Employment

An Equal Opportunity Employer: It is the policy of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to provide all persons with equal employment practices and opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, veteran or marital status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

Exhibition Programs Coordinator(Regular, Full-Time)
Exhibitions & Planning 

Coordinates multiple exhibition projects and permanent collection rotations concurrently per year: maintains the day-to-day status of exhibitions and provides exhibition information to departments across the Museum. Prepares draft contracts; negotiates with other institutions, independent contractors, and living artists on details of contracts; monitors compliance of contracts; and assists with budgeting, and financial reconciliation for exhibitions. This is a temporary position (through June 2026) that may be renewed on an annual basis, pending the availability of funding.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and lead planning meetings throughout all stages of assigned exhibition projects, working with the exhibition teams across the Museum (curatorial, registrars, art preparation and installation, collection management, graphic design, conservation, exhibition design and production) on a daily basis to manage projects.
• Prepare and administer exhibition timelines, guiding the planning process simultaneously for several exhibitions at various stages of development. 
• Coordinate approval and dissemination of all official information regarding exhibition titles, dates, credit lines, etc.
• Under direction of Assistant Director of Exhibitions and Senior Financial Analyst, develop packing/shipping budgets for exhibitions and help monitor and track actual expenses against exhibition budgets; prepare financial reconciliations and invoice participating institutions for touring exhibitions.
• Draft and negotiate agreements for exhibitions tours, artist agreements, and independent contractors as assigned and in consultation with Assistant Director of Exhibitions and General Counsel. 
• Other duties related to project stewardship as assigned.

Benefits

• The expected salary for this Los Angeles, CA based position is $64,500 - $66,000, subject to change, and the position is eligible for LACMA’s comprehensive benefits package, including pension plan.
• LACMA is committed to providing its employees with valuable and competitive benefits as a core part of a strong overall employee experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 2-4 years of museum or project management experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Excellent computer skills with strong command of Microsoft programs.  Knowledge of The Museum System, (TMS) and/or cloud-based project management software a plus
• Quantitative skills to manage and track budgets and schedules
• Collaborative nature, flexibility and helpfulness.   Self-direction and motivation, forethought, a proactive, problem-solving approach

To apply, please use the following link.

Gallery Lighting Assistant (Regular, Full-Time)
Exhibition Design & Production

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) seeks a Gallery Lighting Assistant responsible for supporting the Gallery Lighting team in the implementation and maintenance of exhibition lighting design.

Responsibilities

• Assisting Gallery Lighting Designer with the exhibition lighting
• Program gallery lighting via lighting control system.
• Preparation of lighting fixtures and equipment.
• Lighting fixture focus.
• Maintain lighting design integrity for open exhibitions.
• Strike exhibition lighting; maintenance of lighting storage spaces and equipment.
• Maintain sufficient inventory of lamps, lighting material and supplies.
• Repair and service light fixtures and accessories.
• Maintenance of scissor lifts and safety checks.
• Processing work order requests for extended lighting periods.
• Proficient use of time and project management software.
• Use of lighting software, G-suite apps including Gmail, Calendar & Sheets.
• Communicating effectively and clearly with colleagues, management, and other departments.
• Performing other duties or special projects as assigned.
• Maintaining regular and reliable attendance.

Benefits

• The expected hourly for this Los Angeles, CA based position is $21.00 - $22.00, subject to change, and the position is eligible for LACMA’s comprehensive benefits package, including pension plan.
• LACMA is committed to providing its employees with valuable and competitive benefits as a core part of a strong overall employee experience.

Qualifications

• At least 3 years of professional experience in lighting for museums, motion picture, television, or theater.
• Must possess a valid class C California driver’s license.
• Aerial lift certification required.
• Ability to problem solve and work well under pressure with conflicting demands. 
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as lighting designs, plot plans, operating manuals, and maintenance instructions.
• Ability to understand and follow direction, guidelines, procedures, and institutional standards.

To apply, please use the following link.

Tessitura Manager (Regular Full-Time)
Strategic Development Services

Working across all user teams including Development, Membership, Visitor Services, Education & Public Programs, Finance, Web, Information Systems, and museum consultants, the Tessitura Manager provides general oversight of Tessitura, the museum’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system and integrated systems. The Tessitura Manager ensures that the system effectively scales and supports day to day work across business functions, leads system upgrades, and project manages and provides support and direction on platforms that integrate or share data with Tessitura, including WordFly, DonorSearch, lacma.org, and Zkipster. The Tessitura Manager proficiently understands these applications, their strengths and weaknesses, how they impact and interact with each other, and how they may be leveraged to best support the growth of audience, fundraising and membership through positive cooperation with key museum stakeholders. The Tessitura Manager leads user onboarding, and acts as a sounding board for system improvements led by power users and colleagues within the Strategic Services team and user teams. The Tessitura Manager co-develops the Tessitura roadmap in partnership with the Assistant Vice President, Strategic Development services and in consultation with department heads who leverage system data to grow audience and income and carry out day-to-day work. The Tessitura Manager leads or consults on all system and data implementations, integrations, and improvements.

Responsibilities

• Partners with the Assistant Vice President, Strategic Development Services to establish and evolve the long-term roadmap for Tessitura use and expansion across user teams and business functions.
• Creates a systems environment that supports the work of all user teams. Key generalist expert on Tessitura, with in-depth knowledge in select areas and advisory-level knowledge in others.
• Onboards new Tessitura users and user groups, including occasionally bringing external data sources into Tessitura, determining what can be done in-house vs. with consultants, and creating new systems. Consults on specialized training areas led by peer trainers within Strategic Services.
• Manages system upgrades, patches, and vendor-recommended changes.
• Proactively investigates system capabilities as they pertain to business needs, offers critical, thoughtful, and researched recommendations for the future of LACMA’s business systems.
• Ensures that Tessitura supports the needs of the Finance and Accounting teams; ensures that data infrastructure supports seamless flow and accessibility of accurate and timely information Maintains working knowledge of gift entry in support of effective decision-making.
• Partners closely with select team leads, department heads, and power users to ensure that Tessitura effectively supports day-to-day work. Brings needs and opportunities into the roadmap planning process and manages system and data maintenance projects.
• Works closely with the Web & Digital team to ensure that all technical policies and procedures within Tessitura related to web ticketing are upheld with a high degree of attention to detail; works with web vendors as needed to ensure flow of information between systems.
• Leads regular alignment and planning meetings with Tessitura stakeholders and power users to troubleshoot pending issues and to ensure decisions made by one department do not negatively impact another.
• Exemplifies essential LACMA and department values by ensuring a professional atmosphere intent on achieving the highest standards of visitor and member service possible.
• Supervise NSCAN installation, maintenance & support.
• Manage users and security. Enhance security groups and assign access rights to ensure confidentiality and system integrity.
• Supervises and carries out quality control and data clean-up in Tessitura.
• Performs other duties or special projects as assigned.
• Maintains regular and reliable attendance.
• Works with the Membership department to make sure data systems allow for successful campaigns, with appropriate segmentations, testing, etc.
• Manages the Systems Specialist (or equivalent position) as their direct supervisor.

Benefits

• The expected salary for this Los Angeles, CA based position is $80,000 - $82,000, subject to change, and the position is eligible for LACMA’s comprehensive benefits package, including pension plan.
• LACMA is committed to providing its employees with valuable and competitive benefits as a core part of a strong overall employee experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least four years of database experience, preferably including managerial, back-end, and security duties.
• Generalist and administrative expertise in donor database / CRM and/or ticketing software, specifically Tessitura.
• Solid understanding of database fundamentals, including architecture, extractions and reporting.
• Intermediate SQL experience preferred.

To apply, please use the following link.

Andrew W. Mellon Fellow, Textiles (Regular Full-Time)
Conservation Center

Reporting to the Senior Conservator, The Andrew W. Mellon Fellow will work on the conservation of textiles and costume from the permanent collection. The position includes a stipend for research and travel given at the discretion of the Director of Conservation. This Fellowship is a one-year position with potential for renewal.

Responsibilities

• Examines and treats a wide range of textiles and costumes
• Supports preventive conservation activities, exhibitions and loans, as well as conservation outreach.
• Collaborates with conservators, conservation scientists, collections care specialists, curators and other Museum staff.
• Develops a research project focused on artist materials or techniques and/or new treatment methodologies in collaboration with the Center’s Research Laboratory. 
• Publishes and/or presents the research in a professional journal or conference. 
• Participates in informal lectures, symposia, workshops as well as visits and collaborates with nearby cultural institutions. 
• Couriers works of art on loan or exhibition to other museums and institutions.

Qualifications

• Graduated from a recognized art conservation program or have equivalent work or apprenticeship experience, with a specialization in textiles/objects conservation.
• Demonstrates visual, manual, and scholarly aptitudes. 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Application Procedure

Interested candidates must submit the following material

• A curriculum vitae including basic biographical information, current and permanent addresses and telephone numbers, education, experience and interests.
• Letters of recommendation from three professional references.
• A short statement of the candidate's interest and intent in applying for the fellowship.

To apply, please use the following link.

Andrew W. Mellon Conservation Fellowship, Paper (Regular Full-Time)
Conservation Center

Reporting to the Senior Conservator in Conservation Center, The Andrew W. Mellon Fellow will work on the conservation of works of art on paper, photographs, books and/or archives.  The position includes a stipend for research and travel given at the discretion of the Director of Conservation. This Fellowship is a one-year position with potential for renewal.

Responsibilities

• Examines and treats a wide range of works of art on paper and photographs.
• Supports preventive conservation activities, exhibitions and loans, as well as conservation outreach.
• Collaborates with conservators, conservation scientists, collections care specialists, curators and other Museum staff.
• Develops a research project focused on artist materials or techniques and/or new treatment methodologies in collaboration with the Center’s Research Laboratory. 
• Publishes and/or presents the research in a professional journal or conference. 
• Participates in informal lectures, symposia, workshops as well as visits and collaborates with nearby cultural institutions. 
• Couriers works of art on loan or exhibition to other museums and institutions.

Benefits

• The expected hourly for this Los Angeles, CA based position is $24.04 - $25.58, subject to change, and the position is eligible for LACMA’s comprehensive benefits package, including pension plan.

• LACMA is committed to providing its employees with valuable and competitive benefits as a core part of a strong overall employee experience.

Qualifications

• Graduated from a recognized art conservation program or have equivalent work or apprenticeship experience, with a specialization in works of art on paper and/or photographs. 
• Demonstrates visual, manual, and scholarly aptitudes. 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Interested candidates must submit the following material

• A curriculum vitae including basic biographical information, current and permanent addresses and telephone numbers, education, experience and interests.
• Letters of recommendation from three professional references.
• A short statement of the candidate's interest and intent in applying for the fellowship.

To apply, please use the following link.

Visitor Services Associate (Temporary Part-Time)
Visitor Services

The Visitor Services Associate is responsible for providing outstanding visitor service while working front-of-house posts at the Ticket Office or in the museum. The position processes and sells museum admission, special programming tickets, LACMA membership, and LACMA Fund donations. The Associate position also provides outstanding visitor service while working within select exhibition spaces ensuring that museum policies and procedures are upheld and sharing important information pertaining to specific works of art. The Associate consistently presents a positive, friendly, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic attitude at all times while working with a variety of LACMA constituencies including the general public, members, donors, VIPs, and staff.   

Responsibilities

• Actively demonstrates a guest-first attitude by exemplifying excellent internal and external guest service skills at all times
• Actively promotes, sells, and services the LACMA membership program
• Maintains a conversational knowledge of LACMA’s general policies and procedures, membership programs, and the exhibition and programming schedule
• Clearly and concisely explains certain aspects of visitor experience that pertain to specific works of art
• Assists visitors in the capacity of gallery support when required
• Shares factual and necessary information with colleagues, visitors and members via excellent written and verbal communications
• Maintains regular and predictable attendance 
• Employee is required to attend various training sessions as scheduled
• Operates register and receives payment for ticket, membership and donation transactions while maintaining a strict attention to cash handling accuracy
• Escalate any guest service issues, complaints, or unanswerable questions to the Visitor Services Leadership team
• Performs other duties or projects as assigned

Qualifications

• At least two years of relevant experience in a high volume and customer service focused setting 
• Background in Art History preferred
• Strong skills in ticketing software, preferably in Tessitura
• Basic math skills
• Must operate with attention to detail and strong organizational skills while managing a continuous workflow 
• Open availability including holidays, nights, and weekends

To apply, please use the following link.

Andrew W. Mellon Interdisciplinary Fellow (Regular Full-Time)
Conservation Center

Reporting to the Deputy Director, Curator, & Director of Conservation, the Andrew W. Mellon Interdisciplinary Fellow will liaise between two departments, working with conservators and curators to appropriately examine, document and treat objects both onsite and offsite. This position splits between treatment work in the Objects lab and a research project with Arts of the Ancient Americas.  Any new findings are to be published and presented within the field.

Responsibilities

• Performs treatments on a variety of media from the Museums’ permanent collection
• Examines works of art to determine condition and need for treatment, collaborating with paintings, objects, paper, and textiles conservators
• Writes and reviews condition reports for works of art for exhibitions, outgoing loans, and new acquisitions.
• Provides advisement on environmental conditions for works of art in storage, in transit, and on display
• Conducts research as necessary to determine appropriate treatments.
• Performs pertinent treatment on works of art and accessories with a focus on preventive conservation.
• Uses digital tools and databases to organize and update information in databases, including but not limited to condition reports and photographs.
• Collaborates within the Conservation Center and Museum staff on various levels as it pertains to works of art and preservation.
• Works with conservation and curatorial teams to apply technical analysis, observations, and art historical research to authenticate and better understand the dating, location of origin, functions, and artistic traditions behind certain ancient American ceramic objects.
• At supervisor’s request, coordinates with other departments and remains informed on loans, transit of art, exhibitions, and permanent collection loans, keeping supervisor informed.
• Travel to and from Museum locations across Los Angeles as needed. 
• Performs other duties or special projects as assigned
• Maintains regular and reliable attendance 

Benefits

• The expected hourly for this Los Angeles, CA based position is $24.04-25.00, subject to change, and the position is eligible for LACMA’s comprehensive benefits package, including pension plan.
• LACMA is committed to providing its employees with valuable and competitive benefits as a core part of a strong overall employee experience.

Qualifications

• Masters’ Degree in Objects Conservation or equivalent experience
• Experience conducting research
• Strong interest in the art history of Indigenous American cultures
• Great communication and collaboration skills

To apply, please use the following link.

Curatorial & Exhibitions Program Administrator (Regular Full-Time)
Curatorial & Exhibitions 

The Curatorial & Exhibitions Programs Administrator provides administrative and general office support to the Deputy Director for Curatorial & Exhibitions and the Curatorial and Exhibitions divisions. In addition to general administrative tasks and organizational support for the divisions, this role also liaises with teams across the museum and external partners to support the museum’s many programmatic initiatives. The successful candidate will exercise sound judgment and decision making, and handle confidential and sensitive information effectively. Attention to detail, familiarity with the fine arts, facility with budgets and spreadsheets, and flexibility and resourcefulness are key. 

Responsibilities

Provides general administrative support for the Curatorial & Exhibitions program: phones, mail and FedEx, filing, travel planning and expense submission, and purchasing office supplies.

• Liaises internally and with museums and other external partners to support programmatic initiatives locally, nationally, and internationally.
• Schedules meetings and coordinates planning; drafts and distributes agendas, notes, and minutes.
• Conducts research and prepares presentations and other materials.
• Circulates and tracks materials for review by curatorial and exhibitions teams.
• Assists with processing of professional service agreements, purchase order requests, and invoice and payment requests.
• Assists with development of budget planning materials in coordination with finance team.
• Provides budget development assistance in coordination with finance and exhibitions teams.
• Supports financial analysis and budget management.
• Performs other duties or special projects as assigned.
• Maintains regular and reliable attendance.

Benefits

• The expected hourly for this Los Angeles, CA based position is $21.15 -  $22.12, subject to change, and the position is eligible for LACMA’s comprehensive benefits package, including pension plan.
• LACMA is committed to providing its employees with valuable and competitive benefits as a core part of a strong overall employee experience.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Art History, Museum Studies, Business, Accounting or a related field. 
• Demonstrated ability to build rapport and work diplomatically and effectively with the public and represent executives in a professional manner to others both inside and outside of the organization.  
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. 
• Ability to work well both independently and as part of a team. 
• Demonstrated strength in organizing, prioritizing and handling multiple tasks to meet established deadlines in spite of frequent interruptions.
• Knowledge of a second language other than English is useful but not required.  
• Previous museum experience in an administrative role is useful but not required.

To apply, please use the following link.

Gallery Lighting Technician (Regular, Full-Time)
Exhibition Design & Production

Working in the museum’s art environments and gallery spaces, the Gallery Lighting Technician supports the museum’s exhibition program through the installation, maintenance, and alteration of gallery lighting fixtures and other electrical equipment. Reporting to the Manager of Gallery Construction, this position is a critical member of LACMA’s construction staff and supports the Exhibitions program at the museum.  

Responsibilities

• Working in coordination with the Exhibition Design and Production team to meet exhibition requirements and deadlines. 
• Programs gallery lighting via museum’s lighting control system. 
• Assembles, installs, troubleshoots, tests, and maintains light fixtures and electrical devices. - Performs skilled professional work in the installation, maintenance and repair of wiring, breakers, electrical appliances, branch circuits, switchboards, outlets, timers, etc. - Uses standard and specialized electrical devices or equipment such as voltmeter, amp meter, ohmmeter, megohm meter, light meter, and other electrical hand tools. 
• Repairs and maintains gallery electrical fixtures and equipment, including power adapters,
• ballasts, transformers, and LED components. 
• Maintains tools and equipment in good working condition. 
• Working closely with our Facilities department to adhere to architectural, electrical and fire codes. - Maintains and follows proper safety procedures. 
• Maintains records of work performed and prepares reports as required. 
• May supervise apprentices or helpers.  

Benefits

• The expected hourly for this Los Angeles, CA based position is $27.88 - $29.81, subject to change, and the position is eligible for LACMA’s comprehensive benefits package, including pension plan.
• LACMA is committed to providing its employees with valuable and competitive benefits as a core part of a strong overall employee experience.

Qualifications

• California DIR Electrical Certification (required) 
• Knowledge of current LED technologies and strategies. 
• Ability to read and interpret architectural and electrical drawings. 
• Keen color perception 
• Ability to carry up to 50 pounds, to work safely on ladders, and to perform duties at heights over twenty-five feet. 
• Comfort and ease while working with a wide range of personalities in a creative environment. - Museum, theme park or theatrical experience preferred.

To apply, please use the following link.

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How to Apply

To be considered for any of the openings listed, please forward your resume including a list of references, and a cover letter indicating the position(s) of interest, as well as any salary requirements, to LACMA Human Resources, via our online system. Follow the link at the bottom of the position posting to apply through the online system. Not compatible with Firefox.