• Manage assigned exhibitions including, but not limited to correspondence and agreements with lenders and vendors to arrange, document and meet requirements for packing, shipping, insurance, conservation, and condition reports; courier arrangements; security and billing related to assigned projects; attend associated meetings.

• Manage TMS database to input, organize, track, and account for all artworks in the collection, exhibitions, loans to the museum, and related data.

• Manage staff training in TMS; draft workflow procedures and timelines for data-entry and departmental responsibilities pertaining to exhibitions in TMS.

• Develop new TMS Crystal Reports and maintain standards for existing TMS Crystal Reports. 

• Manage the logistics for MCA exhibition tours, when applicable, including compiling and updating a shared cost tour budget, checklists, venue information and traveling with the exhibition when the tour is determined; assist Director of Collections and Exhibitions with tour management as needed; invoice venues for fees and shared costs.

• Work closely with Preparators to successfully install and deinstall exhibitions; hire, schedule, and oversee contract registrars and/or conservators when needed during exhibition turnovers.

• Create and closely monitor budgets for each assigned exhibition including collecting estimates, tracking actuals, flagging potential overages, and offering solutions to stay within budget while maintaining best practices.

• Serve as international and domestic courier for MCA collection works and MCA exhibitions as assigned.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Bachelor’s Degree in art, art history, or related field or equivalent experience.
• Five to seven years of registration experience including managing in house and traveling exhibitions.
• General knowledge of post-1945 art and familiarity with artists' materials as well as experience working with living artists. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail. 
• Reading knowledge of a foreign language. 
• Adept at TMS/Gallery Systems, Crystal Reports and Microsoft Office Suite.  
• Ability to stoop, kneel, stand for long periods of time, and bend on a frequent basis; good vision. 
• Ability to perform occasional lifting and moving art works as required. 
• Ability to travel and participate in transportation of artworks and to withstand various temperatures during the loading and unloading of works of art.

$53,140 - $69,080 a year

This is a full-time position, with a regular schedule of Monday - Friday 9a-5p that will occasionally include evening and weekend availability as required to fulfill responsibilities and for related museum activities. Ability to operate computers, printers, and telephones and general mobility throughout all museum properties required.

Interested? APPLY NOW https://mcachicago.org/About/Employment

P.S. The MCA provides a generous benefits package that includes: health, dental, and vision insurance; paid vacation and personal days; free life, AD&D, short term and long term disability insurance; retirement plans; discounted parking; pre-tax transportation programs; visiting the MCA’s galleries; curator led staff tours of MCA exhibitions; discounts at the MCA Store and MCA restaurant Marisol; discounts for MCA Stage and other programs; plus a wide variety of discounts at many cultural institutions in the Chicagoland area.