Audience Researcher (Sound and Vision)
Do you want to engage with and advocate for audiences in the Bradford community? Do you want to feed back findings to help shape the development of the Sound and Vision galleries, learning resources and programmes?
About us
The National Science and Media Museum is undergoing a radical transformation ready to inspire millions of visitors to Bradford City of Culture in 2025. Huge changes will be delivered through a £6 million capital project called 'Sound and Vision', including two new galleries, a new passenger lift and improvements to the main entrance.
The new Sound and Vision galleries, accompanied by a programme of activities, will showcase key objects and stories from our world-class collections of photography, film, television, animation, videogames and sound technologies.
We are now recruiting for an Audience Researcher (Sound and Vision) to join the Audience Research and Advocacy team at the National Science and Media Museum in Bradford on a fixed-term contract (until December 2025), working 35 hours per week.
About the role
As an Audience Researcher (Sound and Vision) you will conduct audience research to support the development of the Sound and Vision galleries, learning resources, programmes, events and activities. Using evidence-based findings, you will make recommendations and provide advice for relevant teams at the National Science and Media Museum, and across the Science Museum Group, about the needs, wants and expectations of the project's target audiences.
You will be working with colleagues across the Museum to engage people across Bradford with the development of Sound and Vision, feeding back evidence-based findings from your research and testing to internal teams and external contractors. You will be an advocate for audiences needs, wants and expectations to key stakeholders including the Sound and Vision project team and external contractors to support the development of the galleries.
About you
Joining us you will be an effective communicator, with good interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with members of the public. You will have an understanding of a range of audiences and their potential access requirements.
Crucially, you will understand qualitative research methods and be able to work well as part of a team, with the ability to influence colleagues' ways of thinking. You will be a good problem solver, able to work on several projects simultaneously to enable you to meet to tight deadlines.
Applying
View the Vacancy Information Pack listed under 'Attachments' on the vacancy listing on our website for more details about the role and the application process, or click 'Apply Online' to submit an application.
Don't feel you meet all of the criteria? At SMG, we are committed to building a workforce that is open for all, and welcome you to apply, even if your experience doesn't fit perfectly. With your transferable skills, you could be the right candidate for this, or other opportunities that we have.
What we offer
Joining us as an employee, you will have the opportunity to develop your career in a world-class museum group. We understand that work/life balance and wellbeing is crucial to our colleagues, so we offer the perks listed below, as well as support for things that happen in life such as parental and adoption leave, sickness, and career breaks.
- Support with personal and professional development
- 27 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays
- Employee assistance programme
- Enhanced contributory pension
- Unmind App and other wellbeing support
- Interest-free loans
- Days Out discounts
- Health & Dental Insurance
Open for All is one of the Science Museum Group's five core values and sets out our important aspiration to be a place for everyone. We are working hard to understand our organisation better and to foster a culture that recognises and values different backgrounds, mindsets, skills, experience, knowledge, and expertise. By having greater diversity, we believe that we will be a stronger and better organisation, capable to continue to Inspire Futures.
