Senior Director of Collections and Exhibitions

Job overview

The Senior Director of Collections and Exhibitions is an onsite leadership role in Los Angeles, CA, with regular travel between Northern and Southern California teams. Compensation is $176,000–$210,000 per year. The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is dedicated to illustrated storytelling. The role leads collections care and exhibitions planning, guiding teams and budgets so artwork and archives are preserved, documented, stored, and displayed, while exhibitions are coordinated to schedule and budget across on-site and touring programs.

What you'll do

• Oversee Registration, Collections Management, and Art Prep & Install
• set department goals, budgets, and priorities
• oversee collection policies, records, accessioning, inventory, loans, shipping, storage, insurance, and collection systems
• manage conservation projects and offsite storage
• lead exhibition strategy, schedules, budgets, vendor relationships, design, production, and installation coordination
• recruit, mentor, and develop teams.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior director

collections

exhibitions

full-time

onsite

los angeles ca

lucas museum of narrative art

museum leadership

collections management

conservation

exhibition planning

$176k–$210k

california travel

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Senior administration role overseeing collections and exhibitions across Los Angeles and Northern California, with regular travel between teams.

About the employer

Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is hiring for this role. Industry: Museums. Sector: 71.