Museum Services Project Manager

Edwards Creative is seeking a Museum Services Project Manager to join our dynamic and growing team. The ideal candidate is a highly organized, detail-oriented professional with a background in the museum field, including experience in collections and artifact handling, museum education, and exhibit planning.

This role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously at various stages of the project life cycle. Projects range from conceptual designs to fully fabricated exhibits.

The Museum Services Project Manager –

Qualifications

The ideal candidate should have the following Experience:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in exhibition development
• Developing and maintaining project timelines
• Creating exhibit and content outlines
• Organizing and compiling project notes. Ensuring smooth coordination across teams and stakeholders
• Proven ability to communicate and organize complex ideas
• Research, writing and copy editing experience
• Artifact and display experience
• Experience managing budgets, contracts and working within tight deadlines
• Critical thinking skills to navigate projects challenges.

Responsibilities

• This full-time role will act in many facets of exhibition creation, from developing and supervising schedules and budgets, assisting in concept development, and installation.
• This position collaborates extensively with designers, production staff, content experts, collections managers, educators and clients for the research, development, and interpretation of permanent and temporary exhibitions.
• Maintain overall exhibit project schedule and budget.
• Oversee and track exhibit production progress as pertains to schedule.
• Research, write and edit exhibit packages.
• Act as a vital Exhibits team member for in-house and permanent exhibitions
• Conduct primary topic research and help develop Content Resource Documents for exhibits.
• Ability to use Toms Planner or similar planning software to keep milestones on target.

We’re looking for a creative, collaborative, and adaptable individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys working with a strong team. If you’re passionate about museum experiences and exhibit design, we’d love to hear from you!