Jennifer Lu Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Serve as the primary editor for didactics and labels for 10–15 special exhibitions and collection rotations per year. Exhibitions include Spike Lee: Creative Sources (2023), Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys (2024), Paul McCartney Photographs 1963–64: Eyes of the Storm (2024), and Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art (2024).Shape the messaging and interpretation strategy for exhibitions and collection galleries in conjunction with curatorsEdit a wide range of print and digital projects, including in-gallery exhibition materials, digital interactives, and video and audio captions and transcripts; press releases; marketing, educational, and informational materials; and other projects Content-edit manuscripts, particularly with the goal of making information culturally sensitive and accessible to a diverse audienceEnsure readability, clarity, consistency, and coherence across projects, considering audience, tone, voice, and messaging goalsCorrect texts for grammar, spelling, punctuation, and standard art-historical usage, and ensure all texts conform to the institutional style guideCreate and maintain style sheets, interpretation plans, and messaging documentation for exhibitionsDevelop and implement revisions to internal processes, procedures, guidelines, and formsBuild and manage the department’s databases and project schedules on AirTable

Provided editorial and production support for 5–7 publications a year, permanent collection and special exhibition labels, and ephemeraCopyedited and proofread publication texts and object labels for house style, consistency, and clarityServed as photo editor on print and digital projects: conducted photo research, managed art logs, coordinated photo requests, organized and delivered image files, drafted captions and photo credits, and assisted with image rights acquisitionFor digitization project of out-of-print titles, designed new workflows for editorial, visual resources, and web teams, reviewed book scans for accuracy, accessibility, and image quality, liaised with vendor on deliverables and scan corrections, and oversaw fair-use determination for publication imagesAs member of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access Committe, drafted and edited proposals for museum’s DEIA vision and strategic planPrepared project schedules, contracts, print runs, and shipping memos and communicated with printers and Yale University PressProduced promotional materials for sales launches and book eventsHired, trained, and supervised school-year and summer internsTracked departmental and project budgets and prepared expense reportsManaged museum’s bibliography records in collection database

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