Job Description
Museum Gallery Assistant The University of Southern Mississippi is currently accepting applications for the position of Museum Gallery Assistant.
Position Details Location
Hattiesburg
118 College Drive
Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 39406-0001
United States
Division
School of Performing and Visual Arts
Position Type
Staff
Employment Status
Part Time
Grant Funded
No
Posting Close Date
August 1, 2024
Job Summary The MuseumGallery Assistant serves the needs of the Museum Director and School ofPerforming and Visual Arts, primarily as gallery preparator, with responsibilitiescentering on show installation, labels, lighting, crating and uncrating ofartworks, maintenance and preparation of hanging surfaces, exhibition bases andother materials, as well as oversight of student workers, and general gallery managementduring summer months. Position requires some evening andweekend hours on occasion. This is a part-time position expected to work approximately ten hours per week.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities - Adhereto university and school policies, procedures, and regulations, represents themuseum in contact with the public.
- Work with the Museum Director inexhibit planning, preparation, installation, events, lectures, and receptions; attimes to include off campus venues.
- Helpcoordinate with artists, galleries, and shippers for receipt, delivery andreturn of materials.
- Supervisestudent workers and volunteers.Work with student workers in maintaining galleryexhibition surfaces and spaces, lighting, display cases, and bases.This includes, but is not limited topainting, sanding, spackling, ladder work. Workswith student workers to prepare the gallery space and exhibition materials forhanging and display. Assist with crating and uncrating of exhibitionmaterials, including, but not limited to, artworks, signage, and labels.
- Assist the Museum Director withthe day-to-day functions of the museum, including processing documentation, suchas exhibition text panels and labels, acquisition records, loan forms, conditionreports, artist proposals, museum lecture and event schedules. Maintain themuseum mailing list. Order food for, and assists with set up and hosting ofgallery receptions. Help oversee the conservation, organization, and storageof the Permanent Art Collection, including loan and display and record ofPermanent Collection works on loan and on display in university campusbuildings and office spaces.
- Assumesmanagement of Museum and student workers during the summer months or whenDirector is out, and reports to Art and Design Program Coordinator and SchoolDirector.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications One-two years related experience; or equivalentcombination of education and experience.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities - Ability toread, write, and interpret documents such as loan forms, art installationinstructions, operating and procedure manuals.
- Ability to write and correspondby mail and email.
- Ability to speak effectively with individuals and beforegroups of customers or employees of organization.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and dividein all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to solve practical problems and dealwith a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limitedstandardization exists.Ability tointerpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, orschedule form. Ability tomeasure accurately, use a calculator, read basic instructions, use alevel.
- Physical requirements include performance of repetitive motions with hands, wrists, or fingers.The employee is required to crouch; reach withhands and arms, and use hands to grasp objects, tools, or controls. Theemployee must regularly lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.Specific vision abilities required by thisjob include close vision. The employeemay be working in high, precarious places such as on ladders or museumscaffolding, may work near moving mechanical parts and fumes or airborneparticles, vibrations and may sometimes work outside.
Preferred Qualifications BA or BFA Degree in Art is preferred, but notrequired.
About The University of Southern Mississippi The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) is a comprehensive public research institution delivering transformative programs on campuses in Hattiesburg and Long Beach, at teaching and research sites across the Mississippi Gulf Coast, as well as online. Founded in 1910, USM is one of only 131 universities in the nation to earn the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education's "R1: Doctoral Universities - Very high research activity" designation, and its robust research enterprise includes experts in ocean science and engineering, polymer science and engineering, and large event venue safety and security, among others.USM is also one of only 37 institutions in the nation accredited in theatre, art and design, dance and music. As an economic driver, USM generates an annual economic impact of more than $600 million across the state. USM welcomes a diverse student body of more than 14,000, representing 71 countries, all 50 states, and every county in Mississippi. USM students have collected four Truman Scholarships and 37 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, while also leading Mississippi with 27 Goldwater Scholarships, an honor that recognizes the next generation of great research scientists. Home to the Golden Eagles, USM competes in 17 Division I sports sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). For more information, visit
As an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity employer/Americans with Disabilities Act institution, The University of Southern Mississippi encourages minorities, women, veterans and persons with disabilities to apply.
Job Tags
Permanent employment, Part time, Summer work, Afternoon shift,