Exhibits Manager

The Jewish Museum of Maryland is America’s leading museum of regional Jewish history, culture and community. The Museum tells the story of the American Jewish experience in the city of Baltimore and throughout Maryland. Our Museum offers visitors fascinating and diverse exhibitions, as well as, two landmark historic sites – the Lloyd Street Synagogue, built in 1845 and B’nai Israel Synagogue, built in 1876.

• Project manage development for gallery-based projects, including team development, schedules, meeting coordinating, budgets, articulating project goals and strategy briefs, and general administrative tasks.
• Manage RFP and MOU processes for relevant contracts, to include curators, designers, multi-media professionals, contractors, consultants, and vendors.
• Support the installation and maintenance of JMM galleries, taking an active role in the gallery preparations between exhibits and maintenance throughout the run of staged shows.
• Provide support for internal and external exhibit curators.
• Guide in the development, production, and installation of exhibit graphic elements.
• Lead the asset procurement process including image, film, and audio.
• Assist in loan processes, working with both institutions and private individuals.
• Manage project-specific budgets, tracks expenses, and provides budgetary reporting.
• Oversee the development and implementation of survey instruments and other evaluation modalities for exhibit-based projects.
• Supervise Exhibits Coordinator.

• You will exemplify our team’s core value of continuous learning.
• You will partner with team members to develop agreed expectations about the work we need to accomplish to support and fulfill our mission and how the team will accomplish it.
• You will take an entrepreneurial and creative approach to developing new, innovative ideas that will evolve the organization and push the boundaries of the field.
• You will care and attend to the relational dynamics of work processes while caring for the quality of the product.

• Bachelor's degree preferred; alternatively, 3+ years of experience in a similar role
• Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop) preferred
• Strong writing and communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• Knowledge of Jewish communal sector is a plus.
• Experience in cultural heritage is a plus.
• May require occasional lifting up to 25 lbs.
• Requires extensive sitting, standing, and walking
• Must be willing to complete background checks as required by current or future contracts
• Occasional Sunday and evening hours are required for this position.

No one candidate will be perfect for this job. The skills and experience needed to be successful in this job exist on a spectrum. Frequently cited statistics show that candidates with disabilities, BIPOC candidates, women, and members of marginalized and/or systematically excluded groups apply to jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. The Jewish Museum of Maryland is eager to leave that statistic in the past.

If you are interested in this position, please apply.

• The annual salary for this position is $50,000 - $55,000.
• Full-time staff at the Jewish Museum of Maryland work 30 hours per week, within standard operating hours. Schedules are determined between each staff member and their manager. Occasional evening or weekend shifts may be required to support museum operations and events.
• We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, life insurance, Long Term Disability (LTD), Flexible Spending Plan, and a complimentary membership to the Jewish Community Center.
• We make work/life balance a priority offering three weeks vacation and 6 days of sick time per year.
• JMM staff are unionized within Teamsters Local 355. This is a bargaining unit position.
• We close the Museum for the following Jewish holidays when they fall within JMM business hours:
  Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, the first two days of Sukkot, Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, Shavuot, and the first and last two days of Passover.
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