Arts
IT
Every industry is different. Every industry has different needs. There are
those who would say that the arts industry is more different than most.
With our years experience in the industry we understand those differences.
In Exeter's people we have many years of arts industry experience. Our people
have experience in providing IT services to museums as well as the visual
and performing arts in many ways at many levels. We know how to meet the
IT needs of arts organisations with the best fit to their goals, values
and aspirations.
Here
are things we have learned about IT in the arts, the things that we offer
in our Arts IT service because we know from experience that they are important
to arts organisations.
Communication,
Communication, Communication
It's a cliche but's it true. That arts is about
communication, and commuciation is key to providing any service to an
arts organisation. The IT industry has always been bad at communication.
When we recruit people for Arts IT work we choose commuication skills
first.
Flexibility
We
know it's not easy. We know it changes when you least expect it. IT systems
take too long and can't change fast enough to meet the changing needs
and constantly refreshed challenges of arts organisations. In the work
we do, the technologies we use and the purchases we recommend to arts
organisations we keep the need for flexibility constantly in mind.
Living
with the funding
The funding's the thing. We know the realities
of managing projects in the context of funding limitations and timeframes,
of using the available funding to best effect. In recommending acquistions
we know the importance of using the right financing options, to use capital
funds appropriately and avoid unsustainable operational expenses.
Focusing
on the need
We know that arts organistions are constantly challenged
by the tension between the imagined and the doable. We know that services
like IT need to deliver what's needed, just what's needed with the least
impact on time, funding, energy and people, so that precious resources
are preserved for delivering the art.
Adaptable
resourcing
We can provide a range of IT skills as and when
required. We believe this approach has advantages as it provides you with
the same resourcing as in place people, with the added advantage that
a greater range of skills and resources can be called upon. The resources
we can offer include IT management, project management, business analysis,
administration, technical support, web technical services, web design
and graphic design.
Compatible
values
As a small, arts oriented company we do not seek
large corporate levels of return, nor do we approach projects and organisations
from a corporate mindset. Indeed one of our reasons for establishing Exeter
is our belief that existing corporate cultures within the IT industry
are serving arts organisations poorly. Our Arts IT service provides immediacy
and a human touch as well as the cooperative benefits of company resources,
without the overburden of an agressive commercial culture.
