Freya Elmer
Librarian - Pictorial at Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT)- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT)
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New Zealand
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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1 - 100 Employee
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Librarian - Pictorial
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Jul 2022 - Present
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Assistant Librarian Pictorial
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Aug 2018 - Jun 2022
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Library Assistant - Digitisation Project
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Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
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Auckland Live
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New Zealand
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Entertainment Providers
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1 - 100 Employee
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Marketing Assistant
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Oct 2017 - Jun 2018
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Auckland War Memorial Museum
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New Zealand
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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200 - 300 Employee
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Human History Educator
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Jan 2017 - Aug 2017
Full time fixed term contract in the Learning and the Engagement team delivering and developing lesson plans on human history subjects, teaching students from year 4 to year 13 onsite and Learning Education Outside the Classroom (LEOTC). I specialised in arts and humanities topics, including War, Ancient Civilizations, using objects from the handling collection to relate to student’s inquiry topics. In this role I also provided cover teaching natural science subjects and assisted with early childhood education. Key aspects of role included: - Researching and delivering on human history subjects to a range of specialised audiences. - Collection care including housing and storage of educations handling collection to prepare it for offsite and onsite storage. - Cataloguing of handling collection objects - Assisting with delivering of public facing programming
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McCahon House
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New Zealand
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Leisure, Travel & Tourism
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Visitor Host - sole charge
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Sep 2016 - Jul 2017
Part time work as sole in charge on Sundays of the Colin McCahon House, performing adminsitration duties and providing guided tours on Colin McCahon’s work, family and life during his time living in Titirangi. Key aspects of role included: • Opening and closing of the Museum • Upkeep of displays • Managing social media • Mailing outs • Providing guided tours of the house • Providing detailed information on McCahon • Providing information on contemporary New Zealand artists who are competing a residency in situ
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New Zealand Opera
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New Zealand
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Performing Arts
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1 - 100 Employee
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Office Administrator and Box Office Assistant
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Jun 2016 - Jan 2017
As office administrator I am in charge of the day to day upkeep of the office, as well as performing various roles in a multitude of capacities. Notably as an accounts assistant and working with the box office and facilitate ticket sales. Duties include: • Ticket sales • Providing information on New Zealand Opera • Processing and creating invoices • Accounts assistant • Sage software use • Tessitura database use • Office Administration and organization • Data entry • Correlating Board papers • Interacting with sponsors, benefactors, board members and artists.
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Auckland War Memorial Museum
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New Zealand
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Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
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200 - 300 Employee
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Visitor Host
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2012 - 2015
Working as a casual Visitor Host at the Auckland War Memorial Museum during and after my tertiary education. The role included front-of-house duties, as well as maintaining gallery care and assisting within other departments to provide facilitation of visitor experience, group programmes and commercial (evening) events. Duties included: • Front line interaction with customers, visitor greeting and information. • Hands on facilitation of visitor experiences in Stevenson Discovery Center. • Assisting lifelong learning and events team in delivery of group programmes. • Manning information desks and providing information on museum exhibitions, activities and services, as well as on Auckland and New Zealand. • Ticket sale and up-selling of exhibitions, tours and performances using Tessitura ticketing system. • Cash handling, and reconciliation of cash at end of day. • Receiving and resolving complaints. • Daily floor checks, cleaning and enforcing Museum regulations. • Working commercial events, performing administrative tasks during and after functions, including night functions. • Pack-ins and pack-outs of commercial events. • Firewarden, evacuation warden, ensuring visitor safety.
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Education
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The University of Auckland
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Physical and Biological Anthropology, Art History -
Rangitoto College
High School, NCEA Level 3 in Merit -
Massey University
Master's degree, Museology/Museum Studies