Providing management consultancy and entrepreneurial business thinking for the cultural and creative sectors

I am an independent content, interpretation & public engagement consultant who works with clients across the cultural sector to connect audiences with content and collections, particularly around the history and current practice of science, technology, engineering and medicine.Scott-Dearing Consulting clients include Wellcome Collection; Science Museum Group; Natural History Museum; The Francis Crick Institute; Bletchley Park; Oxford University Gardens, Libraries and Museums; We The Curious; Museum of Freemasonry; Academy of Medical Sciences; Kings College London, Imperial College London.Services include content development and interpretive planning, strategy and content facilitation, creative commissioning, project delivery, fundraising pitches, and masterplanning.I work independently or with trusted professional peers. I also take on work as an Associate of Cultural Associates Oxford.- Co-curated Teeth exhibition at Wellcome Collection‘This exhibition has real bite’ The New York Times- Researched and developed the interpretation strategy for Bacterial World exhibition at Oxford University Museum of Natural History'A tremendous exhibition, punching way above its tiny weight' New Scientist- Curated Craft & Graft: Making Science Happen exhibition at the Francis Crick Institute, London'Whoever wrote the exhibition's labels (presumably the curator, Emily Scott-Dearing) has done an excellent job. Technical terms and unfamiliar objects are explained in sparky, everyday language. Oh how we wish some of the more established museums and galleries would take this approach.' Londonist- Interpretation Lead (concept stage), Fantastic Beasts: the Wonder of Nature exhibition, Natural History Museum, London- Interpretation Lead, The Intelligence Factory exhibition, Bletchley Park- Curated 'Turn It Up: the Power of Music' exhibition, Science Museum Group'A toe tapping, foot stomping new exhibition' BBC Radio 4, Front Row

Leading the Story Museum into its next phase of growth and creative development, including:- Advocating for the Museum as a world centre of story in all forms, where visitors can experience great ways of telling great stories, and create stories of their own- Establishing a new content framework for the Museum’s permanent galleries and temporary exhibition space, and principles for audience engagement activity during the Museum’s build period- Auditing timeline and resourcing for delivering the Museum's new galleries- Strengthening the Museum’s expert networks by hosting sector leader Round Table and assembling a Heritage Advisory Panel- Formalising the Museum’s tangible and intangible story collection and developing plans for its future growth and care.

Providing strategic direction and content leadership on the £24million Medicine Galleries project, assuring that this 3000+m2 suite of five new galleries is exceptional on every level, showcasing our historic medicine collections and illuminating the pressing concerns of biomedicine today. Overseeing stewardship, development and research of the Science Museum’s world class 140,000+ object medicine collections. Leading and directing the Medicine curatorial team; nurturing and growing talent and promoting excellence.Highlights include successful funding bids to Wellcome Trust (£10million) and HLF (£8million); establishing £300k+ academic research programme for the Science Museum’s medicine collection.

Leadership of a high performing team of 20+ staff.Conception, development and delivery of a rich and varied programme of temporary exhibitions, display updates, festivals, residencies and events plus associated publications and digital content. Annual operational and project budgets totalling ~£5million. Highlights include Cosmonauts: birth of the space age (2015), Churchill’s Scientists (2015), Collider (now touring) , Only In England: Photographs by Tony Ray-Jones and Martin Parr (now touring), The Rubbish Collection (2014), 3D: printing the future (2013) exhibitions and You Have Been Upgraded festival. Established national and international Touring Exhibition unit. Commissioning creatives from the worlds of 3D and 2D design, new media, theatre and visual arts.Evidence-based content development drawing on visitor research and extensive networks of subject matter experts.

Recruiting and leading multi-disciplinary teams of up to 10+ staff, consultants and contractors on a number of award winning temporary exhibitions and permanent gallery development projects. Catering for varied non-specialist audiences with visitor numbers of up to 1million per annum. Budgets ranging from £250k to £4million. Project scopes included collections display, interactive exhibit, website, event programme and outreach development. Exhibitions and galleries include Codebreaker – Alan Turing’s Life and Legacy (2012), Who am I? (2010) and Launchpad (2007).

Content research, text writing and delivery of dynamic series of exhibits and events communicating the latest developments in science, medicine and technology. Display of high profile objects at a pace to match the mainstream media.