Gallery Designer

Job Title: Gallery Designer

Reports to: Manager Exhibitions Design

Department: Curatorial

Supervises: Does not supervise others

Work Schedule: 40 hours per week 5 days per week hybrid work eligible.

Salary: $70000 - $80000

Position Summary

The Gallery Designer brings MOPOPs exhibitions to life by translating curatorial vision and content into compelling immersive and accessible gallery experiences. Working across exhibition and graphic design this role develops cohesive visual and spatial concepts that engage diverse audiences through thoughtful use of space color typography materials lighting graphics casework and interactive elements.

In close collaboration with Curatorial Exhibition Design Collections Exhibits Video and other partners the Gallery Designer supports exhibitions from concept through installation balancing creative vision with visitor experience accessibility conservation production and technical requirements.

When applying please include a link to your portfolio in your resume or cover letter. PDF highly preferred.

Essential Job Duties (other duties as assigned)

Exhibition Design Development:

Collaborate with the Manager Exhibitions Design Curators and project teams to translate exhibition themes content and objectives into compelling visual and spatial concepts.

Develop cohesive exhibition design strategies incorporating space planning color form typography imagery lighting materials graphics casework displays and interactive elements to create engaging intuitive and accessible experiences for diverse audiences.

Create sketches renderings scaled layouts elevations paint plans mockups and other design documentation to communicate concepts and guide development.

Coordinate artifact placement mounting framing lighting and display requirements in partnership with Curatorial Collections and Exhibits ensuring conservation and accessibility requirements are incorporated into the design.

Conceptualize special builds and displays and coordinate materials finishes colors and samples to support design development.

Partner with the Graphic Designer on exhibition visual identity and integration of graphics within the overall gallery experience.

Project Oversight Implementation:

Develop and maintain coordinated drawing sets specifications and documentation necessary for fabrication vendor bidding production and installation.

Coordinate with internal teams fabricators graphic vendors and other partners throughout production and installation including reviewing samples and mockups.

Develop final installation elevations and specifications identifying locations dimensions mounting heights and placement of graphics artwork and artifacts.

Help maintain the material resource library with an emphasis on sustainable ethical accessible and museum-appropriate materials and practices.

Ensure exhibition design work reflects MOPOPs brand and established design standards partnering with Marketing as appropriate.

MOPOP Community

• Support our internal culture which inspires and empowers our staff to live our mission to its highest standards.
• Contribute to a consistent customer service standard across all departments.
• Work to ensure customer service is ingrained at the core of the team and is reflected outward to our guests and other staff.

Preferred/Desired Qualifications

Bachelors degree in exhibition interior theatre architectural experiential graphic design or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.

Three or more years of relevant professional design experience preferably involving museum exhibitions experiential environments interior/architectural design retail display or similar work.

Strong portfolio demonstrating the ability to translate concepts and narratives into compelling spatial and visual experiences.

Strong foundation in spatial design color composition typography layout materials and visual storytelling.

Experience producing scaled layouts elevations renderings diagrams and other design documentation using tools such as Rhino Adobe Creative Suite 3D CAD or comparable platforms.

Working knowledge of fabrication print production materials and vendor/production processes.

Demonstrated ability to incorporate accessibility principles and ADA considerations into design work.

Strong project management problem-solving communication and collaboration skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and move projects from concept through implementation.

Experience designing curated museum exhibitions or immersive/interactive environments.

Advanced experience with 3D modeling and visualization tools such as Rhino Grasshopper or Blender.

Experience collaborating directly with fabricators vendors and installation teams.

Benefits

This full-time position includes Medical/Vision insurance Dental insurance 3.08 hours of accrued Vacation per bi-weekly pay period Seattle Sick/Safe up to 8 Company Holidays paid throughout the year EAP 401k plan with vested match schedule once eligible and subsidized transportation benefits for Orca Pass or parking.

Why MOPOP

Were really glad youre thinking about joining the team at MOPOP! We believe pop culture is a universal language capable of building connections across a range of people no matter our differences in race religion gender age sexual orientation ability education socio-economic status ethnicity country of origin or any other characteristic that makes us who we are. For more than twenty years we have been showcasing how music film fashion video games sports and more spark those connections and create a lasting cultural impact.

MOPOP provides both a physical space and an emotional and intellectual opportunity for people from any background to explore find and build community and recognize their own creative potential. This applies not only to our guests but also to our staff be it in designing an educational program to engage the next generation of creators trying to reach a new audience with a marketing initiative preserving an artifact in our collection or providing excellent customer service to a visitor. If this sounds like something youd be into wed love to hear from you!

MOPOPs Mission and Commitment to Diversity Equity Inclusion and Accessibility

Our mission is to activate the world-shaping power of pop culture through participative experiences discovery and play. We believe pop culture connects us and that it is powerful complex alive and who we are. MOPOP is actively committed to ongoing learning in the areas of diversity equity inclusion and accessibility (DEIA). In partnership with our community we hope to also develop safe spaces for their application. This includes taking steps to continue increasing our awareness of institutional -isms as well as uncovering and undoing the ways they show up in museum culture. We recognize this is a process that requires intentionality energy and resources and we are developing a DEIA framework that can cultivate a work environment and museum experience that is truly welcoming for all.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and equitable workplace and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that having staff interns and volunteers with diverse backgrounds enables us to better meet our mission and encourage BIPOC women and LGBTQIA2S individuals to apply. We acknowledge that our work to build safe spaces and better systems for traditionally marginalized groups is ongoing and will require constant vigilance and expect all MOPOP employees to be part of our DEIA journey.

Please email if you need reasonable accommodations during the application or hiring process.

Dont meet every single requirement

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At MOPOP we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you are excited about a role but your past experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification in the job description we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the candidate we are looking for!

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