See below for an exciting opportunity ideal for a recent Museum Studies graduate, shared with us by Tufts Museum Studies faculty member Ken Turino!

The Mark Twain House & Museum – Executive Assistant

The Executive Assistant is a Full-time (non-Exempt) new position that supports the Executive Director and the Board of Trustees. This person is a crucial link between those two entities, providing communication, logistical support, and adding a crucial strategic eye towards the ebb and flow of the organization.

As the ED is also the chief fundraiser to the organization, this position will assist in various development activities in collaboration with the ED, the Development Director, and the Board President.

• Maintains flow of information and work into and out of the ED’s Office.
• Maintains all board and trustee records.
• Coordinate Board-related special projects or events.
• May assist Finance office at peak times.
• As regards HR — Reviews applications, conducts initial screening of applicants in collaboration with various hiring managers.
• Maintains records of board giving and works closely with the Director of Development to solicit annual board gifts.
• Works with the Development Department on the annual campaign.
• May act as a relationship manager with certain donors.

The successful candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree with relevant work experience. They should enjoy working with people and partnering with volunteers. Strong organizational skills are a must and the candidate should have the ability to prioritize and organize multiple activities. The executive assistant will possess accuracy and attention to detail with the ability to work effectively under pressure and meet deadlines. Good verbal and written communication skills are important as is the ability to work effectively with minimal supervision, and the ability to treat confidential information with appropriate discretion. Proficiency with Zoom, Google Docs, Microsoft Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, and other virtual meeting platforms will be expected.

The Executive Assistant must have the ability to work successfully with all people in contact with the organization without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, national origins, or disabilities.

This is a 35 hour per week position that works on site. Some evening and weekend hours may be required. Candidates will be required to submit a writing sample or to complete a brief proofreading/editing test. Must have ability to climb stairs and lift up to 30 pounds, and possess a valid driver’s license and access to a car.

To apply: Send a resume and letter in confidence to Michael Campbell, Human Resources, at Michael.Campbell@marktwainhouse.org.

Northeast:

• Temporary Preparator/Art Handler, Davison Art Center at Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT)
• Historical Interpreter, Mystic Seaport Museum (Mystic, CT)
• Head of Communications and Marketing, Yale Center for British Art (New Haven, CT)
• Development Manager, New London County Historical Society (New London, CT)
• Director of Finance, Florence Griswold Museum (Old Lyme, CT)
• Museum Coordinator, Katharine Hepburn Museum (Old Saybrook, CT)
• Assistant Manager of Visitor Services, Discovery Museum (Acton, MA)
• Group and Tourism Coordinator, Museum of Science (Boston, MA)
• Associate Director, Leadership and Planned Giving, Museum of Science (Boston, MA)
• Exhibit Maintenance Technician, Museum of Science (Boston, MA)
• Director of Marketing and Communications, Boston Athenaeum (Boston, MA)
• Exhibition Manager, MassArt Art Museum (Boston, MA)
• Database Marketing Association, Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA)
• Associate Director of Marketing and Communications, Historic Deerfield (Deerfield, MA)
• Communications and Programs Coordinator, Art Complex Museum (Duxbury, MA)
• Executive Director, Schooner Adventure (Gloucester, MA)
• Vice President of Administration & Finance, Buzzards Bay Coalition (New Bedford, MA)
• Executive Director, Custom House Maritime Museum (Newburyport, MA)
• Guest Engagement Associate, Plimouth Patuxet Museums (Plymouth, MA)
• Media Resource Manager, Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, MA)
• Museum Manager, Major Taylor Museum (Worcester, MA)
• Executive Director, Maine Maritime Museum (Bath, ME)
• Part-time Development Manager, Portsmouth Submarine Memorial Association (Portsmouth, NH)
• Program Assistant, Remick Country Doctor Museum and Farm (Tamworth, NH)
• Executive Director, Wright Museum of World War II (Wolfeboro, NH)
• Museum Associate, Lippitt House Museum (Providence, RI)
• Office Administrator, Old Stone House Museum and Historic Village (Brownington, VT)
• Program Assistant, Vermont Historical Society (Montpelier, VT)

Mid-Atlantic:

• Museum Curator (Digital), National Museum of African American History and Culture (Washington, DC)
• Assistant Curator, Glenstone Museum (Potomac, MD)
• Director of Development, Annmarie Sculpture Garden and Arts Center (Solomons, MD)
• Learning and Engagement Associate, Dia Art Foundation (New York, NY)
• Collections Manager, Museum of the American Revolution (Philadelphia, PA)

Southeast:

• Director of Educational Programming, Hermann-Grima + Gallier Historic Houses (New Orleans, LA)
• Curator of African American History and Special Projects, Fredericksburg Area Museum (Fredericksburg, VA)

Midwest:

• Director of Tribal Relations and Historic Preservation, Illinois State Museum (Springfield, IL)
• Assistant Exhibition Designer, Toledo Museum of Art (Toledo, OH)

Southwest:

• Docent Coordinator, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum (Tucson, AZ)
• Changing Exhibitions Manager, Holocaust Museum Houston (Houston, TX)
• Director of Development and Director of Preservation and Planning, the Chinati Foundation (Marfa, TX)

West:

• Senior Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
• Director of Marketing, Colorado Railroad Museum (Golden, CO)
• Director of Finance, Museum of the Rockies (Bozeman, MT)
• Museum Education Manager, Utah Valley University Museum of Art (Orem, UT)

Northeast:

• Chief Executive Officer, Greater Hartford Arts Council (Hartford, CT)
• Accounting Clerk, Mystic Seaport Museum (Mystic, CT)
• Temporary Assistant Registrar, Davison Art Center at Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT)
• Educator, K–8, Family, and Access Programs, Yale Center for British Art (New Haven, CT)
• Senior Special Events Coordinator, Development Assistant, Patron Program Manager, Community Engagement Manager, and Digital and Content Marketing Associate, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (Boston, MA)
• Assistant Director, Gallery Teaching and Collections Training and Senior Program Manager, Internships, Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, MA)
• Marketing Associate, MIT List Visual Arts Center (Cambridge, MA)
• Communications Manager, History Cambridge (Cambridge, MA)
• Communications and Development Coordinator, Photographic Resource Center (Cambridge, MA)
• Exhibitions Production Assistant, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
• Associate Curator/Manager of Exhibitions, Concord Museum (Concord, MA)
• Engagement Associate, Berkshire Museum (Pittsfield, MA)
• Exhibition Project Manager, Peabody Essex Museum (Salem, MA)
• Coordinator of Internships and Fellowships, Old Sturbridge Village (Sturbridge, MA)
• Oral History Research Assistant, Armenian Museum of America (Watertown, MA)
• Curator, Wilmington Town Museum (Wilmington, MA)
• Executive Director, Rangeley Lakes Historical Society (Rangeley, ME)
• School Programs Manager, Farnsworth Art Museum (Rockland, ME)
• Collections Manager and Research and Education Manager, International Tennis Hall of Fame (Newport, RI)
• Museum Educator, Vermont Historical Society (Montpelier, VT)

Mid-Atlantic:

• Estate Historian, Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library (Winterthur, DE)
• Manager of Audience Research and Evaluation, Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, NY)
• Development Assistant for Travel and Events, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, NY)
• Executive Director, Cumberland County Historical Society (Carlisle, PA)
• Director of Education and Exhibition Planning, LancasterHistory (Lancaster, PA)
• Director of Exhibitions, Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Executive Director, the Mattress Factory (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Supervisory Chief Conservator, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, D.C.)

Southeast:

• Director of Community Partnerships, Programs, and Interpretation, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens (Miami, FL)
• Public Programs Producer, SC State Museum (Columbia, SC)
• Senior Development Officer, National Civil Rights Museum (Memphis, TN)

Midwest:

• VP for Development Campaign and Individual Strategies, National WWI Museum and Memorial (Kansas City, MO)
• Museum Educator, Springfield Art Museum (Springfield, MO)
• Senior Registrar, Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
• Digital Media Producer, Toledo Museum of Art (Toledo, OH)
• Registrar, Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center (Oklahoma City, OK)
• Chief Curator, Milwaukee Art Museum (Milwaukee, WI)

Southwest:

• Executive Director, Museum of Contemporary Art (Tucson, AZ)

West:

• Mellon Curatorial Fellow, Oakland Museum of California (Oakland, CA)
• Curatorial Fellow, Imperial Valley Desert Museum (Ocotillo, CA)
• Institutional Giving Manager, Kidspace Children’s Museum (Pasadena, CA)
• Creative Media Producer, Asian Art Museum (San Francisco, CA)
• Assistant Society Director and Museum Director, South Dakota State Historical Society (Pierre, SD)
• Museum Director, Seattle Children’s Museum (Seattle, WA)

See below for an exciting term-limited job opportunity with Historic New England. If you’re interested in applying, be sure to submit your application by the November 5th deadline!

Advancement Assistant – Term Limited

Classification: Full time, non-exempt, term-limited

Location: Primarily remote, must reside in New England

Responsibilities: This five to six month term-limited position provides high-level administrative support that ensures the smooth operation of Historic New England’s fundraising programs and reports to the Development Communications and Events Manager. This employee provides superior internal and external customer service through efficient and effective support of daily advancement office activities. Provides exceptional customer service to high level donors, funders, and governance volunteers.  

• Manage and facilitate the creation of the donor pages in the Gala Tribute Book for the March 2021 fundraising gala.
• Communicate individually with sponsors to help them design their pages for approval and coordinate with the graphic designer.
• Handle all development committee logistics, prepare materials, and coordinate meetings including taking minutes.
• Assist high level donors and funders ensuring excellent customer service.
• Provide event assistance including creating email invitations and communications, and RSVPs.
• Assist at events as needed, requiring some evening and weekend work.
• Draft written communications as assigned, including acknowledgement letters and other individual constituent communications, and development reports.
• Develop and draft the communication tools for the development team, including development web pages, the Patron Program Newsletter, the Vice President of Advancement’s email to donors, and the development team’s Looking Forward submission. 

Qualifications:  Bachelor’s degree or equivalent job experience, and two to three years of job-related experience in a busy office environment, preferably in a development office. Exceptional organizational skills and ability to thrive in a fast-paced setting while maintaining precise attention to formats, procedures, details, accuracy, punctuality, and quality. Ability to balance and manage competing priorities with flexibility. Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading skills; familiarity with the Chicago Manual of Style. Excellent internal and external customer service skills, interpersonal communication, and tact and diplomacy for regular interaction with high-level constituents. Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality. Fully competent computer and technical skills, including WordFly or similar e-marketing platform, WordPress or similar web content management system, Zoom or similar virtual meeting platforms, constituent management databases, and advanced working knowledge of MS Office Suite. Must be a team player with the ability to work independently.

Applications: Please send resume, cover letter, and salary requirements to jobs@historicnewengland.org.

Historic New England is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer with a strong commitment to supporting equality of opportunity and respect for diversity. We are committed to providing equal opportunity in employment to all qualified persons without regard to non-work-related factors such as race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, gender identity, or sexual orientation.

For anyone interested in a fall semester internship, here is a great opportunity at the Brooklyn Museum! This could be a great option for museum studies students in their second year or beyond, especially those living and working in New York City. Applications are due on Wednesday (August 25th), so if you’re interested, be sure to submit your application right away!

The Brooklyn Museum Fall Internship is a part-time, paid opportunity. Interns receive $15 per hour, and work 17 hours per week for 10 weeks from late September through early December. Selected interns will be paired with a supervisor and integrated into one of our departments, participating fully in day-to-day workplace activities and projects with the guidance of full-time staff members. In addition to gaining extensive work experience, they will have the opportunity to attend weekly seminars together that focus on the role of museums in society today, and how they might imagine the future.

The application form can be found here, and questions can be directed to hannah.lawson@brooklynmuseum.org.