Senior Director, Collections and Exhibitions
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. We need to include sections only when posting has real, specific content. We have: - About the museum (description) – could be "About the role"? Actually "About The Lucas Museum Of Narrative Art" is about the museum, not the role. But we can treat as "About the role"? The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, etc. We can use "About the role" heading for the position summary? The posting has "Position Summary". That could be considered "About the role". We'll use
About the role
and put the position summary paragraph. - Responsibilities: there is a big section with subheadings Collections and Exhibitions & Planning. We'll put under Responsibilities a- for each bullet? The content is paragraphs; we can break into list items for each duty. We'll preserve all substantive info.
- Qualifications: there is a Qualifications section with bullet points (Master's degree..., Ten years..., Five years..., Experience..., Experience...). Also salary line "$176,000 - $210,000 a year". Salary should be its own Pay section if present. The posting includes salary. So we need a Pay section with that salary.
- Benefits: not mentioned explicitly. No benefits details. So we should not create Benefits section.
- Schedule: not mentioned. No schedule.
- Skills: not explicitly listed; there are CORE COMPETENCIES but those are competencies, could be considered Skills? The instruction says use Skills heading if there is real specific content. The posting includes CORE COMPETENCIES list. That could be considered Skills. We'll include a Skills section with those competencies as list items.
- Requirements: maybe Qualifications covers requirements. But we have Qualifications section; we could also have Requirements but we can combine. The instruction says prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. We have About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Pay. That's five sections.
We need to strip boilerplate: EQUAL OPPORTUNITY..., MISSION AND VISION..., VALUES..., STRATEGIC PRIORITIES..., etc. Also remove Physical Requirements? That is substantive? It describes physical demands; could be considered part of Qualifications? But it's a separate section. The instruction says include a section only when posting has real specific content. Physical Requirements is present; we could include as a section maybe "Requirements"? But we already have Qualifications. However Physical Requirements is about physical demands, not qualifications. Could be considered part of Requirements. But we already have Qualifications; we could add a Requirements section for physical demands. But we want few sections; maybe we can incorporate physical demands into Qualifications as a list item? But it's not a qualification; it's a requirement. The instruction says use headings like Requirements. So we could have a Requirements section for physical demands. But we also have Qualifications for education/experience. Might be better to have two sections: Qualifications and Requirements. However they said prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. Physical Requirements is a substantive block; we could keep it as a separate section named "Requirements". Then Qualifications could be "Qualifications". That's two sections plus About the role, Responsibilities, Skills, Pay. That's six sections.
But we need to check if any of those sections would be empty or filler. We have content for each.
Let's extract content:
About the role: Position Summary paragraph: "The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art seeks a Senior Director of Collections and Exhibitions to join its senior administration team. This role oversees the museum's collections program, including policies and procedures for preventive care, preservation, storage, conservation, and documentation, across three departments: Registration, Collections Management, and Art Prep & Install. The Senior Director works closely with Curatorial and manages the collection across Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area. The role also leads the Exhibitions and Planning department, overseeing schedules, budgets, and coordination for all exhibitions, rotating permanent-collection installations, and special and touring shows. The museum is looking for a strategic thinker and empathetic leader who can manage multiple complex, concurrent projects that shape the museum's long-term direction; build and motivate large, dynamic teams; and own division, department, and project budgets. Significant experience in a highly complex environment and a track record of systems leadership and cross-team collaboration are essential. Regular travel between Northern and Southern California teams is required."
We'll put that in
. Responsibilities: There are two big subsections: Collections and Exhibitions & Planning. We'll combine into a list of responsibilities. We'll extract each bullet-like sentence. From Collections: - Oversees the Registration, Collections Management, and Art Prep & Install teams, and the museum's collections and institutional projects in both Los Angeles and Northern California - Sets department goals, budgets, and priorities aligned with the museum's near- and long-term plans, ensuring the division supports the preservation, care, documentation, and display of artwork and archives - Oversees Registration's policies for acquisition, management, and disposition of the collection, plus records management and accessioning, inventory, loans, packing, shipping, storage, customs, and insurance arrangements. This includes strategy and heavy involvement in the museum’s DAM system (Netx) and TMS - Oversees Collections Management's work with artwork and storage facilities, including climate monitoring, viewings, preservation, housing, and collection photography - Manages Art Prep & Installation, who are responsible for art and exhibition preparation, installation, and cleaning - Manages institutional conservation projects, vendors, and annual conservation budgets - Partners with museum leadership to plan long-term offsite storage and collection movement, and manages offsite storage vendors and facilities - Works closely with Registration, Finance, and Legal on collection insurance coverage and collection- and exhibition-related agreements - Collaborates with Facilities, Special Events, Development, Security, and Special Projects to uphold collection preservation and security standards - Recruits, mentors, and develops a diverse, high-performing team through a supportive, collaborative approach From Exhibitions & Planning: - Sets strategy for exhibition planning in line with the museum's mission, working with Design, Publications, Revenue & Engagement, Security, and Operations to align with Founders' directives - Owns the multi-year exhibition schedule and budget—planning and implementing all on-site and touring exhibition coordination, setting timeframes and budgets for in-gallery presentations, and holding partners accountable to deadlines - Builds a transparent budgeting process for exhibition planning, managing vendor relationships and presenting the business case and cost-benefit analysis for projects - Partners with Curatorial to develop a traveling exhibition program - Coordinates installations—including permanent-collection reinstallations and gallery upkeep—with internal and external parties - Working with the team, manages external exhibition design and fabrication vendors, representing institutional priorities and timelines - Oversees exhibition design and production, ensuring it supports the curators' intent, and manages vendors for gallery furniture, platforms, casework, lighting, graphics, and reproductions We'll put each as
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Qualifications: bullet list:
- Master's degree in art/art history, museum studies, or a related field (education, business administration, studio art), preferred
- Ten years of progressively responsible experience in art museum registration, collections management, exhibitions management, exhibition design, or arts management, required
- Five years managing teams, required
- Experience managing complex projects and budgets, required
- Experience in a start-up or entrepreneurial environment in a supervisory role, preferred
We'll put as
- . Skills: CORE COMPETENCIES list: - Analytical Rigor: Breaks down complex problems through critical thinking, drawing on multiple perspectives and a clear understanding of root causes to reach the best solution, with an audience-centric lens. - Courageous Communication: Works well across teams to reach shared goals, valuing diverse input and direct, honest dialogue. - Collaborative Excellence: Navigates difficult conversations with candor, tailors messages to the audience, listens to understand, and actively seeks and applies feedback. - Adaptive Resilience: Stays flexible and resourceful in a fast-changing, complex environment, learning from setbacks and bouncing back. - Inclusive Interaction: Fosters a workplace where everyone feels they belong, are valued for their differences, and can contribute freely. - Building Trust & Relationship Management: Shares information and the reasoning behind decisions, values others' input, rebuilds trust when it's broken, and connects easily across levels, functions, and cultures. - Accountable Ownership: Owns outcomes without deflecting blame, recognizes when a blame mindset creeps in, and delivers on commitments on time. - Strategic Alignment & Execution: Aligns actions with organizational goals, draws on outside perspectives and industry trends, and applies critical thinking to connect the dots. We'll put as
- . Physical Requirements (Requirements): list: - Ability to stand and walk for extended periods, up to 8 hours per shift. - Ability to move throughout multiple Museum locations, including galleries, theaters, outdoor spaces, and other public areas. - Ability to maintain an active and visible presence while providing exceptional guest service. - Ability to work in a high-volume, public-facing environment with large groups of guests, including school groups, tours, special events, and peak attendance periods, while maintaining professionalism, situational awareness, and composure. - Ability to frequently bend, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, and climb stairs as needed. - Ability to occasionally lift, carry, push, and pull items weighing up to 25 pounds, including wheelchairs, stanchions, signage, guest service equipment, and other operational materials. - Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with guests and colleagues in person, by telephone, and over two-way radio. - Ability to work both indoors and outdoors in varying environmental conditions. - Ability to maintain awareness of guest activity and surrounding conditions while monitoring galleries, queues, and public spaces. We'll put as
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Pay: Salary line: "$176,000 - $210,000 a year". We'll put in
. We must not include boilerplate like EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, MISSION AND VISION, etc. We must output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown. Let's construct:
About the role
...position summary...
Responsibilities
- ... ...
Qualifications
- ... ...
Skills
- ... ...
Requirements
- ... ...
Pay
$176,000 - $210,000 a year
Check that we didn't repeat job title. Good. Make sure we preserve all substantive information. Did we miss any? The posting also mentions "Regular travel between Northern and Southern California teams is required." That's in position summary; we included that sentence. Also "The museum is looking for a strategic thinker and empathetic leader who can manage multiple complex, concurrent projects that shape the museum's long-term direction; build and motivate large, dynamic teams; and own division, department, and project budgets." Included. Also "Significant experience in a highly complex environment and a track record of systems leadership and cross-team collaboration are essential." Included. Also "The Senior Director works closely with Curatorial and manages the collection across Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area." Included. Also "The role also leads the Exhibitions and Planning department, overseeing schedules, budgets, and coordination for all exhibitions, rotating permanent-collection installations