Senior Travelling Exhibitions Manager, Operations
Field Museum
Full time
USA, Chicago
The Senior Travelling Exhibitions Manager, Operations plays a senior role in advancing the Field Museum’s Travelling Exhibitions program. The successful candidate will oversee Travelling Exhibitions operations, bear primary responsibility for Travelling Exhibitions budgets, supervise Production Supervisors, and manage strategic partnerships and business development. Moderate travel is required.
Duties and Responsibilities
. Coordinate all operational needs for exhibition installations and deinstallations in consultation with Sales, Production, and Registration staff including floor plan approvals, team staffing assignments and work schedules, team travel planning, shipping logistics, and exhibitions maintenance
. Manage all aspects of Travelling Exhibitions budget tracking and forecasting; review monthly expenditures, report quarterly budget status, project revenue cash flow, and monitor adherence to approved accruals; work with colleagues on real- time expense tracking and invoicing; standardize working documents and organize, maintain, and archive past budget files
. Take a leading role in Field Museum Travelling Exhibitions project partnerships and domestic and international exhibition partnerships, including correspondence with partners, contracting, planning and attending workshops, partnership workflow, and tour planning
. Represent the Field Museum alone and as part of a team at conferences and client meetings
Qualification
. Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree and a background in anthropology, art history, or science is preferred
. 5-7 years of experience in business development or client relations, including at least 3 years in museum exhibitions
. Excellent communication skills, both interpersonal and written
. Demonstrated budget creation and management experience
. Ability to coordinate diverse teams and work in a creative, multidisciplinary, and fast-paced environment
. Keen sense of operations and business strategy
. Passion for customer service
. Strong personnel management skills
. Advanced Excel proficiency; familiarity with NetSuite and Salesforce a plus
Closing date
29/02/2020
Notes
Applicants are encouraged to submit materials by February 17; cover letter required for consideration.
About the authors & contributors
The Field Museum fuels a journey of discovery across time to enable solutions for a brighter future rich in nature and culture.
Located on Chicago’s iconic Lake Michigan shore, the Field Museum opened its current building to the public in 1921—but our story began years earlier.
Our collection grew out of items on display in the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in the “White City.” The exposition delighted visitors with 65,000 exhibits filled with natural wonders and cultural artifacts, many of which later found a permanent home in Chicago at the newly created Field Columbian Museum. Our museum name still honors Marshall Field, who donated $1 million to make the collective dream of a permanent museum a reality.
Since opening the Museum in 1894, our collection has grown to nearly 40 million artifacts and specimens. The breadth of our mission has expanded, too. We continue to research the objects in our collections, as well as document previously unknown species, conserve ecosystems in our backyard and across the globe, educate budding scientists, invite cross-cultural conversation, and more—all to ensure that our planet thrives for generations to come.