Museum Director
Museum Department
Work Schedule
The Museum Director manages full and part-time employees as well as all project-based labor or interns. Responsible for opening and closing security for the Museum and collections.
Responsible for Museum Store cash balance and inventory security.
Employment Status: Full time, Salary (exempt) position with benefits
Non-remote
Supervisory Responsibilities
- Manages Museum department full-time and part-time staff, as well as project-based contract labor or interns
- Ultimately responsible for opening and closing security of Museum and collections storage.
- Ultimately responsible for Museum Store cash balance and inventory security.
Duties/Responsibilities
- Supervises daily activities of staff in Museum department, facilitating retention, hiring, and strategic planning, including operations of the Museum Store
- Manages annual income and expense budgets for department and special projects
- Collaborates with Center staff across Production, Education, and operational departments on strategic planning and future visioning for the Center, with a special focus on COVID pandemic recovery and programming strategy
- Conducts outreach for acquisition, loan, exhibition, and partner programming plans
- Sets departmental season calendar
- Curates and/or coordinates annual exhibitions
- Oversees and guides priorities in collecting plan and main gallery rotations
- Curates purchasing for mission-aligned Museum Store
- Manages strategic size of inventory and organized reporting from inventory and sales
- Researches and writes for various audiences: database notes, collection labels, exhibition copy, digital engagement content, and marketing copy
- Strategizes opportunities on the virtual and digital platforms
- Plans and delegates operations for programs, events, exhibition rotation, store inventory changeovers
Required Skills / Abilities
- Candidates must have knowledge of standard museum policies and procedures according to AAM standards and knowledge of standard museum cataloguing systems.
- Academic research
- Writing for difference audiences
- Exhibition design and development, with a foundation on project management skills
- Detail oriented
- Ease of working alone, collaboratively, and with the general public
- Ease of working across various digital platforms and software from relational databases to in-gallery technology
Education/Experience
- 5+ years progressively responsible experience within a museum or cultural organization.
- Masters in History, Public History, Museum Studies, or related field preferred.
- Experience supervising staff.
- Demonstrated understanding of collections-focused research, such as publications or exhibition curation
Physical Requirements
- Must be able to lift 20 to 30 pounds and climb ladders.
Salary Range
- $60,000 to $80,000 per year, commensurate with experience
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 403(b)
- Disability, Life and AD&D Insurance
- Vacation/Personal Days – 14 days
- Sick Leave – 6 days
- 8 paid holidays off
- Museum Store Discounts
- Free show tickets
- Free parking
How to Apply
Please send resume to: HR@puppet.org. No phone calls, please. Or mail to: Center for Puppetry Arts, Attn: HR, 1404 Spring St. N.W., Atlanta, GA 30309-2820.
Please note any attachment over 10 MB may need to be sent in separate emails.
No phone calls please. If you have questions, please email HR@puppet.org.