Frith Williams Email & Phone Number

New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

Wellington, Wellington Region, New Zealand

Te Papa representative on Board of National Digital Forum (a not-for-profit organisation working to enhance digital capability in the arts and cultural sector) and member of NDF Conference Committee.

Wellington

– Audience-engagement strategy, standards, and processes– Leadership of exhibition-development teams: Experience; Bilingual Writing; Design (3D, 2D); Digital Production– Creative direction, major projects (eg, Te Taiao | Nature, Ngā Taniwha o Rūpapa | Dinosaurs of Patagonia)– Audience needs and iterative testing– R+D and innovation (eg, introducing first-person storytelling; digital labels; digital debate space; design-thinking approaches; embodied-learning approaches; sustainability-focused design; accessibility panel; exhibit-based Māori-language learning opportunities)– Partnership pitches and liaison– Sector training workshops– Conference presentations (see Projects > Presentations + Conferences below)HIGHLIGHTS: – Te Taiao | Nature 2019 – secured $2.5 million in sponsorship, exceeded audience goals, won multiple awards– Introduced bilingual co-leadership of the Tīma Tuhituhi/Writing Team

– Exhibition content strategy, standards, and processes– Leadership of Content Team for renewal of long-term exhibitions and international touring shows (Design Team added to group 2017)– Creative direction, major projects (eg, Bug Lab)– Audience analysis and iterative testing– Partnership pitches and liaison– Conference presentationsHIGHLIGHT: Bug Lab 2016 – secured 10 international venues, surpassed visitation targets

– Writing strategy, standards, and processes (introduced fully bilingual exhibitions)– Leadership of Writing Team across exhibitions, marketing, web, and education content– QA and approval of all core public-facing text– Contractor management– Staff training in writingHIGHLIGHT: Gallipoli (collaboration with Wētā Workshop) – Te Papa's most visited exhibition ever, multiple awards

Concept development, writing, editing, and training for varied clients, eg:– Write Group: Multiple contracts, assessor for WriteMark New Zealand Plain English Awards– Parliament: New website– Department of Conservation: New website – Learning Media and Ministry of Education: Education resources (web and print)– South Pacific Press: Education resources – Castalia Strategic Advisors: Staff training in writing– NZ Arts Foundation: Boosted website– Book Island: Children's booksPart-time Writer/Editor for Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa– Writing and editing exhibitions– Writing and editing education resources, marketing content, and web content

Learning Media Was New Zealand'S Largest Educational Publisher

– Publishing across multiple media and languages for NZ schools, including project management, concept development, and writing/editing– Contractor management: multimedia developers, designers, illustrators– Partnership pitches and liaison: government and corporate, national and international (eg, Ministry of Education, UNESCO, Telecom, Cancer Society) HIGHLIGHTS: – TACTICS America's Cup yacht-racing website (for Telecom): multiple awards– The Canoe is the People interactive on Pacific navigation (for UNESCO)

(Phd Or Equivalent Experience), Museum Studies

Exploring developments in digital and bilingual storytelling in US museums Based at Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, New York

Education record

Ba Theatre And Film

See Honors and Awards below Bill Manhire's Creative Writing Course, 1992 Also English, Anthropology, Political Science, Philosophy

Film Production, Creative Writing, Photography, Acting, Sculpture

EAP Exchange Scholarship from New Zealand

Certificate In Te Ara Reo Māori, Level 4

Rsa/Cambridge Certificate In English Language Teaching To Adults

Education record

Activities and Societies: American Field Scholar to Costa Rica for a year, 1989