Museum Assistant

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Job description: **Job Description** **Role:** Museum Assistant, Wipro Museum team **Type:** Full-time, 5-days-in-office **Job Location:** Sarjapur, Bangalore **Experience:** 2-3 years **Role Summary** The Wipro Story Project seeks a Museum Assistant to work on the upcoming Wipro Museum. They will be expected to work in person at the Wipro Headquarters in Bangalore, in close collaboration with the Wipro Archives and the Museum Operation team. The position is full-time, in-office, working from our Bangalore location. This role will require travel. **Responsibilities:** - Assist the Wipro Story Project staff in researching and creating content, develop themes and strategies for physical and digital exhibits, research and write label text and content relevant to exhibits. - Collaborate with the design and technology partners to execute approved content for interactives and permanent/temporary galleries - Manage the museum floor, be responsible for the front desk and reception, and be the bridge between the guests and the museum team. - Work with the Wipro Archives team to develop a sense of history through the collections and communicate the same to guests. - Maintain the calendar of visitor bookings, meetings, events and programmes for the museum. - Take care of the facilities requirements. - Develop resources to address queries regarding museum policies, procedures. - Assist with other outreach and learning resource initiatives that the Wipro Story Project works on. **R͏ole Requirements:** - A post-graduate degree in liberal arts, humanities, museum studies, and other related fields of study with specific interests in museums and archival spaces. - A successful associate will be creative, collaborative, detail-oriented, and have a passion for research and design. - Previous experience of working in a guest-facing role in museums, archives, universities or corporates is desirable. **About the Wipro Story Project:͏** Wipro’s story is older than independent India. In 2016, we started the Wipro Story Project to reconstruct the whole of it. We interviewed hundreds of people, collected a vast repository of material – documents, products, photographs, and memorabilia – and set up the Wipro Archives in 2017 to preserve this. It has since grown to house over 150 collections consisting of thousands of pieces of such material. Our first book, The Story of Wipro, released in 2021. We are now creating our first museum. ͏ ͏ Reinvent your world. We are building a modern Wipro. We are an end-to-end digital transformation partner with the boldest ambitions. To realize them, we need people inspired by reinvention. Of yourself, your career, and your skills. We want to see the constant evolution of our business and our industry. It has always been in our DNA - as the world around us changes, so do we. Join a business powered by purpose and a place that empowers you to design your own reinvention. Come to Wipro. Realize your ambitions. Applications from people with disabilities are explicitly welcome.