Associate Project Manager for Exhibitions (Medieval Art) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art – Museum Studies

Job Title: Associate Project Manager

Job Status: Full-time, permanent

Description:

About the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art collects, studies, conserves, and presents significant works of art across all times and cultures in order to connect people to creativity, knowledge, and ideas.

The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City—The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Since it was founded in 1870, The Met has always aspired to be more than a treasury of rare and beautiful objects. Every day, art comes alive in the Museum’s galleries and through its exhibitions and events, revealing both new ideas and unexpected connections across time and across cultures.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

The Associate Manager for Exhibitions and Special Projects is primarily responsible for logistical planning and implementation of department-wide special projects, including exhibitions at The Met Cloisters and permanent gallery re-installations at the Met 5th Avenue. This position will also play a key role in realizing the department’s curatorial vision and long-term goals, which embrace accessibility, sustainability and community engagement. The successful candidate will assist curatorial staff in planning the timeline and details of the department strategy and ensure that milestones are met. The Associate Manager for Exhibitions and Special Projects is supervised by the Curator and Manager of Collection Strategy and works in concert with the staff of the department and other teams across the Museum. The successful candidate must be adept at multi-tasking, function well under pressure and with interruptions, shift job responsibilities easily, be resourceful, and maintain a professional demeanor with both the staff and the public. Candidate must work well and produce results both independently and as part of a team. Routine travel between The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters in order to participate in organizational and project-based meetings is expected.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES & DUTIES:

· Partner with the Curator and Manager of Collection Strategy on the implementation of the department’s curatorial vision and long-term planning, including working with key stakeholders to develop plans and budgets, scheduling and facilitating project meetings, tracking and amending project workflows as necessary, and assigning and tracking progress on deliverables,

· Working with the collections manager and appropriate curator(s), maintain and manage exhibition checklist(s) for Cloisters exhibitions, TMS records, budget(s), label submissions, and web initiatives.

· Serve as one of principal institutional representatives for projects involving outside collaborators, such as artists and their studio representatives or community organizations, in cases where The Met Cloisters develops projects with external partners.

· Follow recommendations from collections manager for Medieval Art and The Cloisters on maintaining object files at The Cloisters and developing TMS records related to assigned special projects.

· Provide logistical support for the Cloisters Working Group with the Director’s Office and other interdepartmental projects.

· Expand department’s organizational systems and processes and oversee upkeep in consultation with colleagues across the Department.

· Other related duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS:

Fully vaccinated with an FDA or WHO authorized vaccine (or approved for an exemption as a reasonable accommodation due to a disability, sincerely held religious belief, or pregnancy, or because you are a victim of domestic violence, stalking, or sex offenses).

Experience and Skills:

· 2-3 years of experience with exhibition planning and project management.

· Excellent organizational and communication skills, both written and verbal.

· Attention to detail and proven ability to follow through.

· Familiarity with TMS or other collections management program preferred.

· Must be able to coordinate and accomplish multiple tasks concurrently, while prioritizing requests.

· Must have strong and creative problem-solving skills and be self-directed.

Knowledge and Education:

· B.A. required, background in art history preferred.

· Museum experience.

· Strong computer skills required: MS Office including Excel, Teams, Word, NetX, PowerPoint and PhotoShop and Project Management tools (e.g., Trello, Hive, etc.). · Excellent interpersonal skills required, ability to interact with all levels of management and variety of personalities.

· Spanish language ability desirable.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art provides equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, pregnancy, alienage or citizenship status, marital status or domestic partner status, genetic information, genetic predisposition or carrier status, gender identity, HIV status, military status and any other category protected by law in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, lay-off and termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment.