Senior Assistant Registrar

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Senior Assistant Registrar, Exhibitions (Regular, Full-Time)
Registration & Collections

LACMA is currently seeking a Senior Assistant Registrar, Exhibitions. Reporting to the Registrar, Exhibitions & Loans, this position will organize and manage several large, complicated exhibitions as part of LACMA’s ambitious in-house and internationally traveling exhibitions program. In addition, this position will support LACMA’s Outgoing Loans program.

Responsibilities

Review and negotiate loan agreements with lenders, and communicate conservation, installation, and security requirements to staff.
Work with the lenders and collaborating institutions to arrange crating, shipping, and courier arrangements.
Plan and manage the installation and deinstallation schedules for each exhibition.
Assemble and maintain digital condition reports.
Take packing notes during installations.
Create installation notes for traveling exhibitions.
Produce crating, shipping, condition reporting and courier sections for domestic and international Indemnity Applications, as well as oversee the arrangements for indemnified exhibitions at LACMA and subsequent venues.
Travel with exhibitions to oversee installation/de-installations of LACMA-organized exhibitions at other venues; Process loan requests for LACMA’s collection and secure internal approvals to arrange outgoing loans.
Create and negotiate loan contracts for outgoing loans.
Coordinate schedule and work requests with museum departments to prepare, move, and pack loans before shipping, as well as the reverse for loans returning to LACMA.
Work with international and domestic institutions to make packing, shipping, and courier arrangements.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Art History
Museum Studies, or a related field
Minimum of three to five years’ experience in museum registration, preferably exhibition related.
Knowledge of standard museum practices and procedures, as well as the flexibility to travel with exhibitions, which includes being away for as much as two weeks at a time.
Database knowledge (TMS experience is preferred) and a proficiency in Microsoft Office programs and Google applications is required.
Fluency in Mandarin, Cantonese, Spanish, or another foreign language is strongly preferred.

To apply, please use the following link.