The Storytelling team works to expand the organization’s impact through journalism, photography, film/video, web content, mapping, and data visualization. As one of the largest funders to individual storytellers in this work, it also identifies key grantmaking, and fellowship opportunities with creative talent. Much of the team's programmatic activity is focused on identifying and building capacity for the next generation of diverse storytellers.

Reporting to the V.P. of Library, Archives & Media Management (LAMM), the Director of Outreach and Engagement leads the team in engaging audiences with physical and digital collections through innovative programs and platforms that promote research, access, collaboration, and an open dialog about National Geographic’s legacy. A focus over the next five years will be to establish Outreach and Engagement as a new group within LAMM and oversee the transition of roles and responsibilities among team members. An additional focus will be to develop a vision and strategy for outreach and engagement that includes a new Archives facility, new opportunities to showcase collections in the public spaces of a renovated Base Camp, and opportunities to present content online through new websites, cataloging, and digital initiatives.

• Develop and oversee a vibrant reference and research program that promotes archival and media collections and library services internally and outside NGS and leverages digital technologies to expand impact and improve services.
• Present finding aids, digital collections, LAMM services, access procedures, and historical information with clarity and accessibility at the forefront.
• Create and contribute to displays of archival and media content in exhibitions and events.
• Cultivate deep and engaged relationships with communities, including underserved and/or historically marginalized communities, for purposes of co-creating and co-designing content, programs, and events that resonate with diverse audiences.
• Lead participatory efforts to examine the legacy of National Geographic through its archival record.

• Oversee systems used for cataloging, digital asset management, and digital preservation.
• Responsible for metadata and taxonomy development and maintenance across the LAMM systems environment and contributes expertise to enterprise-wide metadata initiatives.
• Work with Technology and consultants to craft interfaces that promote excellent user experiences and create opportunities for crowd sourcing and other forms of community participation.
• Oversees a digitization program to respond to reference requests, build digital collections, and preserve assets.
• Implement reparative descriptive practices.

• With the guidance of the V.P of Library, Archives, and Media Management, and in close consultation with the NGS Archives and Media Management groups, lead long-range planning for a vibrant LAMM Outreach and Engagement program.
• Develop and maintain business relationships with key stakeholders throughout NGS and Partners at Disney and Cengage.
• Work with senior leadership and Advancement teams to identify current and new donors with potential for gifts and funding for outreach and engagement programs.

• Stay up to date on the archival industry best practices.
• Represent the National Geographic Society Archives at conferences and events.

• 10+ years of progressively successful experience in archives, special collections libraries, museums, or similar settings, particularly in a public service, outreach and engagement, instruction or communication capacity.
• 3+ years demonstrated leadership and program management experience.

• Experience designing exhibitions in digital and physical formats
• Proven track record for creating programming and outreach efforts that connect and resonate with diverse communities
• Familiarity with community co-creation facilitative techniques, like participatory design
• Experience implementing reparative description practices for archival collections
• Demonstrated commitment to the creation of inclusive content with a focus towards diversity in representation, equitable language, and accessibility

• Experience reconnecting communities with materials, content, or assets.
• Experience designing outreach and community engagement efforts for diverse communities within the DC metropolitan area
• Facility in engaging with multiple internal and external stakeholders and ensuring that they feel heard
• Comfortable with engaging in and facilitating difficult conversations on topics upon which people may have contrasting and deeply emotional views

Resident - Our Resident category recognizes that certain staff need to be physically present at Base Camp to do their work. Some Resident staff must always be onsite to do their jobs, while others may only need to be physically present some of the time. Some Resident staff may need to come into Base Camp every day, some may need to come in to meet looming deadlines and to get work done, and others may require a more unique schedule. The days Resident staff come into the office will be determined by their teams and workflow, and they should work with their supervisors to determine their specific schedule. And throughout the year, their schedule can be adjusted based on cyclical work cycles, deadlines, and/or ebbs and flows of work. As a guideline, Resident staff will be in the office between 3-5 days a week.