For full descriptions of open positions at the Princeton University Art Museum, and to apply for curatorial positions, please visit Open Faculty & Academic Positions and filter by “Art Museum”. To apply for non-curatorial positions, please visit Careers at Princeton and search for “Art Museum” in the Department field. When opportunities are available, brief descriptions of current openings are listed below for your convenience.
Manager, Development Operations (Requisition No.: 2024-19393)
The Art Museum welcomes applications for a Manager, Development Operations to join an experienced and growing team. Reporting to the Senior Associate Director of Development (Senior AD), the successful candidate will be an integral member of the Museum’s development team, overseeing the policies, procedures, and processes that enable the team to maximize its effectiveness, opportunities, and efficiencies, including but not limited to the recording and use of all donor data in the Altru database. This position, in collaboration with the Museum’s Senior Manager of Data Operations, is responsible for ensuring that gifts and pledges are recorded, reported, and acknowledged in a timely manner. They are responsible for the production of customized reports, highly segmented lists, and other data communications as needed. They are the primary liaison between the Museum’s development and finance teams, providing contributed revenue reporting weekly for the development team, expense budgets monthly, and reconciling gifts and cash flow as needed. This position also oversees the identification, implementation, training, and evaluation of all systems for development team operations. They train staff and create manuals for use by the team on all new systems and processes.
This is a two-year benefits eligible position.
To apply, please go to Manager, Development Operations and post to requisition #2024-19393
Marketing Assistant, Museum Store (Part-Time) (Requisition No.: 2024-19365)
The Princeton University Art Museum is seeking a Store Marketing Assistant to support the Manager of Wholesale and Retail Operations in effectively and consistently creating and managing products that reflect the museum's collections, exhibitions, and educational programs. The Store Marketing Assistant will play a vital role in developing a unique and diverse range of products that align with the Art Museum's mission and fill a critical space in the merchandise planning for the Museum Stores. The Store Marketing Assistant will support the Product Development process from concept to execution, that may include product design, licensing, pricing, production, and inventory management and may involve collaborating with various departments within the museum, external vendors and regional artisans. A successful candidate will have solid retail experience and proficiency using Photoshop or similar applications, knowledge of art, art history and culture, and would thrive in a creative learning, mission driven environment. Attention to detail and the ability to adapt and prioritize deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
This is an 60% time, benefits eligible, 2-year term position with the possibility of extension.
To apply, please go to Marketing Assistant, and post to requisition #2024-19365
Responsibilities include: Welcome visitors and answer questions. Provide information about exhibitions, exhibition spaces, activities, programs and the Art Museum in general. Conduct visitor evaluations and track daily attendance. Assure that activity spaces are clean and fully stocked with necessary materials and facilitate activities as needed. Gallery Attendants are expected to find a sub if they are not able to work their shift. They are also expected to sub for other Gallery Attendants when needed. Assist with promotion, setup, and support of a variety of programs. Complete other tasks as needed. Flexible work schedule required which may include hours on Saturdays, Sundays, and some evenings.
To apply, please go to Gallery Attendants and post to requisition #2023-18054
The Princeton University Art Museum welcomes applications for the position of Preparator who thrives in a collaborative and goal-oriented environment. Reporting to the Manager of Exhibition Preparation & Art Handling, the Museum Preparator will help install and preserve our collections in alignment with the Museum’s priorities. The Museum Preparator will join the Art Museum at a dynamic time as we construct a new building scheduled to open in 2025.
Responsibilities include: Assist with the preparation for the eventual return of the collections to the new building and to prepare objects for future galleries; installation of exhibitions, preparation of outgoing loans, general art handling and location tracking in the inventory system, and maintenance of our campus art collections; handling, mounting, matting, and framing of works on paper for the purposes of study, imaging, collections storage, and gallery display; work with conservators, registrars, project leads, curators, designers, and fellow preparators to fulfill these duties.
The term of this appointment is 2 years with the possibility of renewal.
To apply, please go to Museum Preparator and post to requisition 2024-18376.
The Princeton University Art Museum welcomes applications for the next Haskell Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. The Curator will shape the care, display, interpretation, and growth of the Museum's collections of global modern and contemporary art. As the Museum prepares to open a dramatically reconceived new building in 2025, the Curator will lead modern and contemporary collections galleries, exhibitions, publications, and acquisitions at a time of unprecedented growth.
With responsibility for the Museum's collections and activities in postwar art with a particular focus on global contemporary art, the Curator will also collaborate with curators from a range of collections areas to support art after 1913. Regularly teaching undergraduates and participating in guest teaching is expected, in addition to broader efforts to engage with the collections among faculty, students, and other communities. Substantial purchase endowments allow the Curator to build the collections intentionally. As a member of the University's Campus Art Steering Committee, the Curator will lead curatorial planning for art commissions for the campus. Working within a team environment, they will partner with conservators and educators, supervise research assistants, and mentor interns and students, with meaningful support for research travel. The Curator will be attuned to dynamic changes in the museum field, will embrace the possibilities of a public-facing campus-based museum, and will communicate effectively with scholarly and broad audiences.
To apply, please go to Haskell Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art and post to requisition D-24-UAM-00004.
Reporting to the Student Engagement and Program Manager this two-year term position will work with a team of Museum staff and local communities to build and strengthen relationships with people and organizations to develop mutually beneficial programming in both Museum and community spaces. The Community Engagement Fellow will help nurture strategic and sustainable partnerships with neighborhood and community development groups, city agencies, Princeton University programs, local nonprofit organizations, public libraries, schools, and other civic institutions. The Community Engagement Fellow will collaborate with these external partners, as well as the Museum’s Community-Centered Planning Team, made up of cross-departmental Museum staff and inclusive programs designed to generate dialogue and provide meaningful and transformational engagement with the humanities and the visual arts. The Community Engagement Fellow will also work to develop strategies for integrating the museum and its collections into the life of every Princeton student, working closely with the Student Advisory Board, and serving as a mentor to students by providing guidance and support.
To apply, please go to Community Engagement Fellow and post to requisition No: 2024-18725.
The Princeton University Art Museum seeks an exceptional Research Associate for a position beginning as soon as possible for twelve months. They will report to the Curator of Photography and have a range of responsibilities associated with the documentation and display of the Museum’s rich holdings of photography. This position is temporary.
The range of responsibilities associated with the documentation and display of the Museum’s rich holdings of photography may include provenance research, acquisition research, responding to collections queries, and contributing other relevant information to the collections database.
To apply, please go to Research Associate - Temporary and post to requisition No: 2024-18847.
The Development Associate provides critical administrative support for the Museum’s development team. Responsibilities include maintaining donor records, supporting the development and ongoing management of the department’s annual budget, generating appeals and acknowledgments for the Senior Associate Director and other development staff as needed, and facilitating communications with donors by maintaining the primary phone line and giving in boxes for Museum development. The associate will assist with and/or coordinate a range of activities and events throughout the year and provide excellent customer service to donors at all levels.
Reporting to the Senior Associate Director, the development associate will work closely with the Museum’s development operations team to ensure best practices and data integrity in the use of the database as the primary tool for fundraising. They will coordinate with the Museum's business office and the University's Office of Gift Records to process and accurately record gifts. With the development staff, the associate will help coordinate the Museum’s Annual Gala as well as development events, including cultivation and benefit fulfillment events.
This position is temporary.
To apply, please go to Development Associate - Temporary and post to requisition No: 2024-19078.
The Princeton University Art Museum is searching for a Marketing and Public Relations Associate.
This is an exciting opportunity to play a role in promoting one of the leading university art museums in the country, with collections that have grown to include over 115,000 works of art ranging from ancient to contemporary art and spanning the globe.
The Marketing and Public Relations Associate will provide a broad range of organizational and communication services for the Museum, reporting to the Marketing and Public Relations Manager.
The successful candidate will assist in general marketing and PR activities, manage the Museum’s social media presence, manage the production calendar for Marketing and Communications, and assist in developing, communicating, and tracking production schedules with departments throughout the Museum.
To apply, please go to Marketing and PR Associate and post to requisition No: 2024-19125.
The Art Museum seeks a Technology Fellow to support the Manager of Technology and Information Systems. The Technology Fellow assists in the day-to-day management of the technology needs of the Art Museum, a highly collaborative and diverse organization.
The Technology Fellow must be comfortable in learning the skills necessary to provide hands-on direct technical support using available means, following assigned incidents through to completion, and maintaining a solution-based approach in the face of hard deadlines.
The successful candidate will, during the term of the position, have developed and demonstrated the ability to interact and collaborate effectively with a wide variety of constituencies, have a problem-solving mindset, appropriately balance multiple competing priorities, and perform the following duties under the direction of the Art Museum Manager of Technology and Information Systems.
This is a full-time position with some in-person after-hours on-campus responsibilities as required. This is also a 2-year term position.
To apply, please go to Technology Fellow and post to requisition No: 2024-19118.
The Princeton University Art Museum seeks an exceptional individual for the role of Executive Assistant to the Director. The Executive Assistant to the Director is a key member of the Museum’s senior administrative team who plays a critical role in Museum operations, is passionate about the arts/humanities/higher education, is motivated to work in a fast-paced creative environment and is committed to excellence. At a time of unparalleled growth for the Museum, they are responsible for providing high-level assistance to the Director, supporting the Director’s leadership role, managing the daily operations of the Director’s Office, and serving as liaison between the Director’s Office, other Museum departments, University leaders, faculty, staff, and students; collaborators and contractors; and donors, alumni, and friends.
Primary responsibilities include providing exceptional support to the Director’s core duties, including donor engagement and advocacy; playing a critical role in coordinating the Director’s donor stewardship activities; and otherwise assuring the smooth interface between the Director’s activities and those of the Museum writ large. In addition, the Executive Assistant to the Director shapes the Director’s calendar and helps guide the timely fulfillment of his priorities; schedules meetings and makes complex travel arrangements (domestic and international); prepares presentations and meeting materials; maintains the Director’s contacts or coordinates his correspondence and archival recordkeeping; and otherwise coordinates and implements events on behalf of the Director’s Office that advance the Museum's mission. This position supervises other members of the Office of the Director, the Museum Assistant, and the Writing & Communications Assistant, who carries out a wide range of development communications for the Director and staff.
To apply, please go to Executive Assistant to the Director and post to requisition No: 2024-19137.
The Graphic Design Specialist will report to and assist the head of the graphic design studio in developing and producing a wide range of print and digital materials, including exhibition graphics, gallery labels, brochures, advertisements and promotional materials, signage, and digital deliverables to run on the Museum’s website and social media channels. The Graphic Design Specialist will work closely with Museum curatorial, editorial, and marketing staff to understand the substantive, interpretive, and informational goals of exhibitions, publications, communications campaigns, and other projects. This position will be responsible for identifying ways in which project goals can be achieved through design solutions, working within budgetary frameworks to meet rigorous production schedules. Under the direction of the head of Graphic Design, the Graphic Design Specialist will create original designs and work within established templates to provide outstanding visual solutions for the Museum’s varied graphic design needs.
To apply, please go to Graphic Design Specialist and post to requisition No: 2024-19421
The Princeton University Art Museum welcomes applications for a Project Collections Associate who will assist the museum collection staff with various activities associated with the re-installation of the university’s art collection for the opening of our dramatically reconceived Museum in 2025. The Art Museum anticipates this hourly position will work on-site during normal business hours, five days per week, starting in August 2024 and continuing through January 2026. Under the supervision of the Senior Collections Manager and the Museum Registrars, the Project Collections Associate will be assigned to one of five core teams: Packing, Shipping, Unpacking, Gallery, or Mount Making, and be partnered with contract art handlers or museum collections staff to execute various tasks associated with moving the art collection.
To apply, please go to Project Collections Associate and post to requisition No: 2024-19415
The Princeton University Art Museum welcomes applications for six Project Collections Associates who will assist the museum collection staff with various activities associated with the re-installation of the university’s art collection for the opening of our dramatically reconceived Museum in 2025. The Art Museum anticipates these hourly positions will work onsite during normal business hours, five days per week, starting in Fall 2024 and continuing through Fall 2025. Under the supervision of the Senior Collections Manager and the Museum Registrars, the Project Collections Associates will be assigned to one of five core teams: Packing, Shipping, Unpacking, Gallery, or Mount Making, and be partnered with contract art handlers or museum collections staff to execute various tasks associated with moving the art collection.
To apply, please go to Project Collections Associate and post to requisition No: 2024-19415