Sabarsky Graduate Fellow

Performs collections and exhibition research, facilitates language study in the galleries, and supports the increasing demand for digital access to and engagement with all aspects of the museum’s operation.

This is a full time, benefits eligible, salaried position with a hiring range of $37,539-45,982 per year. This is a 18 month term-limited appointment beginning July 1, 2024 and ending December 31, 2025.

Core Responsibilities:

• Provide background research on exhibitions that will be developed at Middlebury, including work related to the museum’s Salon Louis XVI collections, and research artists and objects in the museum’s collection. 
• Collaborate with the Associate Director for Operations and Finance and the Director of Engagement to draft a digital engagement strategy for the museum, including goals for digital pedagogy and exhibit enhancement. 
• Support the Associate Director for Operations and Finance in maintaining and updating the museum’s website, blog, and social media platforms, including crafting various forms of content. 
• Work with HARC and other faculty to create video and other digital tools to support faculty teaching and museum engagement efforts based around objects in the museum’s collection. 
• Facilitate language study in the galleries and develop resources for supporting various modes of language instruction. 
• Assist the Museum Registrar with designing, publishing, and distributing (via Amazon, the museum’s website, etc.) an eBook version of the museum’s recently published collection handbook. 
• Present one public talk on a topic of your choice. 

Middlebury College is an equal-opportunity employer where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. To this end, the College recruits talented and diverse faculty, staff, and students from across the United States and around the world. Middlebury College encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically underrepresented communities. The College also invites applications from individuals who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.

Requirements

• ​​Bachelor’s Degree required; preference will be given to recent graduates of Middlebury College. 
• ​​Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills required.  
• ​Must be highly proficient in at least one language other than English, with a strong preference for proficiency in French.
• ​Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, and web editing/content management systems essential; digital photography and video editing experience preferred. 

• ​Prior museum experience preferred but not required; preference will be given to students who have worked at the museum during their undergraduate years, History of Art and Architecture or Studio Art majors, and participants in the Museum Ambassadors Program.​​ 

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

Must work at a computer for several hours a day. Occasionally required to lift up to 50 pounds.

Other:

Offer is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check.

Benefits

As an employee of Middlebury College, you will enjoy being part of a vibrant supportive community. Middlebury Colleges offers its employees excellent compensation and competitive health, dental, life, disability, generous retirement matching, and vision benefits, Middlebury offers a generous time-away program - up to 34 days per year during the first two years of service, increasing as the term of service lengthens. Middlebury employees are eligible for robust educational assistance programs as well as free or reduced rates for cultural events and use of sporting facilities (including the College's golf course and Nordic and alpine ski area). The result is a very high quality-of-life in a gorgeous setting. Middlebury Colleges offers its employees excellent compensation and other perks of employment including:

• MiddCard Privileges: access to athletic facilities, discounts at the College store, library privileges, and discounts at cultural and sporting events. In addition, the card allows door access to certain campus buildings. Spouses or domestic partners of benefits-eligible employees are eligible to receive a Spouse/Partner card with the same privileges as the employee card (except door access).
• Discounts on season passes at Middlebury College Snow Bowl, the Ralph Myhre Golf Course and the Rikert Ski Touring Center.
• Access to our Partner Inclusion Program that provides comprehensive support services to the spouses and partners of Middlebury employees.
• A full listing of our benefit offerings can be found on our website by following this web link: https://go.middlebury.edu/benefits
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