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posted_at: 26 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
As a senior member of the Events Team, the Associate Director of Rental Events is primarily responsible for leading the strategy and maximizing revenue for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco private and corporate event rentals at the Legion of Honor and de Young museums, which generate $1M in revenue annually.
This position manages all operational and logistical aspects of the Rental Events... program, devising and implementing a strategy to
As a senior member of the Events Team, the Associate Director of Rental Events is primarily responsible for leading the strategy and maximizing revenue for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco private and corporate event rentals at the Legion of Honor and de Young museums, which generate $1M in revenue annually.
This position manages all operational and logistical aspects of the Rental Events... program, devising and implementing a strategy to expand event rental revenue through collaboration within multiple departments including Development, Curatorial and Facilities.
The Rental Events program strives to take maximum advantage of San Francisco's ever-growing convention and incentive travel business by working closely with professionals in these fields. The program further strives to maximize other private events such as weddings, corporate events, donor rentals, film rentals and virtual offerings.
The Associate Director of Rental Events works closely with professionals in the event industry in the Bay Area and beyond, as well as corporate and private rental clientele, to actively promote the Legion of Honor and de Young museums.
The ideal candidate will be a strategic, creative, and innovative leader who has strong project management skills, is highly organized and deadline driven, and who has the drive and collaborative spirit to enhance the museum's rental events and maximize their revenue potential.
Typical Duties and Responsibilities:
• Direct the overall strategy for the Rental Events program, maximizing rentals at both the Legion of Honor and de Young museums in order to achieve a revenue target of $1M+ in the first year and growing in each subsequent year. Uses special exhibitions to target clients with incentive packages.
• Enhance the overall creativity, innovation, organization, profitability, marketing and engagement for the Rental Events program, with the goal of maximizing revenue.
• Oversees the sale and promotion of event spaces in the de Young and Legion of Honor. Provides information on availability, rental terms, permitted use of Museums, and exhibition schedules, including conducting site tours of facilities by setting standard days and times.
• Researches, develops and maintains current and competitive policies, procedures and rates for the rental of both museums by individuals and organizations. Including exploring new growth opportunities in the areas of film productions, corporate rentals and private events.
• In collaboration with the Marketing Department, develops an aggressive and detailed marketing plan and sales program for promoting the Museums as a premier event venue. Determines how best to maximize marketing and advertising budget. Analyzes print and web advertising opportunities to determine which is the most suitable and provides the best ROI. Oversees all marketing campaigns and advertisements.
• Supervise and mentor the Manager of Rental Events, as well as on-call event coordinators, ensuring they are trained and understand museum regulations. Oversees workflows in communicating cross-departmentally all operations requests.
• Serves as production lead for rental events on a case by base basis, depending on the client and bandwidth amounts Manager of Rental Events and Event Coordinators.
• Partner with Development staff to build strategic relationships with rental clients, with the goal of converting rental clients into museum donors (corporate and individual) and increasing revenue, improving overall customer service and relations.
• Serve as lead for donor rentals (donors who rent the museum for their own event at rental rates, or at-cost rates), overseeing all logistics and vendor/internal coordination.
• Executes rental agreements and ensures rental documentation, insurance certificates, and payments are received. Maintains accurate mailing list records and updates as needed. Maintains client files and vendor files, and all event documentation, including event reports and communication. Reviews and updates contract language as required to ensure museum policies are adhered to and communicated to clients.
• Prepares annual departmental budget for submission to Department Head. Prepares and distributes monthly revenue and expense reports, including budget variances. Responsible for achieving the approved revenue goals, as well as ensuring that expenses are within approved budgets for both the de Young museum and Legion of Honor museum rental programs.
• Ensures all Museum guidelines and Fire Department regulations are enforced, including city, county and state COVID guidelines. Attends events as necessary to ensure that facilities regulations are enforced.
• Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with event service providers, staff, and other departments including Café management.
• Researches and determines which professional associations to join and maintain a presence within and which industry committees to participate in as well as donate time and/or services.
• Represents the Museums at prime industry events and conventions. Works closely with Bay Area meeting and event planners to promote the Museums as a premier event location. Maintains a relationship with SF Travel and other businesses that refer out of state clients to Bay Area venues.
• Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with event planning professionals to keep up with latest trends and information.
• Serve as a collaborative member of the Events team and provide support for large annual fundraising events and other events as needed.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's degree in business or a related field from an accredited university.
Work Experience: Five years of progressively responsible experience in facility rental management, including leading a team, establishing and meeting revenue sales goals, and planning and executing special events, or an equivalent combination of training and experience. Museum experience is a plus.
Skills and Abilities:
• Ability to consistently meet established revenue sales goals.
• Strategic, creative, and innovative leader.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment.
• Ability to foster teamwork. Ability to work cooperatively with others to set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions to ensure museum events run smoothly.
• Ability to set priorities, develop task schedules, and monitor progress towards revenue goals.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to work and interact tactfully and effectively with representatives of various organizations, the public, and museum staff.
• Ability to work simultaneously on multiple projects in a complex, highly demanding, and fast-paced work environment.
• Must have a positive attitude and a sense of humor.
• Must be available to work evenings and weekends as needed for special events.
• Microsoft Word and Excel spreadsheet skills essential.
• Excellent organizational skills.
This position is full-time, 40 hours a week, eligible for a remote/onsite hybrid schedule. The benefits package includes medical, dental, vision and 401(k), and paid time off.
The annual salary range for this position is $95,000-105,000. The final offer amount within this range will be based on experience and internal equity.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
If you require an alternative method of completing this application please contact humanresources@famsf.org.
All new COFAM employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Please contact humanresources@famsf.org with any questions Show more details...
This position manages all operational and logistical aspects of the Rental Events... program, devising and implementing a strategy to expand event rental revenue through collaboration within multiple departments including Development, Curatorial and Facilities.
The Rental Events program strives to take maximum advantage of San Francisco's ever-growing convention and incentive travel business by working closely with professionals in these fields. The program further strives to maximize other private events such as weddings, corporate events, donor rentals, film rentals and virtual offerings.
The Associate Director of Rental Events works closely with professionals in the event industry in the Bay Area and beyond, as well as corporate and private rental clientele, to actively promote the Legion of Honor and de Young museums.
The ideal candidate will be a strategic, creative, and innovative leader who has strong project management skills, is highly organized and deadline driven, and who has the drive and collaborative spirit to enhance the museum's rental events and maximize their revenue potential.
Typical Duties and Responsibilities:
• Direct the overall strategy for the Rental Events program, maximizing rentals at both the Legion of Honor and de Young museums in order to achieve a revenue target of $1M+ in the first year and growing in each subsequent year. Uses special exhibitions to target clients with incentive packages.
• Enhance the overall creativity, innovation, organization, profitability, marketing and engagement for the Rental Events program, with the goal of maximizing revenue.
• Oversees the sale and promotion of event spaces in the de Young and Legion of Honor. Provides information on availability, rental terms, permitted use of Museums, and exhibition schedules, including conducting site tours of facilities by setting standard days and times.
• Researches, develops and maintains current and competitive policies, procedures and rates for the rental of both museums by individuals and organizations. Including exploring new growth opportunities in the areas of film productions, corporate rentals and private events.
• In collaboration with the Marketing Department, develops an aggressive and detailed marketing plan and sales program for promoting the Museums as a premier event venue. Determines how best to maximize marketing and advertising budget. Analyzes print and web advertising opportunities to determine which is the most suitable and provides the best ROI. Oversees all marketing campaigns and advertisements.
• Supervise and mentor the Manager of Rental Events, as well as on-call event coordinators, ensuring they are trained and understand museum regulations. Oversees workflows in communicating cross-departmentally all operations requests.
• Serves as production lead for rental events on a case by base basis, depending on the client and bandwidth amounts Manager of Rental Events and Event Coordinators.
• Partner with Development staff to build strategic relationships with rental clients, with the goal of converting rental clients into museum donors (corporate and individual) and increasing revenue, improving overall customer service and relations.
• Serve as lead for donor rentals (donors who rent the museum for their own event at rental rates, or at-cost rates), overseeing all logistics and vendor/internal coordination.
• Executes rental agreements and ensures rental documentation, insurance certificates, and payments are received. Maintains accurate mailing list records and updates as needed. Maintains client files and vendor files, and all event documentation, including event reports and communication. Reviews and updates contract language as required to ensure museum policies are adhered to and communicated to clients.
• Prepares annual departmental budget for submission to Department Head. Prepares and distributes monthly revenue and expense reports, including budget variances. Responsible for achieving the approved revenue goals, as well as ensuring that expenses are within approved budgets for both the de Young museum and Legion of Honor museum rental programs.
• Ensures all Museum guidelines and Fire Department regulations are enforced, including city, county and state COVID guidelines. Attends events as necessary to ensure that facilities regulations are enforced.
• Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with event service providers, staff, and other departments including Café management.
• Researches and determines which professional associations to join and maintain a presence within and which industry committees to participate in as well as donate time and/or services.
• Represents the Museums at prime industry events and conventions. Works closely with Bay Area meeting and event planners to promote the Museums as a premier event location. Maintains a relationship with SF Travel and other businesses that refer out of state clients to Bay Area venues.
• Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with event planning professionals to keep up with latest trends and information.
• Serve as a collaborative member of the Events team and provide support for large annual fundraising events and other events as needed.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's degree in business or a related field from an accredited university.
Work Experience: Five years of progressively responsible experience in facility rental management, including leading a team, establishing and meeting revenue sales goals, and planning and executing special events, or an equivalent combination of training and experience. Museum experience is a plus.
Skills and Abilities:
• Ability to consistently meet established revenue sales goals.
• Strategic, creative, and innovative leader.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment.
• Ability to foster teamwork. Ability to work cooperatively with others to set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions to ensure museum events run smoothly.
• Ability to set priorities, develop task schedules, and monitor progress towards revenue goals.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to work and interact tactfully and effectively with representatives of various organizations, the public, and museum staff.
• Ability to work simultaneously on multiple projects in a complex, highly demanding, and fast-paced work environment.
• Must have a positive attitude and a sense of humor.
• Must be available to work evenings and weekends as needed for special events.
• Microsoft Word and Excel spreadsheet skills essential.
• Excellent organizational skills.
This position is full-time, 40 hours a week, eligible for a remote/onsite hybrid schedule. The benefits package includes medical, dental, vision and 401(k), and paid time off.
The annual salary range for this position is $95,000-105,000. The final offer amount within this range will be based on experience and internal equity.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
If you require an alternative method of completing this application please contact humanresources@famsf.org.
All new COFAM employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Please contact humanresources@famsf.org with any questions Show more details...
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schedule_type: Full-time
Role Description:
The Curator-in-Charge, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts position reports to the Director of Curatorial Affairs. The Curator-in-Charge plans and directs the activities of the Achenbach collection, and plans, assigns, and supervises the activities of curatorial staff in the Department. This position works closely with the Director of Museums; Curatorial Staff of other... Departments; Exhibitions, Registration, Conservation and
Role Description:
The Curator-in-Charge, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts position reports to the Director of Curatorial Affairs. The Curator-in-Charge plans and directs the activities of the Achenbach collection, and plans, assigns, and supervises the activities of curatorial staff in the Department. This position works closely with the Director of Museums; Curatorial Staff of other... Departments; Exhibitions, Registration, Conservation and Technical Production staff; lenders; collectors; donors; trustees; dealers; and researchers.
Essential Duties:
The essential duties and responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to:
1. Plans and supervises the installation of the Museums’ Achenbach collection. Identifies, classifies, and documents works of art in the Achenbach collection.
2. Conducts research in connection with identifying and publicizing objects in the collections. Makes recommendations for acquisitions and deaccessioning. Makes recommendations regarding the loan of the Museums’ objects requested by other institutions.
3. Plans and organizes exhibitions. Makes cost estimates, corresponds with lenders, coordinates the installation of exhibitions with other staff, assembles data and photographs, prepares labels, and researches and writes catalogs and brochures.
4. Interprets the Museums’ collections and exhibitions, and works with other museum departments to develop public programming and educational initiatives.
5. Consults with conservators and other staff members on the conservation of art objects.
6. Organizes and supervises the work of departmental staff.
7. Corresponds and confers with scholars, specialists, and the public. Works closely with collection support groups.
8. Cultivates donors and constituents for the Achenbach collection.
9. Performs other duties as assigned Show more details...
The Curator-in-Charge, Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts position reports to the Director of Curatorial Affairs. The Curator-in-Charge plans and directs the activities of the Achenbach collection, and plans, assigns, and supervises the activities of curatorial staff in the Department. This position works closely with the Director of Museums; Curatorial Staff of other... Departments; Exhibitions, Registration, Conservation and Technical Production staff; lenders; collectors; donors; trustees; dealers; and researchers.
Essential Duties:
The essential duties and responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to:
1. Plans and supervises the installation of the Museums’ Achenbach collection. Identifies, classifies, and documents works of art in the Achenbach collection.
2. Conducts research in connection with identifying and publicizing objects in the collections. Makes recommendations for acquisitions and deaccessioning. Makes recommendations regarding the loan of the Museums’ objects requested by other institutions.
3. Plans and organizes exhibitions. Makes cost estimates, corresponds with lenders, coordinates the installation of exhibitions with other staff, assembles data and photographs, prepares labels, and researches and writes catalogs and brochures.
4. Interprets the Museums’ collections and exhibitions, and works with other museum departments to develop public programming and educational initiatives.
5. Consults with conservators and other staff members on the conservation of art objects.
6. Organizes and supervises the work of departmental staff.
7. Corresponds and confers with scholars, specialists, and the public. Works closely with collection support groups.
8. Cultivates donors and constituents for the Achenbach collection.
9. Performs other duties as assigned Show more details...
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posted_at: 23 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are comprised of two iconic sites in San Francisco's beautiful parks - the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor Museum in Lincoln Park. As the largest public arts institution in the western United States, the Museums house a world-class collection of 151,000 artworks that span more than 5,000 years; present an ambitious schedule of... more than 10 exhibitions per year; and welcome 1.5 million
The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco are comprised of two iconic sites in San Francisco's beautiful parks - the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor Museum in Lincoln Park. As the largest public arts institution in the western United States, the Museums house a world-class collection of 151,000 artworks that span more than 5,000 years; present an ambitious schedule of... more than 10 exhibitions per year; and welcome 1.5 million visitors in a typical year. Under the direction of Director and CEO Thomas P. Campbell, the Museums have a strategic plan that outlines a bold new vision for the next few years and prioritizes Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Access (DIEA); our connection to the Bay Area community; and building a foundation for a future capital and endowment campaign. Key initiatives include Free Saturdays, which offers free admission and programs to all Bay Area residents, and The de Young Open, a triennial open-call juried exhibition featuring hundreds of local artists.
The Director of Corporate Partnership will play a major role in this plan by enhancing and expanding corporate contributions and cross-promotional collaborations. As a key member of the Development team and reporting to the Chief Philanthropy Officer, the Director of Corporate Partnership oversees a $2-3M corporate giving program, including the corporate membership program and corporate sponsorships for exhibitions, education programs, conservation, events, and other projects. The Director of Corporate Partnership is responsible for the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of corporate donors. Research and administrative support is provided by the Development Associate for Corporate Partnerships.
Typical Duties and Responsibilities:
• Leads fundraising strategy for corporate membership and sponsorship, developing and implementing innovative and creative ideas for pursuing new and increased giving from corporations.
• Manages a portfolio of corporate prospects and donors, conducting regular cultivation visits and making face-to-face solicitations for corporate sponsorships.
• Manages Business Council, the corporate membership program, identifying ways to significantly grow the program and overseeing renewals and acquisitions.
• Supports the Director and Chief Philanthropy Officer in corporate fundraising efforts and facilitate introductions to C-suite executives.
• Collaborates with the Museums' executive, curatorial, event, educational, marketing, publications, and finance offices to fulfill corporate giving goals and partnerships. Ensures that all sponsorships, donations, and grants are acknowledged within best practice timeframes.
• With the assistance of the Development Associate, oversees the creation of compelling corporate sponsorship proposals, monitors proposal deadlines and writes corporate grant applications.
• Works with development staff and trustees to identify and cultivate a robust pipeline of corporate contacts, in particular leverage trustee relationships with corporate prospects and partners.
• In close partnership with the Associate Director of Rental Events, engage and convert corporate rental clients to become Business Council members and/or project sponsors.
• Collaborates with the Chief Philanthropy Officer to support upcoming capital and endowment campaigns to ensure success of the goals. This includes the creation of custom proposals and meeting materials as needed
• Stewards relationships; maintains and expands professional contacts with corporate sponsorship and grant-making officers.
• Determines appropriate sponsorship benefits and recognition, coordinating delivery of benefits and providing excellent stewardship to all corporate partners.
• Develops corporate revenue analysis to generate reports and forecasts. Conducts analysis of economic trends of the business sector, analyzing the effect on corporate giving locally and nationally.
• Manages all corporate grant and sponsorship administration among various museum departments, including timely and regular in-house and external reporting.
• Regularly attends relevant museum events, Business Council events, and civic affair events as an ambassador for FAMSF.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Work Experience: Three - five years of fundraising experience with special skills in corporate development, or equivalent work experience.
Skills and Abilities:
• Excellent verbal and written skills.
• Comprehensive knowledge of corporate fundraising principles, techniques, and ethics.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Bay Area businesses, executives, corporate giving practices, and foundations desirable.
• Experience developing effective strategies for cultivation and solicitation of corporate grants and sponsorships.
• Highly motivated and well-organized, able to manage multiple priorities while maintaining schedules and meeting deadlines, and a progressive record of achievement in fundraising.
• Excellent research, writing, and organizational skills; strong follow through; high-level analytical, problem-solving, and presentation skills.
• Ability to understand and effectively articulate the mission and future plans of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; to motivate and interact effectively with Board, volunteers, donors, and museum staff at all levels.
• Experience researching, analyzing, and organizing information into appropriate and effective formats for proposal and project use.
• High level of tact, diplomacy, and confidentiality.
• Ability to balance sponsors' objectives and the Museums' interests.
• Interest in fine art and art history preferred.
• Proficiency in Google Suite, Salesforce CRM, and project management tools
• Ability to work nights and weekends as needed to attend relevant events and meet proposal deadlines.
The benefits package includes medical, dental, vision and 401(k), and paid time off.
The annual salary range for this position is $95,000-110,000. The final offer amount within this range will be based on experience and internal equity.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
If you require an alternative method of completing this application please contact humanresources@famsf.org.
All new COFAM employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Please contact humanresources@famsf.org with any questions Show more details...
The Director of Corporate Partnership will play a major role in this plan by enhancing and expanding corporate contributions and cross-promotional collaborations. As a key member of the Development team and reporting to the Chief Philanthropy Officer, the Director of Corporate Partnership oversees a $2-3M corporate giving program, including the corporate membership program and corporate sponsorships for exhibitions, education programs, conservation, events, and other projects. The Director of Corporate Partnership is responsible for the identification, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of corporate donors. Research and administrative support is provided by the Development Associate for Corporate Partnerships.
Typical Duties and Responsibilities:
• Leads fundraising strategy for corporate membership and sponsorship, developing and implementing innovative and creative ideas for pursuing new and increased giving from corporations.
• Manages a portfolio of corporate prospects and donors, conducting regular cultivation visits and making face-to-face solicitations for corporate sponsorships.
• Manages Business Council, the corporate membership program, identifying ways to significantly grow the program and overseeing renewals and acquisitions.
• Supports the Director and Chief Philanthropy Officer in corporate fundraising efforts and facilitate introductions to C-suite executives.
• Collaborates with the Museums' executive, curatorial, event, educational, marketing, publications, and finance offices to fulfill corporate giving goals and partnerships. Ensures that all sponsorships, donations, and grants are acknowledged within best practice timeframes.
• With the assistance of the Development Associate, oversees the creation of compelling corporate sponsorship proposals, monitors proposal deadlines and writes corporate grant applications.
• Works with development staff and trustees to identify and cultivate a robust pipeline of corporate contacts, in particular leverage trustee relationships with corporate prospects and partners.
• In close partnership with the Associate Director of Rental Events, engage and convert corporate rental clients to become Business Council members and/or project sponsors.
• Collaborates with the Chief Philanthropy Officer to support upcoming capital and endowment campaigns to ensure success of the goals. This includes the creation of custom proposals and meeting materials as needed
• Stewards relationships; maintains and expands professional contacts with corporate sponsorship and grant-making officers.
• Determines appropriate sponsorship benefits and recognition, coordinating delivery of benefits and providing excellent stewardship to all corporate partners.
• Develops corporate revenue analysis to generate reports and forecasts. Conducts analysis of economic trends of the business sector, analyzing the effect on corporate giving locally and nationally.
• Manages all corporate grant and sponsorship administration among various museum departments, including timely and regular in-house and external reporting.
• Regularly attends relevant museum events, Business Council events, and civic affair events as an ambassador for FAMSF.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Work Experience: Three - five years of fundraising experience with special skills in corporate development, or equivalent work experience.
Skills and Abilities:
• Excellent verbal and written skills.
• Comprehensive knowledge of corporate fundraising principles, techniques, and ethics.
• Comprehensive knowledge of Bay Area businesses, executives, corporate giving practices, and foundations desirable.
• Experience developing effective strategies for cultivation and solicitation of corporate grants and sponsorships.
• Highly motivated and well-organized, able to manage multiple priorities while maintaining schedules and meeting deadlines, and a progressive record of achievement in fundraising.
• Excellent research, writing, and organizational skills; strong follow through; high-level analytical, problem-solving, and presentation skills.
• Ability to understand and effectively articulate the mission and future plans of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; to motivate and interact effectively with Board, volunteers, donors, and museum staff at all levels.
• Experience researching, analyzing, and organizing information into appropriate and effective formats for proposal and project use.
• High level of tact, diplomacy, and confidentiality.
• Ability to balance sponsors' objectives and the Museums' interests.
• Interest in fine art and art history preferred.
• Proficiency in Google Suite, Salesforce CRM, and project management tools
• Ability to work nights and weekends as needed to attend relevant events and meet proposal deadlines.
The benefits package includes medical, dental, vision and 401(k), and paid time off.
The annual salary range for this position is $95,000-110,000. The final offer amount within this range will be based on experience and internal equity.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
If you require an alternative method of completing this application please contact humanresources@famsf.org.
All new COFAM employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Please contact humanresources@famsf.org with any questions Show more details...
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posted_at: 1 day agoschedule_type: Full-timesalary: 72K–80K a year
Under the general supervision of the Director of Publications, the Editor is primarily responsible for all editorial aspects of the publication of exhibition catalogues and other books. The Editor also edits other museum didactics and other printed materials. The editorial requirements shall include developmental editing, line editing, copyediting, and proofreading to ensure the highest quality... in final written content. The Editor also assists
Under the general supervision of the Director of Publications, the Editor is primarily responsible for all editorial aspects of the publication of exhibition catalogues and other books. The Editor also edits other museum didactics and other printed materials. The editorial requirements shall include developmental editing, line editing, copyediting, and proofreading to ensure the highest quality... in final written content. The Editor also assists in other publishing tasks and traffics other museums materials, as requested.
Typical Duties and Responsibilities:
• Edits and/or project manages book projects by coordinating with authors, editors, proofreaders, photographers, designers, and others, in consultation with the Director of Publications. Developmental editing, line editing, copyediting, and proofreading of books is required. Ensures that proper controls and schedules are implemented.
• Edits other printed material (e.g., labels, didactics, brochures, and letters) in coordination with the Director of Publications. Writes, edits, and refines such material as necessary, and in accordance with the Museums' style. Helps to oversee edited content and its distribution within the Museums.
• Edits for readability, style, voice, accuracy, and consistency. Proofreads books and other printed materials as needed. Writes and rewrites as necessary. Develops style procedures and maintains up-to-date style guides in accordance with the Chicago Manual of Style, Getty ULAN, the Grove Dictionary of Art, the Museums' style guide, and other relevant sources.
• Assists the Director of Publications with aspects related to the printing and publishing of books, including color proofing, publishing proposals, inventory, and distribution reports.
• Develops promotional material for books as needed for dust jackets, brochures, advertisements, and sales catalogues. Writes and edits content appropriately for other usages throughout the Museums.
• Coordinates schedules with contractors, temporary staff, and interns for editing, proofreading, translating, indexing, and other tasks needed in preparing books or other museum content.
• Keys manuscripts for design and production, and prepares design and production art logs and memorandums. Creates manuscript files for transmittal to designer. Reviews final layouts for books and other printed material.
• Helps to maintain standards of editorial excellence and consistency throughout the museum and plays an active role in the development and implementation of style guidelines for books, didactics, and other material.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor of Arts degree in English or Art History OR an equivalent combination of training and experience.
Work Experience: Minimum of five years of experience in writing, editing, and project managing books (including developmental editing, line editing, copyediting, and proofreading). Experience with art museum publications or the editorial equivalent.
Skills and Abilities:
• Proven ability in delegating and supervising editorial tasks, setting priorities, anticipating demands, and coordinating stringent deadlines.
• Skill in communicating clearly and effectively, working under pressure, and dealing effectively and tactfully with curators, writers, designers, other museum staff, freelancers, and vendors.
• Ability to work on a computer (Mac and PC literate).
• Ability to visually inspect detailed printed material.
• Ability to work collaboratively as a team member and to work independently when required.
• Proven experience in making a final product that upholds the highest editorial standards and publishing protocols.
• Ability to work some evening and weekend hours as needed and to travel as needed.
The benefits package includes medical, dental, vision and 401(k), and paid time off.
The annual salary range for this position is $72,000-80,000. The final offer amount within this range will be based on experience and internal equity.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
If you require an alternative method of completing this application please contact humanresources@famsf.org.
All new COFAM employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Please contact humanresources@famsf.org with any questions.
Learn more about the expectations and qualifications for this role in the job description linked below under 'More details'.
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COFAM is the Corporation of Fine Arts Museums and is the privately funded non-profit corporation which supports the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, a department of the City and County of San Francisco.
COFAM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in all phases of employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Comprising the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, we are the largest public arts institution in the City of San Francisco and one of the largest art museums in the United States. The de Young, designed by Herzog & de Meuron and located in Golden Gate Park, showcases American art from the 17th through the 21st centuries, international contemporary art, textiles and costumes, and art from the Americas, the Pacific, and Africa. The Legion of Honor displays a collection of over 4,000 years of ancient and European art including Auguste Rodin's The Thinker and houses the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts in a Beaux-Arts style building overlooking Lincoln Park and the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Typical Duties and Responsibilities:
• Edits and/or project manages book projects by coordinating with authors, editors, proofreaders, photographers, designers, and others, in consultation with the Director of Publications. Developmental editing, line editing, copyediting, and proofreading of books is required. Ensures that proper controls and schedules are implemented.
• Edits other printed material (e.g., labels, didactics, brochures, and letters) in coordination with the Director of Publications. Writes, edits, and refines such material as necessary, and in accordance with the Museums' style. Helps to oversee edited content and its distribution within the Museums.
• Edits for readability, style, voice, accuracy, and consistency. Proofreads books and other printed materials as needed. Writes and rewrites as necessary. Develops style procedures and maintains up-to-date style guides in accordance with the Chicago Manual of Style, Getty ULAN, the Grove Dictionary of Art, the Museums' style guide, and other relevant sources.
• Assists the Director of Publications with aspects related to the printing and publishing of books, including color proofing, publishing proposals, inventory, and distribution reports.
• Develops promotional material for books as needed for dust jackets, brochures, advertisements, and sales catalogues. Writes and edits content appropriately for other usages throughout the Museums.
• Coordinates schedules with contractors, temporary staff, and interns for editing, proofreading, translating, indexing, and other tasks needed in preparing books or other museum content.
• Keys manuscripts for design and production, and prepares design and production art logs and memorandums. Creates manuscript files for transmittal to designer. Reviews final layouts for books and other printed material.
• Helps to maintain standards of editorial excellence and consistency throughout the museum and plays an active role in the development and implementation of style guidelines for books, didactics, and other material.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor of Arts degree in English or Art History OR an equivalent combination of training and experience.
Work Experience: Minimum of five years of experience in writing, editing, and project managing books (including developmental editing, line editing, copyediting, and proofreading). Experience with art museum publications or the editorial equivalent.
Skills and Abilities:
• Proven ability in delegating and supervising editorial tasks, setting priorities, anticipating demands, and coordinating stringent deadlines.
• Skill in communicating clearly and effectively, working under pressure, and dealing effectively and tactfully with curators, writers, designers, other museum staff, freelancers, and vendors.
• Ability to work on a computer (Mac and PC literate).
• Ability to visually inspect detailed printed material.
• Ability to work collaboratively as a team member and to work independently when required.
• Proven experience in making a final product that upholds the highest editorial standards and publishing protocols.
• Ability to work some evening and weekend hours as needed and to travel as needed.
The benefits package includes medical, dental, vision and 401(k), and paid time off.
The annual salary range for this position is $72,000-80,000. The final offer amount within this range will be based on experience and internal equity.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
If you require an alternative method of completing this application please contact humanresources@famsf.org.
All new COFAM employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Please contact humanresources@famsf.org with any questions.
Learn more about the expectations and qualifications for this role in the job description linked below under 'More details'.
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COFAM is the Corporation of Fine Arts Museums and is the privately funded non-profit corporation which supports the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, a department of the City and County of San Francisco.
COFAM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in all phases of employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Comprising the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, we are the largest public arts institution in the City of San Francisco and one of the largest art museums in the United States. The de Young, designed by Herzog & de Meuron and located in Golden Gate Park, showcases American art from the 17th through the 21st centuries, international contemporary art, textiles and costumes, and art from the Americas, the Pacific, and Africa. The Legion of Honor displays a collection of over 4,000 years of ancient and European art including Auguste Rodin's The Thinker and houses the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts in a Beaux-Arts style building overlooking Lincoln Park and the Golden Gate Bridge.
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schedule_type: Full-time
The Manager of Museum Security Services reports to the Director of Museum Security Services. This position assists in the management of a comprehensive security program for the Fine Arts Museums to ensure the protection, security, and safety of the building, collections, staff, and visitors; directly supervises a team of museum security supervisors; insures, through training and coaching, the... adherence to policies, procedures, and best practices
The Manager of Museum Security Services reports to the Director of Museum Security Services. This position assists in the management of a comprehensive security program for the Fine Arts Museums to ensure the protection, security, and safety of the building, collections, staff, and visitors; directly supervises a team of museum security supervisors; insures, through training and coaching, the... adherence to policies, procedures, and best practices in the security industry; plans, coordinates, and evaluates special events security, including budget development and control; oversees the security department in the absence of the Director of Museum Security Services. This position requires the ability to supervise, monitor and handle all areas of Security. If you enjoy working with people of diverse backgrounds, while problem solving and dealing with a wide range of minor to major issues, we encourage you to apply!
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
The essential duties and responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to:
1. Assisting the Director of Museum Security Services in planning, directing, and managing the staff and operations of the Security Department to provide 24 hour-a-day protection and security; coordinating security with all events, exhibits, and day-to-day operations in a manner which ensures the safety of the public and the protection of the collections; assisting, advising, and guiding museum departments regarding security regulations and procedures, and providing recommendations for improving security throughout the museum.
2. Directly supervising a team of Class 8228 Museum Security Supervisors; ensuring, through training and guidance, their compliance with policies and procedures, and the readiness of the security staff to effectively cope with security issues and emergencies; evaluating the performance of subordinate staff; writing performance evaluations for supervisors and insuring reviews for all officers are completed in a timely manner; counseling and initiating disciplinary actions as required.
3. Planning, coordinating, and evaluating special events security; developing and administering departmental budget in relation to Special Event planning; establishing appropriate staffing levels and overseeing scheduling to meet event needs; providing estimates on security costs to user departments; tracking event budgets and reconciling through Museum Finance department.
4. Developing methods of incident reporting utilizing computerized databases; generating regular and customized reports as required.
5. Conducting and initiating investigations as appropriate and preparing recommendations for addressing performance and conduct issues.
6. Overseeing security equipment issuance and maintenance; managing and using electronic security systems; recommending the enhancement or purchase of security equipment; overseeing the collection and archiving of security video surveillance data.
7. Working with the Visitor Experience Services Department to administer policies and procedures relative to daily visitor access-related operations; ensuring that all security personnel are trained and evaluated relative to visitor services.
8. Maintaining current knowledge of security-related state and federal laws, fire protection and other pertinent safety laws and codes; security systems and technical equipment; security issues in museum field, particularly the art museum field.
9. Acts as Director of Museum Security Services, including all responsibilities, when designated Show more details...
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
The essential duties and responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to:
1. Assisting the Director of Museum Security Services in planning, directing, and managing the staff and operations of the Security Department to provide 24 hour-a-day protection and security; coordinating security with all events, exhibits, and day-to-day operations in a manner which ensures the safety of the public and the protection of the collections; assisting, advising, and guiding museum departments regarding security regulations and procedures, and providing recommendations for improving security throughout the museum.
2. Directly supervising a team of Class 8228 Museum Security Supervisors; ensuring, through training and guidance, their compliance with policies and procedures, and the readiness of the security staff to effectively cope with security issues and emergencies; evaluating the performance of subordinate staff; writing performance evaluations for supervisors and insuring reviews for all officers are completed in a timely manner; counseling and initiating disciplinary actions as required.
3. Planning, coordinating, and evaluating special events security; developing and administering departmental budget in relation to Special Event planning; establishing appropriate staffing levels and overseeing scheduling to meet event needs; providing estimates on security costs to user departments; tracking event budgets and reconciling through Museum Finance department.
4. Developing methods of incident reporting utilizing computerized databases; generating regular and customized reports as required.
5. Conducting and initiating investigations as appropriate and preparing recommendations for addressing performance and conduct issues.
6. Overseeing security equipment issuance and maintenance; managing and using electronic security systems; recommending the enhancement or purchase of security equipment; overseeing the collection and archiving of security video surveillance data.
7. Working with the Visitor Experience Services Department to administer policies and procedures relative to daily visitor access-related operations; ensuring that all security personnel are trained and evaluated relative to visitor services.
8. Maintaining current knowledge of security-related state and federal laws, fire protection and other pertinent safety laws and codes; security systems and technical equipment; security issues in museum field, particularly the art museum field.
9. Acts as Director of Museum Security Services, including all responsibilities, when designated Show more details...
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posted_at: 4 days agoschedule_type: Full-timesalary: 20–28 an hour
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6 Full-time 3 hours ago Full Job Description With the goal of fostering a collaborative approach to museum projects, the Director of Museum Projects (DMP), will be responsible for leading cross-functional teams to complete multiple large, diverse and complex projects, adhering to set deadlines and assigned budgets to support the museum's strategic and operational goals.
They will be the lead... project manager for the Museum Plan (our five year
3.
6 Full-time 3 hours ago Full Job Description With the goal of fostering a collaborative approach to museum projects, the Director of Museum Projects (DMP), will be responsible for leading cross-functional teams to complete multiple large, diverse and complex projects, adhering to set deadlines and assigned budgets to support the museum's strategic and operational goals.
They will be the lead... project manager for the Museum Plan (our five year organizational strategic plan) execution.
The DMP may either consult on or lead key projects within the Museum Plan, which will be top priorities for this role.
FY 23 key projects include the Legion of Honor 2024 Centenary, including major renovations; upgrades to exhibition galleries and major renovations of functional spaces at the de Young; wayfinding at both museums; space planning at both museums; and launching a Friday Night program at the de Young.
The Director of Museum Projects will be the principal liaison between the Executive Director and key museum staff to help shape and communicate project deliverables and schedules, make decisions on the project timelines in partnership with museum leadership and division heads, and monitor and report on the progress of the projects to meet project deadlines.
The DMP will introduce and foster a project management culture throughout the organization and will consult on cross departmental project management processes and teams.
This role requires experience managing complex projects across an organization, as well as expert level communication, organization, critical thinking, and change management skills.
Being a self-starter, with the ability to direct, lead, and execute large scale projects while tracking and managing multiple tasks and competing priorities, is required.
Typical Duties and
Responsibilities:
Managing and reporting on Museum Plan Priorities.
Managing all aspects of assigned projects with shared accountability for meeting budget and project deliverables.
Developing and leading project teams to the delivery of successful project outcomes.
Building and managing multiple, multi-functional collaborative project and/or work teams.
Creating long- and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones and adhering to deadlines.
Coordinating the activities of multi-functional teams, as well as the project budget, task dependencies and schedule.
Scope, risk and issue management, including documenting, communicating and facilitating resolutions or mitigation plans.
Delivering appropriate integration, training and implementation plans and activities.
Developing, initiating and managing a communication plan, including regular project status reports.
Managing stakeholders and multiple project teams in the context of multiple projects.
In partnership with divisional project leaders, make effective decisions when presented with multiple options for progress with the project Serve as a point of contact for cross-functional teams when multiple divisions are responsible for the project, to ensure team actions are coordinated.
Communicate with museum leadership to keep projects aligned with operational and strategic goals Consult on internal process improvement plans.
Identify, deliver and document organizational, application and human workflows that contribute to policy and procedure updates throughout each project.
Prepare and deliver presentations to senior leadership, management and stakeholders.
Oversee the project budgets across project phases and deliverables and advocate for additional funding when necessary, hiring freelance professionals or selecting project team members from existing departments and setting or adjusting project schedules to adhere to deadlines.
Perform quality control on the project throughout development to maintain the expected standards and project goals.
Adjust schedules and targets on the project as needed.
Minimum
Qualifications:
Education and Training:
Bachelor's Degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
Project Management Professional designation (SPMI) Certification and/or SPMP preferred.
Work
Experience:
Ten years of progressively responsible experience, including six years of senior level experience in managing complex projects across an entire organization and across multiple departments and/or disciplines within an art museum, cultural or educational organization.
Experience must include proven leadership of cross organizational teams on large scale projects.
Skills and
Qualifications:
Experience with SPM methodologies and software.
Delivery using iterative methodology and standard tools and processes.
Experience working with process improvement methodologies.
Experience managing projects with multiple project teams.
Ability to lead teams, work to deadlines, and communicate effectively across all levels.
Ability to effectively present and gather information to be used at project meetings as ability to capably run and facilitate cross-functional meetings.
Ability to translate conceptual thinking into project definitions and requirements.
Demonstrated ability to manage projects with multiple project teams, product development lifecycle, or quality lifecycle.
Demonstrated ability to take initiative, prioritize work, manage time and respond effectively to a rapidly changing environment.
Ability to exercise sound political and environmental judgment as appropriate to support successful project implementation.
Demonstrated knowledge and skills in assessing and mitigating risks through risk planning, record, practice management, financial management.
Must have demonstrated leadership, problem-solving, change management, time-management, and interpersonal skills Ability to act decisively and delegate effectively, as needed.
Benefits:
This position includes a full benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and paid time off.
The annual salary range for this position is $110,000-125,000.
The final offer amount within this range will be based on experience and internal equity.
Application Deadline:
Open until filled If you require an alternative method of completing this application please contact humanresources@famsf.
org.
All new COFAM employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment.
Please contact humanresources@famsf.
org with any questions.
Learn more about the expectations and qualifications for this role in the job description linked below under 'More details'.
___ COFAM is the Corporation of Fine Arts Museums and is the privately funded non-profit corporation which supports the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, a department of the City and County of San Francisco.
COFAM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in all phases of employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Comprising the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, we are the largest public art (ref.
24196).
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications Show more details...
6 Full-time 3 hours ago Full Job Description With the goal of fostering a collaborative approach to museum projects, the Director of Museum Projects (DMP), will be responsible for leading cross-functional teams to complete multiple large, diverse and complex projects, adhering to set deadlines and assigned budgets to support the museum's strategic and operational goals.
They will be the lead... project manager for the Museum Plan (our five year organizational strategic plan) execution.
The DMP may either consult on or lead key projects within the Museum Plan, which will be top priorities for this role.
FY 23 key projects include the Legion of Honor 2024 Centenary, including major renovations; upgrades to exhibition galleries and major renovations of functional spaces at the de Young; wayfinding at both museums; space planning at both museums; and launching a Friday Night program at the de Young.
The Director of Museum Projects will be the principal liaison between the Executive Director and key museum staff to help shape and communicate project deliverables and schedules, make decisions on the project timelines in partnership with museum leadership and division heads, and monitor and report on the progress of the projects to meet project deadlines.
The DMP will introduce and foster a project management culture throughout the organization and will consult on cross departmental project management processes and teams.
This role requires experience managing complex projects across an organization, as well as expert level communication, organization, critical thinking, and change management skills.
Being a self-starter, with the ability to direct, lead, and execute large scale projects while tracking and managing multiple tasks and competing priorities, is required.
Typical Duties and
Responsibilities:
Managing and reporting on Museum Plan Priorities.
Managing all aspects of assigned projects with shared accountability for meeting budget and project deliverables.
Developing and leading project teams to the delivery of successful project outcomes.
Building and managing multiple, multi-functional collaborative project and/or work teams.
Creating long- and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones and adhering to deadlines.
Coordinating the activities of multi-functional teams, as well as the project budget, task dependencies and schedule.
Scope, risk and issue management, including documenting, communicating and facilitating resolutions or mitigation plans.
Delivering appropriate integration, training and implementation plans and activities.
Developing, initiating and managing a communication plan, including regular project status reports.
Managing stakeholders and multiple project teams in the context of multiple projects.
In partnership with divisional project leaders, make effective decisions when presented with multiple options for progress with the project Serve as a point of contact for cross-functional teams when multiple divisions are responsible for the project, to ensure team actions are coordinated.
Communicate with museum leadership to keep projects aligned with operational and strategic goals Consult on internal process improvement plans.
Identify, deliver and document organizational, application and human workflows that contribute to policy and procedure updates throughout each project.
Prepare and deliver presentations to senior leadership, management and stakeholders.
Oversee the project budgets across project phases and deliverables and advocate for additional funding when necessary, hiring freelance professionals or selecting project team members from existing departments and setting or adjusting project schedules to adhere to deadlines.
Perform quality control on the project throughout development to maintain the expected standards and project goals.
Adjust schedules and targets on the project as needed.
Minimum
Qualifications:
Education and Training:
Bachelor's Degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
Project Management Professional designation (SPMI) Certification and/or SPMP preferred.
Work
Experience:
Ten years of progressively responsible experience, including six years of senior level experience in managing complex projects across an entire organization and across multiple departments and/or disciplines within an art museum, cultural or educational organization.
Experience must include proven leadership of cross organizational teams on large scale projects.
Skills and
Qualifications:
Experience with SPM methodologies and software.
Delivery using iterative methodology and standard tools and processes.
Experience working with process improvement methodologies.
Experience managing projects with multiple project teams.
Ability to lead teams, work to deadlines, and communicate effectively across all levels.
Ability to effectively present and gather information to be used at project meetings as ability to capably run and facilitate cross-functional meetings.
Ability to translate conceptual thinking into project definitions and requirements.
Demonstrated ability to manage projects with multiple project teams, product development lifecycle, or quality lifecycle.
Demonstrated ability to take initiative, prioritize work, manage time and respond effectively to a rapidly changing environment.
Ability to exercise sound political and environmental judgment as appropriate to support successful project implementation.
Demonstrated knowledge and skills in assessing and mitigating risks through risk planning, record, practice management, financial management.
Must have demonstrated leadership, problem-solving, change management, time-management, and interpersonal skills Ability to act decisively and delegate effectively, as needed.
Benefits:
This position includes a full benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and paid time off.
The annual salary range for this position is $110,000-125,000.
The final offer amount within this range will be based on experience and internal equity.
Application Deadline:
Open until filled If you require an alternative method of completing this application please contact humanresources@famsf.
org.
All new COFAM employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment.
Please contact humanresources@famsf.
org with any questions.
Learn more about the expectations and qualifications for this role in the job description linked below under 'More details'.
___ COFAM is the Corporation of Fine Arts Museums and is the privately funded non-profit corporation which supports the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, a department of the City and County of San Francisco.
COFAM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in all phases of employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Comprising the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, we are the largest public art (ref.
24196).
Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications Show more details...
via Glassdoor
posted_at: 3 days agoschedule_type: Part-time
The Corporation of Fine Arts Museums (COFAM) is seeking On Call/As Needed Sales Associates to provide excellent customer service in our museum stores. The On Call Sales Associates are members of the sales team and are responsible for fulfilling the FAMSF Museum Store mission statement; in particular, to educate and serve a varied audience and to provide exceptional customer service, creating a... positive experience for Museum visitors by keeping
The Corporation of Fine Arts Museums (COFAM) is seeking On Call/As Needed Sales Associates to provide excellent customer service in our museum stores. The On Call Sales Associates are members of the sales team and are responsible for fulfilling the FAMSF Museum Store mission statement; in particular, to educate and serve a varied audience and to provide exceptional customer service, creating a... positive experience for Museum visitors by keeping informed about products offered for sale and promoting the Museums' activities and programs. Processes sales transactions, stocks inventory, maintains displays, and keeps store clean, neat, and organized. Upholds all Museum Stores Policies and procedures at all times, and possesses and understanding of museum store products. Contributes to a positive work environment and performs other duties as assigned.
Typical Duties and Responsibilities:
• Greets and courteously offers assistance to all customers. Actively sells and offers assistance to customers using the FAMSF Approach. Achieves and/or exceeds weekly, monthly, and annual sales and product goals.
• Takes initiative to learn about all products and recognizes customer cues in order to assess their needs and enhance their museum experience through delivering product knowledge and suggestions to attain sales.
• Prepares store for opening by counting cash drawers, ensuring POS equipment is properly working. Replenishes supplies, bags, and materials at each cash wrap. Maintains a neat and orderly POS station.
• Accurately rings all purchases and collects payment, ensuring all customers have a quick and efficient cash wrap experience while following museum guidelines. Accurately opens and closes cash till.
• Maintains orderly display of goods per visual standards. Restocks merchandise by bringing product from the stockroom onto the sales floor throughout the day.
• Closes store by reconciling cash drawer with sales and tender figures. Recovers store by restocking and returning all merchandise in its proper place and ensuring visual standards are maintained.
• Responds to customer questions and concerns in a positive and solution driven manner. Takes phone and special orders and assists with customer holds, online store fulfillment, store pick-ups and other customer service needs as required. Assists with packing and shipping as assigned.
• Assists with receiving and unpacking shipments and deliveries, ticketing merchandise, placing protective jackets on books, rolling posters, and shrink wrapping products as required.
• Sells, supports, and communicates all museum store initiatives, memberships and promotions to customers. Educates and promotes current and upcoming exhibitions to all visitors. Captures emails from customers and actively promotes museum programs such as store special events and educational events.
• Vigilantly protects merchandise and monies from theft or damage through quality engagement and immediately brings to the attention of supervisor any potential loss prevention issues, whether caused by internal staff or external visitors.
• Maintains cleanliness of store. Dusts and cleans cash wrap, display shelves, and displays throughout the day. Responsible for maintaining bags, register tape, tissue, bookmarks, and all cash wrap necessities in an organized and neat manner daily.
• Works in any store location as assigned, including the museum store, the special exhibition store, the stockrooms, and the Egbert warehouse.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Completion of a high school degree.
Work Experience: Minimum of two years work experience in a retail environment.
Skills and Abilities:
• Superior customer service and selling skills required.
• Must be a team player and be able to work quickly and courteously with customers, colleagues, volunteers, and the general public.
• Must have a positive attitude and approach and be able to follow policies, procedures and instructions in an efficient and cooperative manner.
• Excellent working familiarity with electronic cash registers, computers, computerized inventory systems, manual credit card machines, automated credit/debit card and EMV machines, and telephone answering systems.
• Strong mathematical skills and aptitude are necessary to facilitate accurate record keeping and inventory management.
• Initiative is required to pinpoint existing problems and solve them.
• Must be capable of pulling, pushing, lifting, bending, squatting, and carrying up to 70 pounds; considerable physical effort may be required, including twisting and reaching.
• Must be able to work on wood and/or stone floors and stand and walk throughout the work week.
Work Schedule: Up to 20 hours per week. Must be able to work flexible schedule, Monday through Sunday, to be determined per business needs.
___
COFAM is the privately funded non-profit corporation which supports the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, which are comprised of two iconic sites in San Francisco's beautiful parks- the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and Legion of Honor Museum in Lincoln Park. As the largest public arts institution in the western United States, the Museums house a world-class collection of 151,000 artworks that span more than 5,000 years; present an ambitious schedule of more than 10 exhibitions per year; and welcome 1.5 million visitors in a typical year.
COFAM is committed to advancing career opportunities for a diverse pool of qualified and capable talent, centering equity and inclusion across all aspects of our recruitment strategy.
The pay rate for this position is $20.00 per hour. There are NO benefits associated with this position.
This role is scheduled as needed, typically 1-4 shifts per week, depending on the exhibition season. The weekly schedule is provided in advance. At this time, we are especially in need of shift availability for Tuesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
If you require an alternative method of completing this application please contact humanresources@famsf.org.
All new COFAM employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Please contact humanresources@famsf.org with any questions.
___
COFAM is the Corporation of Fine Arts Museums and is the privately funded non-profit corporation which supports the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, a department of the City and County of San Francisco.
COFAM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in all phases of employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Comprising the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, we are the largest public arts institution in the City of San Francisco and one of the largest art museums in the United States. The de Young, designed by Herzog & de Meuron and located in Golden Gate Park, showcases American art from the 17th through the 21st centuries, international contemporary art, textiles and costumes, and art from the Americas, the Pacific, and Africa. The Legion of Honor displays a collection of over 4,000 years of ancient and European art including Auguste Rodin's The Thinker and houses the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic
(ref. 24255 Show more details...
Typical Duties and Responsibilities:
• Greets and courteously offers assistance to all customers. Actively sells and offers assistance to customers using the FAMSF Approach. Achieves and/or exceeds weekly, monthly, and annual sales and product goals.
• Takes initiative to learn about all products and recognizes customer cues in order to assess their needs and enhance their museum experience through delivering product knowledge and suggestions to attain sales.
• Prepares store for opening by counting cash drawers, ensuring POS equipment is properly working. Replenishes supplies, bags, and materials at each cash wrap. Maintains a neat and orderly POS station.
• Accurately rings all purchases and collects payment, ensuring all customers have a quick and efficient cash wrap experience while following museum guidelines. Accurately opens and closes cash till.
• Maintains orderly display of goods per visual standards. Restocks merchandise by bringing product from the stockroom onto the sales floor throughout the day.
• Closes store by reconciling cash drawer with sales and tender figures. Recovers store by restocking and returning all merchandise in its proper place and ensuring visual standards are maintained.
• Responds to customer questions and concerns in a positive and solution driven manner. Takes phone and special orders and assists with customer holds, online store fulfillment, store pick-ups and other customer service needs as required. Assists with packing and shipping as assigned.
• Assists with receiving and unpacking shipments and deliveries, ticketing merchandise, placing protective jackets on books, rolling posters, and shrink wrapping products as required.
• Sells, supports, and communicates all museum store initiatives, memberships and promotions to customers. Educates and promotes current and upcoming exhibitions to all visitors. Captures emails from customers and actively promotes museum programs such as store special events and educational events.
• Vigilantly protects merchandise and monies from theft or damage through quality engagement and immediately brings to the attention of supervisor any potential loss prevention issues, whether caused by internal staff or external visitors.
• Maintains cleanliness of store. Dusts and cleans cash wrap, display shelves, and displays throughout the day. Responsible for maintaining bags, register tape, tissue, bookmarks, and all cash wrap necessities in an organized and neat manner daily.
• Works in any store location as assigned, including the museum store, the special exhibition store, the stockrooms, and the Egbert warehouse.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Completion of a high school degree.
Work Experience: Minimum of two years work experience in a retail environment.
Skills and Abilities:
• Superior customer service and selling skills required.
• Must be a team player and be able to work quickly and courteously with customers, colleagues, volunteers, and the general public.
• Must have a positive attitude and approach and be able to follow policies, procedures and instructions in an efficient and cooperative manner.
• Excellent working familiarity with electronic cash registers, computers, computerized inventory systems, manual credit card machines, automated credit/debit card and EMV machines, and telephone answering systems.
• Strong mathematical skills and aptitude are necessary to facilitate accurate record keeping and inventory management.
• Initiative is required to pinpoint existing problems and solve them.
• Must be capable of pulling, pushing, lifting, bending, squatting, and carrying up to 70 pounds; considerable physical effort may be required, including twisting and reaching.
• Must be able to work on wood and/or stone floors and stand and walk throughout the work week.
Work Schedule: Up to 20 hours per week. Must be able to work flexible schedule, Monday through Sunday, to be determined per business needs.
___
COFAM is the privately funded non-profit corporation which supports the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, which are comprised of two iconic sites in San Francisco's beautiful parks- the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and Legion of Honor Museum in Lincoln Park. As the largest public arts institution in the western United States, the Museums house a world-class collection of 151,000 artworks that span more than 5,000 years; present an ambitious schedule of more than 10 exhibitions per year; and welcome 1.5 million visitors in a typical year.
COFAM is committed to advancing career opportunities for a diverse pool of qualified and capable talent, centering equity and inclusion across all aspects of our recruitment strategy.
The pay rate for this position is $20.00 per hour. There are NO benefits associated with this position.
This role is scheduled as needed, typically 1-4 shifts per week, depending on the exhibition season. The weekly schedule is provided in advance. At this time, we are especially in need of shift availability for Tuesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
If you require an alternative method of completing this application please contact humanresources@famsf.org.
All new COFAM employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Please contact humanresources@famsf.org with any questions.
___
COFAM is the Corporation of Fine Arts Museums and is the privately funded non-profit corporation which supports the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, a department of the City and County of San Francisco.
COFAM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination in all phases of employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Comprising the de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, we are the largest public arts institution in the City of San Francisco and one of the largest art museums in the United States. The de Young, designed by Herzog & de Meuron and located in Golden Gate Park, showcases American art from the 17th through the 21st centuries, international contemporary art, textiles and costumes, and art from the Americas, the Pacific, and Africa. The Legion of Honor displays a collection of over 4,000 years of ancient and European art including Auguste Rodin's The Thinker and houses the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic
(ref. 24255 Show more details...
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