Position Summary
The Exhibition Designer plays an integral role shaping visitor experience and supporting the museum’s mission through exhibition design. Collaborating with multiple departments, the Exhibit Designer helps develop, manage, and maintain the value of the visitor experience through environmental design and visual communication. Working with department leadership the Exhibit Designer will be responsible for designing exhibitions, permanent collection installations, and way-finding signage from conceptualization and design through completion. They must work creatively to utilize 2-dimensional design work and processes to enhance
3-dimensional experiences. They must be able to create an engaging museum experience through innovative and relevant forms of presenting art, artifacts, media, and didactic information.
Essential Functions
- Conceptual design development for exhibitions and other museum projects, including exhibition identities/personalities, planning, spatial design, graphic design, visitor flow and implementation
- Supervise production and fabrication by contractors, vendors, and other contributors to the construction and installation process of individual projects
- Manage and maintain multiple projects of various scopes simultaneously
- Prepare and plan for presentations to communicate design concepts to staff. This includes building 2-D and 3-D models, generating graphics and construction drawings
- Support the continued development of and adherence to Autry design standards
- Collaborate and problem solve with various departments to provide a pleasant, interesting, and cohesive learning experience for visitors, that also meet the museum conservation standards
- On occasion, oversee the design and adaptation of temporary and traveling exhibitions
- The Autry Museum reserves the right to add or change duties at any time
Minimum Qualifications
- BA in design, studio arts, or museum studies
- 3–5 years’ experience in exhibition design for cultural institutions
- Fluency in Adobe Creative suite and Vectorworks
- Experience building models (physical and digital) and sketches for development and presentations
- Experience with typography, printmaking, interior design, or furniture building
- Experience working with vendors to oversee final production of materials
- Experience with delivering completed projects on time and within budget required
- Ability to communicate design presentations clearly, persuasively, diplomatically, and professionally in a team setting required.
- Understanding of ADA and Universal design guidelines strongly preferred
- Project management experience strongly preferred
WORKING CONDITIONS
Requires extended use of computer. Involves some periods of standing, walking, stooping, and bending. Extended work hours as needed.
COVID-19 PROTOCOL
We take the health and safety of our colleagues, visitors, and their families very seriously. To that end, we have concluded that the best way to ensure the safety of everyone is to require that all staff be fully vaccinated for COVID-19.
Please know that in order to become employed by Autry Museum you must provide satisfactory proof that you are fully vaccinated for COVID-19 once you receive a formal job offer. If you cannot receive the COVID-19 vaccination or require other reasonable accommodation you will need to complete an
Exemption Request Form by no later than the first week of employment; if approved, you will be required to provide a weekly proof of a negative COVID-19 test result.
More information will be provided as we move along in the recruitment process.
Ultra Generous Benefits Package
- Best-in-class healthcare insurance plans:
- 2 Medical HMOs - Value Network and Full Network
- 2 Medical PPOs - Traditional and High Deductible PPO with Health Savings Account (HSA)
- 2 Dental Plans
- 1 Vision Plan
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for medical and dependent care costs
- One of the best PTO policies in the sector, including very generous paid vacation, paid holidays, paid sick time, and paid bereavement leave.
- A 403(b) retirement plan with employer contributions up to 5%.
- Employer-paid Life and AD&D (Accidental Death & Dismemberment) insurance. Additional Voluntary Life Insurance also available.
- Long-Term Disability Insurance.
- Pet Insurance.
- Identity Theft insurance.
Please note you must be a California resident - we are not a multi-state employer.
