Ellie Gorman

Experience

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  Washington and Lee University

  Jun 2016 - Aug 2017

  • Cataloged collection of lusterware for deaccession• Inventoried objects in storage and on display around campus in Past Perfect online database• Researched objects for and designed and installed Latin America: The W&L Collection exhibit• Co-curated Mementos of the Great War: Toby Jugs Commemorating the Allied Leaders of World War I exhibit including researching the Toby Jugs, writing text panels, object labels, and the loan letter for the exhibit, and designing and installing the exhibit Show less

  • Summer Intern, Museums at Washington and Lee

    Jun 2017 - Aug 2017

  • Writing Center Tutor

    Sept 2015 - May 2017

  • Summer Intern, Museums at Washington and Lee

    Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
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  University of Delaware

  Sept 2018 - May 2019

  Teaching Assistant

  • Graded undergraduate student exams and papers in World History and European Civilization survey courses, leaving feedback for students and the professor

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  Marshall Steam Museum

  Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  Education Intern

  • Led and co-led children’s outreach and field trip programs• Developed new programs and adapted existing programs in alignment with Delaware state standards for children’s education both on-site and at local outreach sites• Coordinated with staff and volunteers during field trips and site events• Revised the museum’s Wordpress website, edited online Omeka exhibit, and created Facebook posts promoting children’s education at the site

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  University of Delaware

  Sept 2019 - Mar 2020

  Graduate Assistant, Nemours Estate

  • Researched the effects of external financial and cultural events during the 1920s and 1930s on the Nemours Estate and its inhabitants, particularly looking at how the economic downturn in the early 1920s and the Great Depression affected Alfred I. DuPont, Jessie Ball DuPont, and their estate staff• Updated records for estate garden sculptures and cataloging sculpture conservation reports

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  Please Touch Museum

  Mar 2021 - Oct 2022

  • Developed and facilitated floor programs for children, families, and groups including toddler programs, literacy programs, Discovery Cart programs, and group and field trip programs for K-4• Coordinated logistics for Museum floor programs and experiences• Assisted management with training, developing, and updating facilitation and program development standard operating procedures• Assisted management overseeing professional development projects carried out by Museum Educators specific to floor programming (literacy, toddler programming, group and family programming, etc.) Show less • Facilitated formal and informal programming on the museum floor and in the Art Studio and Makerspace, including pop-up Storytimes, toddler programs, and science, art, social studies, and fine and gross motor play activities• Fully developed new floor programming for Discovery Carts, Storytimes, and Tot Spot activities, including writing activity frameworks and Storytime guides, preparing materials, piloting, and assessing and reworking programs if necessary• Collaborated with program coordinators to develop, pilot, and train on new programming, track visitor statistics, and assess practical logistics for program facilitation• Coordinated floor activities including facilitated and semi-facilitated programming, studio assistance, and exhibit maintenance• Assisted administrative coordinators with new staff training and with the creation and updating of new staff onboarding materials Show less

  • Museum Learning Coordinator

    Apr 2022 - Oct 2022

  • Museum Educator

    Mar 2021 - Apr 2022
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  American Swedish Historical Museum

  Aug 2023 - now

  Education and Public Relations Manager

  • Developing, scheduling, and conducting educational, mission-based onsite and outreach, programs for children and families including school and toddler groups• Creating/editing/writing content for all marketing materials such as press releases, brochures, quarterly printed newsletters, and weekly e-mails• Creating and designing promotional and exhibition materials for exhibits including exhibit logos, text panels and labels, and promotional postcards and rack cards• Creating a Museum advertising plan and purchasing and designing print and digital advertisements• Organizing and providing programming for Free Second Sunday Free Family and Free Community Days at the Museum• Assisting in the organization of the Museum’s largest fundraiser, the Spring Ting online and silent auctions• Creating, editing, and choosing content for the Museum’s Annual Report• Hiring, training, and supervising the Marketing Assistant, including handling visa communications with international interns• Hiring, training, and supervising the Summer Education intern• Budgeting expenses for educational programs and advertising/marketing• Tracking education program statistics• Scheduling tours of the Museum for adult groups and scheduling and conducting outreach programs for adult groups• Organizing the December Lucia children’s program• Taking photographs for marketing and documentation Show less