Assistant Registrar Jobs

The Museum of Modern Art is currently accepting applications for an Assistant Registrar in the Collection Management and Exhibition Registration Department. Reporting to the Registrar for Collections, the Assistant Registrar works independently and collaboratively on collection rotations, with responsibility for logistical arrangements pertaining to packing and transportation.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Contracts and supervises riggers, shippers, and crating companies.
• Compiles and distributes reports of any change of condition.
• Compiles shipping and packing estimates.
• Maintains permanents archives of assigned projects for the Museum Collection and/or exhibitions.
• Participates in preliminary planning of collection rotations; attends planning meetings and viewings.
• Works with Art Handling, curatorial, and Exhibition Production Department to create installation and deinstallation schedules.
• Performs any other duties reasonably related to the functions described above.
• Acts as a courier or provides virtual oversight for loans/exhibitions.
• Prepares condition reports of objects, consulting with Conservation as necessary.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or bachelor of fine arts degree, master’s degree, particularly master’s of fine arts, preferred, and three to four years of experience managing registration projects, preferably in an art museum with ambitious exhibitions, acquisitions, and outgoing loan programs.
• Must have the aptitude to work both relatively autonomously as well as anticipate the needs of the team.
• Complicated domestic and international projects.
• Active project concurrently; and, proven organizational skills needed to coordinate
• Knowledge of and facility with various data management systems.
• General knowledge of 20th century art and familiarity with artist's materials.
• Experience with TMS/Gallery Systems a plus.
• Reading knowledge of French and/or other language in addition to English.
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Detail orientation, with demonstrated ability to manage more than one

Salary : The salary for this position is $74,370 per annum

Application instructions: To apply, please visit MoMA Jobs. Applicants should submit a resume and a statement of interest. Applications without cover letters will not be considered.

Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement: Equal Employment Opportunity has been, and will continue to be, a fundamental principle at the Museum, where employment is based upon personal capabilities and qualifications without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, marital and civil partnership/union status, alienage or citizenship status, creed, genetic predisposition or carrier status, unemployment status, familial status, domestic violence, sexual violence or stalking victim status, caregiver status, arrest or conviction record to the extent required by applicable law, credit history, or any other protected category as established by applicable law, including the New York City Human Rights Law (“NYCHRL”).

This is a unionized position at MoMA with covered employees represented by Local 2110, UAW, AFL-CIO.