Head Registrar

COMPANY: Tate

JOB TITLE: Head Registrar

• Collection management, care and movement of art
• Looks after teams of art handlers, photographers and other registrars

RELATED DEGREE:

• A Level Art, Art History and Spanish
• Foundation Certificate in Art and Design
• Fine Art degree
• Postgraduate in Museum studies and Gallery Management at University of Manchester

WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Worked for a year at the National Gallery
• Did an internship at the Metropolitan Museum in New York in the press office, helped her to decide that she didn't want to be in that department!
• Applied straight away for the job at the Tate
• Since being at the Tate has done courses in Art Law to further develop

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• You don't have to have the perfect education
• What is important is experience like an internship, just to show you are interested in the field
• Keep trying and don't be put off straight away - sometimes can look good if you apply again

BENEFITS OF THE JOB:

• Get to work very closely with the art collection
• Variety in the job, get to do different things every day
• Very international job
• Get to work with lots of different people

CAREER GOALS:

• Would like to stay in the field
• Would like to get more into publishing, teaching others about the field