Beth Bryan Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

- Leading on the strategic development of a new approach to audiences through an Audience Strategy- Lead a cross-departmental group to review data- Propose and implement a standardised diversity monitoring approach

The Barbican is undergoing significant change as an organisation and my role is to support the development and delivery of our new strategic direction.- Lead on the development of a new Audience Strategy and diversity monitoring - Support the Creative Vision under the new Artistic Director Will Gompertz including scoping and research- Consult with internal stakeholders on a new organisational purpose and values - Support the development of a new planning and evaluation framework for the Creative Collaboration department- Collaborate across the organisation to develop and implement a new Safeguarding Policy

London

Act as an independent Research Consultant, developing, conducting and analysing evaluations to provide sound and empirical recommendations to a variety of institutions. I utilise my years of Museum audience research experience to better Museum endeavours. Clients include:Royal Botanical Gardens, KewHistoric Royal Palaces Tower of London

London, United Kingdom

Hogarth's House is undergoing the Delivery Phase of a National Lottery Heritage Fund (formerly known as HLF) to revitalise our historic Mulberry Garden and provide a new Learning Studio. The core values of Heritage, Learning and Community are what underpins this project. We will ultimately provide visitors to the House and local residents with a new Learning & Engagement Programme including:1. A never-before-had school's programme with links to the National Curriculum2. A new family learning programme 3. Creative opportunities for young people 4. An expanded adult learning offer5. A full range of opportunities to volunteer for the site both in the House and our gardenMy role, funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, will design, develop and deliver these programmes with the sole intent of engaging with our audiences, continually looking out to our community and keep alive the relevance and creativity of William Hogarth in Chiswick today.

London

Collaboratively with a consultancy team, develop and implement audience research projects for top tier museums within the sector. Managing multiple projects simultaneously, deliver clear findings and recommendations within our budget and time constraints. Projects may be front-end formative or summative and assess a range of museum services from learning to exhibitions.Clients include:The Science MuseumThe National Maritime Museum GreenwichThe National Maritime Museum CornwallTate ModernManchester Museum of Science and Industry.

Watford, United Kingdom

Develop and deliver informal museum learning programmes to schools and families. Work in partnership with the Watford Council and local community groups. Assist in carrying out Watford Museum's exciting HLF project to refurbish the building, re-design the galleries and re-invigorate the learning programme.

London, United Kingdom

Independently archive and re-design the catalogue for Jasper Conran's fashion design and business archives; create a project outline and report; update the Archival Policy and internal documents related to the archive; work closely with the Marketing Director to understand how the collections are continually used by Jasper Conran staff; provide preventative conservation recommendations for the storage and preservation of their mixed collections.

Assist a Museum Studies Ph.D. candidate research how 3D and haptic technologies and digital resources impact the visiting experience of visually impaired visitors.

London, United Kingdom

I contribute to the Community Partnerships Office in three substantial ways:First, I work under the Head of the department developing 'Desire, love, identity: Exploring LGBTQ histories'. This will be the first exhibition at the British Museum to be developed in collaboration with our community partners. Through this experience, I gained consulting skills, and an insight into large-scale exhibition development. My responsibilities in this project include:- Creating and updating the object list- Co-planning and co-leading consulting workshops with local LGBT communities- Researching objects and the BM collection - Independently design and conduct an evaluation to examine our practices and assess the participant experience and our impact on their relationship with the Museum. Second, I work closely with the Community Previews and Outreach programmes. These programmes are provided to our community partnership organisations to strengthen our relationship and increase engagement by removing visiting barriers. In this work, I improved the office's approach to qualitative data analysis and enhanced partnership service communication. These duties include:- Analysing qualitative evaluation data. - Updating the contacts list by contacting partners for current contact information- Welcome and interact with visiting partners throughout the event- Co-leading handling sessions with older audiences, dementia patients and at risk adultsThird, I co-conducted two formative evaluations for gallery learning resources. The British Museum is developing non-gallery-specific tools to make available to visiting groups. With this evaluation I refined my qualitative evaluation skills by:- Facilitating the evaluation for two participating school groups- Greeting and providing an introductory explanation- Observing student resource-use in the gallery- Interviewing the students and parents following the evaluation- Helping to analyse qualitative data

Conduct a summative evaluation utilising mixed methods to assess the visitor demographics and visiting experience of 100 interview participants and the visiting patterns of 100 observation participants.

London, United Kingdom

Each year, the Museum Studies masters students collaborate to re-design the temporary exhibition space of the Leventis Gallery in the Institute of Archaeology. This experience improved my leadership, teamwork, time-management, communication, and conflict resolution skills. The purpose of the Audience Advocate is to ensure the voice of the audience is heard in exhibition decisions; it requires a strong knowledge of data collection and analysis methods and excellent communication skills. As Audience Advocate and manager of the Audience Research Team I:- Managed a team of two evaluators.- Facilitated communication between the Audience Research Team and Management/other teams.- Conducted 11 baseline, front-end, formative, and summative evaluations.- Collaborated with other teams to develop evaluations.- Analyzed quantitative and qualitative data.- Presented evaluation findings and recommendations to the Exhibition Development Team for final decisions.- Acted as the Audience representative in exhibition decisions.- Researched the Learning and Communication theories and working with sub teams to implement their principles.- Wrote Communication Messages and Learning Outcomes. - Mitigated the needs of the audience with the needs of the Exhibition Development Team.- Compiled and editing a 166 page Audience Research Appendix to the Project Portfolio.I undertook additional roles within the exhibition project including:- Communication Team member by authoring the exhibition blog.- Developing the exhibitions large print accessibility guide.- Object de-install, packaging, transporting, mounting, and install.- Object research following an unforeseen concept change.- Fundraising Team member by organizing bake sales and helping to execute our bar night fundraiser.

El Escorial, Madrid, Spain

As a professor in a bilingual school, I work with secondary Spanish students between the ages of 11 and 17 as a language assistant in Social Science, Physical Education, and English classes.- Control groups of up to 38 students- Prepare and lead lessons- Create worksheets- Develop activities- Facilitate conversations

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Beginning as a prehistoric life and rocks and fossils tour guide, I was quickly able to expand my responsibilities to include store clerk, office administrative aid, and geology tour.Gained leadership and creativity skills by formulating both half hour and one hour informative tours on paleontology, geology, and Michigan wildlife for children as well as adults.Established independence and reliability through unsupervised work in the store and the office handling visitors and money.Increased knowledge of museum operations as an assistant to the office administrator:-visitor service-billing and payment-tour schedules-staff schedules-donation recordings-mailings-copies-input of electronic and written data

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Museum Studies

Activities and Societies: Society of Archaeological Masters Students, Audience Research and Fundraising Team for the 2015-2016 Exhibition.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), History, 3.61 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Golden Key academic organization and Archaeology ClubMinor in Classical Civilizations. Areas of focus: latin.

Study Abroad - London, England, English And History

Activities and Societies: Intramural VolleyballEstablished independence and interest in European professional experience. Cemented my.

High School Diploma, 4.1 Weighted Gpa

Activities and Societies: Student Senate President 2009-2010 National Honors Society Co-president 2009-2010 Varsity Basketball Team.