Job Posting-

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Senior Collections Management Technician

Full time position (40 hours a week)

Reporting to the Head Registrar, a Senior Collections Management Technician
is responsible for the day-to-day monitoring and retrieval of artworks from
storage, as well as housing and re-housing of a wide variety of art objects
in storage according to appropriate archival and storage standards. Duties
include budgeting for associated supplies, equipment and administration of
those funds; consolidation and/or reorganizing art storerooms; checks for
violations, intrusions, pests, leaks, hazards, object and/or safety
disorganization; earthquake mitigation for artworks; and may frame and
unframed or mount artworks as needed.

-Handles the relocation of individual objects and/or whole collections.
-Carefully transports artworks from exhibition or work areas to the
storerooms.
-Ensures the occasional maintenance of artwork in the galleries or
storerooms.
-Performs special projects as assigned.

Experience

-2-4 years in a museum, gallery, art shipping environment handling artworks
-Specialized or technical knowledge in the care and handling of artworks,
creative thinking in the creation of and rehousing of artworks in storage
-Familiarity with data base collection computer systems

Other requirements

-Able to take and give supervisory direction easily, communicate with fellow
staff, work within a team environment, meet and handle job pressures and
deadlines.
-Able to use tools to make storage containers, climb, lift and move 25
pounds or more with mechanical assistance

Deadline for application- Open until filled

How to Apply
To be considered for any of the openings listed, forward your resume and
cover letter indicating position(s) of interest, as well as any salary
requirements, to LACMA Human Resources by any of the following means:

E-mail
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(files must be in MS Word, or ASCII text format)

Fax
323-857-4720

Mail
Human Resources
Los Angeles County 
Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90036


Ted A. Greenberg
Head Registrar
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
323-857-4727
323-857-6213 (Fax)
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