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At The Huntington, we believe that having a team of diverse backgrounds and voices working together will enable us to support and promote the appreciation of the humanities, the arts, and botanical science. The Huntington is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment opportunities regardless of race, religious creed, color, national origin, disability, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law.

The Huntington

Founded in 1919, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens is a collections-based research and educational institution open to the public, housing world-class library, art, and botanical collections. Its mission is to support research and promote education in the arts, humanities, and botanical science and to display and interpret its extraordinary resources for diverse audiences.

The Culture

Here we are committed to the highest of standards in all that we do – from preserving and protecting the collections, to exhibitions, educational and scholarly programming, visitor and reader services, and beyond. Achieving excellence across these pursuits requires a diversity of perspectives, expertise, experience, and methodologies. We are better together. We believe an explicit commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion directly impacts and improves staff and audience engagement and experience.

Job Description

About the Role

The incumbent will report to the Philip D. Nathanson Curator of Photography but will work under the direction of the two curators of the “This Land Is...”/ America at 250 library exhibition, helps to support and facilitate the development of a temporary 3,800-square-foot library exhibition (books, manuscripts, photographs, artworks, objects, etc.) on the contested history of land in what is now the United States. On behalf of the curators, provides interdivisional curatorial, research and administrative support for the project. Position will have regular contact with staff at all levels, as well as contact with external stakeholders and the public.

This is a limited-term position, budgeted for two years.

Essential Duties

• Provides administrative support for curators in monitoring and tracking day-to-day implementation schedule in collaboration with exhibition coordinator to ensure deliverables are met.

• Participates in content research, and storyline development for the exhibition.

• Requests and helps to track special collection material in support of exhibition development; works closely with Registrar and other staff as applicable to collection movements.

• Assist curators in initial checklist development, maintenance, correspondence and share updates pertaining to objects with Registrar, Exhibition Coordinator, Designers and other key stakeholders.

• Conducts lender research and communication for potential items to be borrowed from other institutions and individuals for use in the exhibit and tracks accordingly.

• Helps to track collections items to be used in the exhibition through paging system and updates curatorial checklist and key stakeholders as applicable.

• Assist curators in writing gallery texts and with copyediting. Supports curators and copyeditor in tracking and organizing gallery text to meet deliverables.

• Supports curators in reviewing gallery elevations and construction drawings to ensure objects are identified correctly, are organized to the confirmed thematic sections, and adheres to curatorial design planning.

• Serves as project liaison for the exhibition with the Art and Botanical divisions, President’s Office, and other departments in The Huntington’s broader “America at 250” initiative, to ensure communication between exhibition planning team and broader Huntington is successful.

• Communicates with a wide range of stakeholders and participants by phone, email, and Zoom.

• Coordinates with evaluation manager on exhibit evaluation, including prototyping and summative phases.

• Consults and reviews materials for website, digital initiatives, press and marketing materials, and education materials.

• Writes and delivers summary reports on project as needed.

• As needed, performs general clerical duties related to exhibition prep such as filing, copying, creating and updating spreadsheet, calendaring meetings, creating meeting minutes and other duties as assigned.

Candidate Qualifications

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Broad knowledge of exhibitions, including elements of fabrication and installation.

• Knowledge of exhibit interpretation practices.

• Proficient computer knowledge working with administrative applications and systems for image and database management.

• Understanding of scholarly research and bibliographic tools.

• Highly organized and able to work to deadlines.

• Strong written and oral communication skills.

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced Humanities degree in relevant field preferred.

• Prior exhibition and project management experience highly preferred.

• Experience coordinating fabrication and installation of exhibits.

• Experience working successfully in collaborative project teams.

Working Conditions

Normal office environment, on the exhibition floor, and some work in hard-hat areas. Extensive computer work.

• Pay Rate: $67,000.00

• Medical, Dental, Vision

• 403(b) retirement plan and matching retirement plan with an outstanding employer match

• Hybrid remote work schedule available for applicable positions

• Considerable paid time off, including annual leave, sick leave, and holidays

• Discounts for staff in The Huntington Store and restaurants

• Free admission to various museums and cultural institutions

• Free passes each month to welcome family and friends to visit the grounds

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