Design Director
Design Director
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09-04-2025
Job Description
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is one of the largest museums of modern and contemporary art in the United States and a thriving cultural center for the Bay Area. We cannot imagine life without art; it inspires and connects us every day. Now more than ever these connections matter and are aligned with our values.
Inclusive: We strive to be a museum of many voices in dialogue.
Passionate: We believe working with art is more than a job or trusteeship its a way of life.
Brave: We are committed to approaching our work with courage and a sense of adventure always ready to explore new perspectives.
Empathic: We aim to act like a person not an institution.
SFMOMA is a place for the infinitely curious to explore support and experience the art of our time. We believe that modern and contemporary art can influence the way we think view the world and embrace the many voices and perspectives around us. We aspire to foster an environment that elicits joy nurtures a sense of belonging and purposewhere difference is seen as a strength and every one is appreciated for their whole self.
Schedule: Full Time 35 hours/week at least three days working onsite
Reporting to the Chief Collections Exhibitions & Design Officer (CCEDO) the Design Director is responsible for the conception and implementation of a forwardthinking creative and cohesive design strategy for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Arts design initiatives across all internal and external facing channels. The Design Director plays a strategic role in interpreting the museums values and mission through authentic visual communications and temporary exhibition and permanent collection displays ensuring consistent application and expression of these design experiences and effectively managing the processes and resources necessary to implement them. The Design Director supervises the Graphic and Exhibition Design teams and regularly collaborates with Collections Exhibitions and Design (CED) Division peers as well as the museums senior leadership and other internal and external stakeholders.
Responsibilities & Duties
- Leadership and Design Studio Management
- Encourage an inclusive rewarding and inspiring workplace where innovation discovery and constant learning cultivate a deep sense of belonging and shared responsibility.
- Build and foster a culture of safety inclusivity and equity.
- Support employee personal and professional growth.
- Lead Design Studio hiring execute and oversee performance reviews and regularly update CCEDO on departmental progress.
- Manage coordinate and foster effective collaboration within the Design team.
- Work in a healthy and flexible management style that understands and adjusts to staff needs and complex projects that support strategic pursuits and sustainable workloads.
- Facilitate conduct and/or participate in creative discussions crossdepartmental design and staff meetings reviews and project critiques.
- Oversee the evaluation hiring and management of outside consultants when necessary including artists designers printers architects photographers and new media technology providers to ensure successful communication flow budget timeline controls contracts and quality of .
- Exhibition Design and Creative Services
- Lead and inspire a highvolume creative department to conceptualize and design visitorcentered materials and experiences that support museum initiatives and increase audience engagement through a range of media solutions including experiential and environmental concepts print mobile and online media digital publications ecommunications and ingallery digital resources.
- Manage accessibility and sustainability design initiatives in alignment with museum priorities ensuring their integration into exhibitions visitor experience and institutional branding.
- Provide creative direction for Concept Schematic and Construction exhibition design packages that include sketches illustrations storyboards 3D renderings bid packages models mockups colors finishes materials and notes as well as scalable plans elevations sections and details.
- Strategize and champion an integrated interdepartmental design process and foster collaboration across Graphic Design Exhibition Design and other Divisions to plan longrange initiatives for exhibitions marketing education visitor services wayfinding and external communications ensuring alignment with institutional goals through iterative planning and continuous feedback.
- Oversee the museums identity (brand) and its application to all facets of the museum experience. Serve as brand steward.
- Work closely with inhouse project management team and Design Studio supervisors to develop design objectives project budgets and schedules for all design/fabrication/digital requests. Provide departmental budget information to CCEDO.
Qualifications & Skills
- Undergraduate degree with coursework in design modern art and contemporary art or closely related. M.A. or M.F.A degree preferred.
- Minimum of ten 10 years fulltime experience with at least five 5 years in a supervisory role
- Experience leading largescale exhibition design especially in immersive interactive or multimedia displays
- Experience with art direction graphic design and project management in an art context
- Familiarity with safety regulations (OSHA ADA) and experience in architecture engineering or construction a plus
- Strong organizational communication and interpersonal skills
- Technical Proficiency: Adobe Creative Suite Sketchup Microsoft Office Suite knowledge of AutoCad Cinema 4D and 3D applications is preferred
Working Conditions
- Must be able to visually inspect art and design work and perform job functions on a computer.
- Close office setting must be able to work in close quarters with other members of the department.
$129854 $162318 a year
Job posting open date:3/31/25
All jobs posted will remain open for at least five business days.
We encourage both internal and external candidates to apply within the initial open posting period as the application close date may or may not be extended beyond that initial period. Applications will not be accepted after a posting has been closed.
Location: San Francisco 151 3rd Street.
Benefits: PTO Medical Dental Vision Flexible Spending Accounts Pet Insurance Life and AD&D Coverage Disability Insurance Mental Health and Wellness Benefits Discount Programs PreTax Commuter Benefits 403(b) Retirement Savings Plan SFMOMA Membership and more
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
SFMOMA is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity equity inclusion and accessibility. No person shall be discriminated against based on race color religion gender gender identity age genetic informationancestry/national origin marital status disability medical condition HIV status sexual orientation veteran/military status and any other category protected by federal of state law.
You may request reasonable accommodation if you are unable to or are limited in your ability to access job postings or provide additional information asked in the job posting.
You can request reasonable accommodation by contacting the People Team at
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