Current Available Positions

Development Officer | Exhibition Funding
Manages daily aspects of the solicitation, cultivation, and stewardship of prospects and donors. Prepares fundraising proposal materials, including narratives, budgets, images, and benefits. Writes and prepares departmental general correspondence, including letters of thanks and acknowledgments for all gifts. Manages donor and prospect databases and gift-tracking systems. Oversees mailings to donors and prospects. Writes and proofreads department materials, including letters, credit lines, and grants. Prepares interim and final reports, both narrative and financial, for submission to funders. Performs prospect research. Leads Museum tours for donors and other VIPs. Maintains organized and complete files on all donors, mailings, and correspondence. Performs general departmental duties, including scheduling meetings and processing invoices and gifts. Reports to Director, Exhibition Funding.

Requirements: Bachelor's degree, three or more years related experience in fundraising. Knowledge of and interest in modern and contemporary art. Experience with proposal and grant writing desirable. Excellent writing and organizational skills. Ability to work independently and proactively. Ability to handle many projects simultaneously. Excellent communication skills, both in-person and on the telephone. Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Must be present at donor cultivation and other Museum events.

Director | Security
Provides leadership and management of all aspects of security functions across the Museum. Develops and implements comprehensive security, health and safety, and fire-prevention policies and programs to safeguard the Museum's staff, visitors, buildings, and other property. Develops and implements programs to ensure the safety and protection of the Museum’s collection. Builds high-performance teams across multiple functions in an operation with 24/7 requirements. Manages and leads a team of three managers, twenty or more supervisors, and more than one hundred security officers and oversees all human resources–related programs and matters. Reports to Director of Facilities and Safety.

Requirements: Bachelor’s degree (advance degree preferred) in relevant field. Significant security/law enforcement background and ten or more years related managerial experience, ideally in an organization of comparable size and complexity. Basic Law Enforcement Training certificate preferred. Superior people-management and customer-services skills with proven ability to defuse difficult situations. Track record of successfully motivating and leading staff. Ability to make appropriate judgments in responding to situations, including but not limited to: requesting law enforcement or emergency response personnel. Self starter with the ability to work collaboratively and creatively with other departments to solve problems. Planning and supervisory skills. Experience managing budgets. Knowledge of police/law enforcement procedures and techniques. Proficiency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other database programs.

Researcher | Development and Membership
Conducts donor and prospect research on individuals, corporations, and foundations via online and standard research sources as requested by Development and Membership. Works closely with Development and other Museum staff to assess and fulfill research needs. Independently manages research projects. Prepares and writes donor and prospect profile reports for use by Museum staff. Creates and maintains research files on members/donors. Handles circulation of publications for Development and Membership staff review. Reports to Associate Director of Development.

Requirements: Bachelor’s degree with two to three years related development/research experience. Excellent organizational and analytical skills, with attention to detail. Strong written and verbal skills. Ability to produce under deadlines and work effectively with a diverse group. Familiarity with Lexis-Nexis, Internet, Foundation Center, and other reference materials. Proficiency with Microsoft Office and database work. An interest in art preferred.

Director, Interpretation and Research | Education
Works closely with a wide variety of curators to develop interpretative support for visitors for both collection-based and temporary exhibitions, including but not limited to systems of interpretative information, audio, website content, in-gallery learning spaces, etc. Oversees the production of interpretative content for audio tours of the Museum's exhibitions and collections, which serve 2.7 visitors per year. Initiates and oversees research and evaluation projects focused on visitor experience and interpretative resources, in collaboration with curatorial and other departments. Works closely with curators to establish interpretative guidelines for the Museum that foster best practices in the field and reflect MoMA's mission. Works closely with the Director of Digital Learning on content development for the Web. Oversees Associate Educator and the Landau Fellow and research projects within the department. Oversees production and editing of family guides to help families engage with works in the collection or special exhibitions. Oversees production and editing of educator guides to modern and contemporary art for teachers. Manages ongoing program of small exhibitions focused on MoMA education practices and content drawn from the collection of the Library and Archives. Reports to Deputy Directors.

Requirements: Bachelor's degree in art history, advanced degree preferred, with extensive knowledge of modern and/or contemporary art history and a minimum five years experience developing interpretative support materials for art museums. Excellent writing and editing skills. Strong project management skills. Demonstrated knowledge of current museum education practices. Knowledge of and experience with visitor research and evaluation in an art museum. Knowledge of and experience with evolving technology platforms for content delivery and new online educational strategies. High level of diplomacy and judgment. Ability to work successfully with a diverse range of curators, directors, artists, museum professionals both inside and outside the Museum, and contractors. Budget development and management. Supervisory experience an asset. Ability to work to deadlines. Teaching experience in higher education is an asset.

Project Curatorial Assistant (two years) | Media and Performance Art
Assists the department’s senior curatorial staff in all areas, including administrative work in the context of curatorial functions such as research, planning, and execution for exhibitions, publications, acquisitions, collections records, bibliographic and biographical records and files, departmental committees, loans, and general curatorial inquiries. Reports to Chief Curator.

Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in art history (Master’s preferred) with prior experience in or knowledge of a related field. Competency within area of departmental interests and with twentieth-century art required. Fluency in German (spoken, written, read) a must. Interest in/awareness of the history of postwar performance art strongly preferred. Strong organizational skills and attention to detail. Working knowledge of Word, Excel, and other standard office procedures and equipment.

Provenance Specialist | Painting and Sculpture
Oversees research, procedures, documentation, and funding in conjunction with curatorial departments, General Counsel, and Registrar for provenance research and review for all curatorial departments. Duties include searching through Museum records and, when appropriate, contacting established archives, databases, art dealers, auction houses, donors, scholars, and researchers with regard to works in the collection; outgoing loans (foreign); acquisitions (gifts, bequests, purchases); and deaccessions. Manages MoMA's Provenance Research Project and responds to queries on behalf of the project. Provides research for catalog information, provenance listings, and images for selected works (one thousand) from the collection meeting AAM guidelines, from Departments of Painting and Sculpture and Drawings. Reviews documentation for loan exhibitions: foreign incoming loans to exhibitions (for immunity from seizure applications) and review of domestic incoming loans. Trains employees in relevant departments on provenance research and standards and educates them on routine procedures. Reports to curator, Painting and Sculpture.

Requirements: MA in Art History, PhD preferred, and several years (minimum of five) experience with provenance research and procedures. Proven expertise in provenance research procedures, guidelines, and resources, particularly for works of art created in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Position requires expert physical examination of works of art and thorough investigation of museum archives, auction and exhibition catalogues, monographic studies, and catalogues of collections, dealer records, photographic archives, and publication of wartime activities of dealers and collectors—some of which is not publicly available—both in the U.S. and abroad. Ability to conduct research in archives in relevant countries around the world, with an understanding of wartime art market. Familiarity with all current resources, including those online. Fluency in English, French, and German.

Security Officer (multiple positions) | Security
Performs interior patrols of Museum galleries. Provides clear guidance and direction to ensure that visitors adhere to Museum policy to preserve the collection and prevent theft or damage. Ensures that daily security reports are performed properly. Imparts knowledge of Museum exhibitions, events, and the surrounding area to patrons. Responds to any emergency events (e.g. medical emergencies, natural disasters, etc.), contacting Supervisor as appropriate. Additional duties may include exterior facility patrols and general Museum opening/closing procedures. Reports to Security Supervisors, Managers, and Director.

Requirements: High School Diploma or equivalent (some college course work preferred). NY State Guard certificate. CPR/AED/FSD certification preferred, but training will be provided. A minimum of one year security-related work experience. Prior museum/art-related experience a plus, but not required. Fluency in foreign languages preferred. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, along with strong organizational and planning skills. Ability to provide excellent customer service and maintain professional demeanor in a challenging and dynamic environment. Detail-oriented with the capability to work under minimal supervision. Ability to walk/stand for extended periods of time. Ability to climb stairs and stoop/kneel in order to perform security duties.

If you would like to submit your resume for consideration, please choose one of the following options:

By e-mail: jobs@moma.org (most preferred option)
By fax: (212) 333-1107
By mail: The Museum of Modern Art
The Department of Human Resources
11 West 53 Street
New York, NY 10019

Please be advised that due to the high volume of applicants, we are only able to contact those candidates whose skills and background best fit the needs of the open positions. Thank you for your interest in employment opportunities at The Museum of Modern Art.

The Museum of Modern Art is an equal opportunity employer and considers all candidates for employment regardless of race, color, sex, age, national origin, creed, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or political affiliation.