Nadine Franzsen

Experience

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  Curves

  Feb 2012 - Jun 2014

  Circuit Coach

  Fitness Trainer, nutrition coaching (Cleveland Clinic certified).Skills acquired: Admin, sales, customer interaction, motivational encouragement, assisting disabled clients.

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  Amafa aKwaZulu-Natali

  Sept 2013 - Dec 2013

  Heritage Officer

  Short-term contract to compile the preliminary heritage survey of the KwaSani municipality. Duties involved office administration, interviews with interested and affected parties, farming communities, schools, museums and municipalities, site visitation and survey, capturing of data on online database SAHRIS.

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  Department of Arts and Culture

  Jun 2014 - Jun 2015

  Conservation and Restoration Intern

  • Restoration of museum objects, specifically ceramics.• Conservation and cleaning of museum items, clearing insect infestation.• Completing condition reports for museum items.• Conservation visits to museums, compiling of conservation report for visited museums.• Cleaning of Howick Museum collection after smoke damage, cataloguing of collection.Training received: Occupational Health and Safety Training 3 day course

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  Msunduzi Museum

  Sept 2015 - now

  - Conducting research projects for museum exhibitions and publications. Literature review, data collection, interviews, surveys, transcripts, research write-ups.- Copy-writing and copy-editing of features, articles, papers and newsletters, amongst others; Editor for Ulwazi publication and sub-Editor for Msunduzi Museum Journal.- Event-planning of national commemorative days, lectures, workshops, etc.; identifying partners, planning around national themes/projects, arranging speakers and audiences, advertising, presenting, photography, coordinating flow of event programmes.- Social media management, monthly content creation, copy-editing, photography when needed, prepare data analytics for reporting- Liaise with design team regarding publications, exhibitions, brochures, invitations, programmes etc. to ensure designs meet internal criteria.- Presentations / marketing to the general public; planning and organising of marketing events, presentations at conferences or public organisations/groups, with the purpose of interaction and dialogue.- Serving on organisational committees, such as: Health & Safety Committee, COVID-19 Committee, Acquisitions Committee. Show less • Providing museum guided tours to local and international visitors, as well as schools, as a CATHSSETA accredited cultural site guide.• Sales and stock-taking.• Event-planning for various national commemorative days.• Planning and hosting holiday programmes.• Assisting with outreach programmes and workshops.• Monitoring and implementing security measures to ensure safety of museum collection• Training includes: Health and Safety, First Aid, Fire Marshal, Cultural Site Guide Show less

  • Research Officer

    Oct 2018 - now

  • Museum Guide

    Sept 2015 - Sept 2018