Exhibitions and Publications Specialist
The UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art seeks a detail-oriented and highly organized museum professional to serve as Exhibitions and Publications Specialist.
About the role
The UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art is a newly unified museum that brings together the academic depth of UC Irvine with the public presence of a major regional art institution. The museum cares for a collection of more than 9,000 works tracing California art from the nineteenth century to today.
Responsibilities
- Manage project coordination and implementation across the museum's exhibitions and publications programs.
- Keep complex, multi-stakeholder projects on track by maintaining schedules, monitoring budgets, coordinating agreements, and tracking deliverables throughout the full project lifecycle.
- Work closely with curatorial, registration, design, education, communications, and external partners.
- Drive complex, multi-stakeholder projects to completion independently.
Requirements
- Proficiency in spreadsheet software, project tracking tools, and standard office applications.
- Working knowledge of common organization- or research-specific and other computer application programs.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing with a range of internal and external partners.
- Discretion and confidentiality.
- Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail, with a strong commitment to accuracy, follow-through, and maintaining thorough records.
- Analyze, research, and synthesize large amounts of data.
- Multi-task with demanding timeframes.
- Manage complex projects with multiple stakeholders and competing deadlines.
- Experience in exhibitions coordination, arts administration, publishing coordination, or a comparable role in a museum, gallery, or cultural institution.
Preferred
- Demonstrated expertise in either museum exhibitions coordination or publications production, with an interest in developing proficiency across both areas.
- Familiarity with museum collections management systems and loan documentation processes.
- Experience working within a university or academic institution, or familiarity with university administrative processes.
- Experience with traveling exhibitions, including multi-venue scheduling and coordination.
- Proficiency in project management platforms such as Asana, Basecamp, Smartsheet, or comparable tools.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in related area and/or equivalent experience/training.
Skills
- Ability to use discretion and maintain all confidentiality.
- Ability to use sound judgment in responding to issues and concerns.
- Ability to analyze, research, and synthesize large amounts of data.
- Ability to multi-task with demanding timeframes.
- Ability to manage complex projects with multiple stakeholders and competing deadlines.
- Experience managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders and competing deadlines.
- Experience with museum publications, including familiarity with editorial workflows, rights and reproductions processes, and print production.
- Experience with museum collections management systems and loan documentation processes.
- Experience working within a university or academic institution, or familiarity with university administrative processes.
- Experience with traveling exhibitions, including multi-venue scheduling and coordination.
- Proficiency in project management platforms such as Asana, Basecamp, Smartsheet, or comparable tools.
Benefits
In addition to the salary range listed below, we offer a wealth of benefits to make working at UCI even more rewarding. These benefits may include medical insurance, sick and vacation time, retirement savings plans, and access to a number of discounts and perks. Please utilize the links listed here to learn more about our compensation practices and benefits.
The expected pay range for this recruitment is $28.88- $34.10 (Hourly).
Conditions Of Employment
- Background Check and Live Scan
- Employment Misconduct*
- Legal Right to work in the United States
- Vaccination Policies
- Smoking and Tobacco Policy
- Drug Free Environment
- Misconduct Disclosure Requirement: As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.
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Closing Statement
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC Anti-Discrimination Policy. We are committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce along with honoring unique experiences, perspectives, and identities. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable, and welcoming.