders, and a multi-disciplinary in-house team to create innovative interpretive experiences
• Researching and writing engaging content for exhibits at institutions around the world

North Vancouver

• Lead editor for a flip book on the history of shipbuilding in North Vancouver: produced primary and secondary research, wrote and edited photo captions and interpretive text, sourced and formatted photos for print
• Lead curator for two local history exhibits: researched and sourced archival photos, wrote interpretive text panels, provided feedback on graphic design for exhibit panels
• Primary content developer for social media strategies using Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
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• Provided reference services to public using in-depth knowledge of the archival collection Show less

Vancouver, BC/Cape Dorset, NU

• Lead researcher and writer for a concept report on a proposed cultural centre in Cape Dorset, Nunavut: promoted and facilitated community consultations; identified and incorporated community suggestions into original.

Surrey, BC

• Promoted programs, collections, and services by writing web content, engaging audiences with Twitter and YouTube strategies, and creating pamphlets and posters
• Provided reference services to a wide range of researchers by identifying relevant historical documents and offering research support

Vancouver

• Engaged with local culture, issues, and ideas through “MOVments” blog series: researched, wrote, webmastered, and promoted content on a weekly basis
• Collaborated with artists, photographers, archivists, and librarians to identify and collect visual materials for two temporary social history exhibits

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Produced high-quality video footage for national oral history project: liaised with interviewer, interviewees, and organizing institution; ensured comfort of interviewees by building rapport and describing filming.
• Identified historic photographs and artifacts for use in physical exhibit, prepared release forms, scanned photographs, returned materials to owners

Vancouver, Canada Area

• Researched and wrote content for online exhibits; selected, digitized, and uploading oral history excerpts and photographs for publications and online exhibits
• Lead role in the digitization of photographic and oral history collections: included scanning and manipulating photos using Adobe Photoshop, editing audio clips using Audacity software, cataloguing using PastPerfect.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• Lead researcher and editor for photo book: managed digital assets; wrote photo captions; pitched project to museum departments; wrote promotional copy
• Initiated museum-wide discussions surrounding social media: met with Head of Exhibitions to discuss blogging; webmastered widely-read blog based on my intern experiences; contributed posts to official museum blog

Ma, History

Activities and Societies: Assistant to Dr. Erica Lehrer (Canada Research Chair in Post-Conflict Memory, Ethnography and Museology).

Bachelor’S Degree, History