Barry Joseph Consulting

Barry Joseph Consulting- UX Design Intern

About the Internship

Barry Joseph Consulting is looking for a graduate student in the capacity of UX Design Intern to help inform and advance the new Brooklyn Seltzer Museum. Located within the oldest seltzer works in New York City (a family run business now in its fourth generation), the Museum celebrates the production of seltzer, the science of seltzer, its cultural importance, and the value of local, family-run businesses. This museum is connected with the company Brooklyn Seltzer Boys.

At the family-oriented Brooklyn Seltzer Museum, visitors will:

•  Feel the Spritz: Hold a real seltzer siphon and spray it into your mouth at the Spritzing Station. 

• Trace Time: Journey through over a millennia of seltzer history and add your own personal memories to the Seltzer Milestones.

• Take the Seltzer Journey: Spin the paddle, excite the molecules, and learn how the Brooklyn Seltzer Boys transforms regular NYC water into seltzer using tools and machinery a century old. 

• Enter the Machines: Use 3D models on a mobile device, go inside the seltzer machinery to learn how seltzer is made. 

• Solve the Puzzle: Take the challenge of rebuilding the entire seltzer line, using laser-cut wood pieces. 

• Watch the Videos: Learn about the three pillars of the Brooklyn Seltzer Boys -- a community of customers, the power of the siphon, and sustainable business model. 

• Meet the Customers: Page through the customer storybook, learning who drinks seltzer and their relationship with the Brooklyn Seltzer Boys. 

• Pose with Spritz: Take photos with the Museum mascots - Spritz and Siphon & Lil Spritz!

Barry Joseph Consulting is working directly with the Brooklyn Seltzer Boys to explore how this 5,000 sq foot space can provide space for a permanent museum on the topic – for school groups, business rentals, and public visitors – as well as provide educational access to the factory itself.

• • Position Responsibilities will Include:

  •  Creating a virtual tour of the museum for web visitors.

  • Creating museum visitor personas

  • Running user testing sessions alongside Museum special events

  • Developing and curating a Wall of Memory feature on the web site

Process

•  Intern will work offsite for three days per week, supervised by and collaborating directly with Barry Joseph.

• Visits to the seltzer works in Brooklyn will be required, as defined by the needs of the project and in agreement with the intern.

• Intern will be responsible for working with subject matter experts.

• Working times are extremely flexible.

Qualifications

•  Graduate student studying in the fields of Museum Design or Experience Design, with a focus on education or learning.

• Detail oriented, with strong time management, prioritization skills, and project management.

• Program evaluation skills a plus.

• Self-motivated and willing to learn.

• A high level of flexibility, persistence, and dependability.

• Strong spoken and written communication skills in English.

• Comfort working remotely.

Commitment

This is a Spring 2024 placement, beginning in January and running through May. Intern will be expected to work three days per week (or a related number of hours over a seven-day period).

About Barry Joseph:

Barry Joseph is founder of Barry Joseph Consulting, a driving force at both the strategic and the tactical level in digital engagement, youth development and digital learning. For a dozen years, at Global Kids (a NYC-based after school organization) then for six years at the American Museum of Natural History, Barry oversaw the strategy, design, and implementation of a slate of over 100 youth courses that applied the latest technology to engage youth to develop their skills and passions through youth media productions and design practices.

Barry has also worked for over a decade with museums to innovate visitor-facing experiences through iterative design, with a particular focus on prototyping and evaluating cutting-edge visitor-facing experiences.

Most recently, as VP of Digital Experience at the Girl Scouts of the USA, he used tools of user experience (UX) and customer experience (CX) to make complexity accessible, supporting the development of a seamless digital customer experience that increased retention and drove new membership.

His first book, Seltzertopia, came out in 2018, and his next book - on digital design in museums - will be published by AAM in 2022. He often writes about digital engagement on his blog Mooshme.org. @mmmooshme. BarryJosephConsulting.com. Barry Joseph Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class

Compensation

A stipend can be provided.

How to apply

If interested, please send:

• Sample of work (recent academic work accepted) related to the “Position Responsibilities” detailed above.

• Cover letter (including why you are interested in this position and how it aligns with your interests and skills).

Please email your CV and/or portfolio to Maaike Bouwmeester at mb262@nyu.edu and Chrissy Glaser at clg461@nyu.edu.