The Victoria & Albert Museum in London is seeking a Taylor Swift savant for a consultant’s gig centered on the world’s biggest pop star.
The “Superfan Advisor” posting pines for the “most studious Swiftie” to join the museum’s mission to “learn more about our collection at the V&A as well as the current cultural trends that will inform the future of museum collecting.”
While the salary for the part-time job wasn’t disclosed, it comes with “competitive incentives,” according to the listing.
“As part of the application form, we will want to know about what makes you the ultimate superfan,
what do you have in your collection and what in the V&A collection relates to your own collection,” the museum said in the job posting.
“Successful candidates will meet curatorial experts at the V&A, share knowledge about their specialist subject, learn about the history of these objects and why they are relevant to art, design and the future of creativity,” the listing adds.
Serious applicants should submit their credentials through the museum’s website ASAP.
“This is a zero hour contract, vacancy that will close in 13 days,” the listing reads, noting the deadline is March 7. “We have the right to close this advert early.”
The museum boasts its curators “are custodians of over 2.8 million objects, books and archives that span over 5,000 years of human creativity.
As such, we’re always looking to learn more about our collection, whilst acting as cultural trendspotters on what to collect next.”
The Victoria & Albert museum hopes to fill the spot before the 14-time Grammy winner starts the European leg of her Eras Tour May 9.
If you don’t snare the Swift spot, well, “Shake It Off.” The museum is also hunting for omniscient experts regarding crocs, drag, emojis and a type of textile manufacturing known as tufting.
Swift’s Eras Tour is the first tour to cross the billion-dollar mark, according to Pollstar’s 2023 year-end charts.
It’s not the first time someone has been hired for a Swift-centric gig at a museum.
A “resident Swiftie” at the Museum of Arts and Design on the Upper West Side gives private guided tours visiting the exhibit “Taylor Swift: Storyteller.”
