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- Prepare galleries with touch-up painting. Light galleries to museums’ standards. Secure and alarm artwork. Install gallery labels.
- Support the Manager of Exhibition Production and Installation colleagues in the handling of oversize and complex artwork and casework, employing high-capacity rigging/lifting and moving equipment.
- Light-duty fabrication of casework parts, blocks, and related fixtures. Modify and paint fixtures as needed.
- Maintain galleries, dusting exposed art and pedestals, cleaning Plexiglas and glass casework and re-lamping.
- Provide design-related support as needed, including full-scale mockups of artwork and casework, and testing of color samples, lighting, and AV presentations.
- As assigned by Manager, assists the Collections department in the preparation, packing and handling of works of art for gallery installations, including reframing, glazing, and building of conveyances and handling mounts.
- Documents notes in TMS for art handling, packing and installation as needed.
- Operate rental trucks to transport supplies and materials, including crates and casework.
- Operates lifting devises, scissor lifts, forklifts, Genies, and hydraulic lifts
- Serve as courier as necessary.
- Work closely with photographers, conservators, curators, registrars and other Collections Management staff in storage and exhibition related duties.
- Work with contractors in exhibition and storage spaces as needed.
- Perform related duties as required.
- Devise an approach to, and then fabricate exhibition mounts.
- Participate in preliminary mockup meetings to gather mounting-related artwork information. Preview mounting solutions with Manager, exhibition designer and curators, as needed. Document mounting solutions in TMS object records.
- Participate in research of exhibition mount-making methods and materials.
- Maintain mount-making shop and inventory of supplies.
Basic Qualifications
Minimum of 5 years of exhibition installation and art handling experience in a museum environment, including experience designing and constructing exhibition mounts for art objects and rare books.
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The health of our workforce is a priority for Harvard University. With that in mind, we strongly encourage all employees to be up to date on CDC-recommended vaccines.
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The museums value staff diversity and are committed to building a culturally diverse community. We encourage candidates from underrepresented groups to apply.
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- Paid Time Off: 3-4 weeks of accrued vacation time per year (3 weeks for support staff and 4 weeks for administrative/professional staff), 12 accrued sick days per year, 12.5 holidays plus a Winter Recess in December/January, 3 personal days per year (prorated based on date of hire), and up to 12 weeks of paid leave for new parents who are primary care givers.
- Health and Welfare: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, disability and life insurance programs, along with voluntary benefits. Most coverage begins as of your start date.
- Work/Life and Wellness: Child and elder/adult care resources including on campus childcare centers, Employee Assistance Program, and wellness programs related to stress management, nutrition, meditation, and more.
- Retirement: University-funded retirement plan with contributions from 5% to 15% of eligible compensation, based on age and earnings with full vesting after 3 years of service.
- Tuition Assistance Program: Competitive program including $40 per class at the Harvard Extension School and reduced tuition through other participating Harvard graduate schools.
- Tuition Reimbursement: Program that provides 75% to 90% reimbursement up to $5,250 per calendar year for eligible courses taken at other accredited institutions.
- Professional Development: Programs and classes at little or no cost, including through the Harvard Center for Workplace Development and LinkedIn Learning.
- Commuting and Transportation: Various commuter options handled through the Parking Office, including discounted parking, half-priced public transportation passes and pre-tax transit passes, biking benefits, and more.
- Harvard Facilities Access, Discounts and Perks: Access to Harvard athletic and fitness facilities, libraries, campus events, credit union, and more, as well as discounts to various types of services (legal, financial, etc.) and cultural and leisure activities throughout metro-Boston.
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