Operations Management
- Oversee and ensure efficient operations across all departments, providing leadership and direction to maintain high standards of performance and customer service.
- Schedule and manage staff shift, ensuring adequate coverage during peak hours, special events, weekends and public holidays.
- Provide regular training on customer service, gallery offerings, and technology to ensure staff are well-prepared to assist visitors.
- Foster a positive team environment by encouraging collaboration, clear communication, and ongoing professional development.
Visitor Experience & Customer Service
- Ensure all staff deliver high-quality customer service by greeting and assisting visitors, answering inquiries, and addressing concerns.
- Oversee visitor flow management, ensuring the gallery’s immersive experiences, ticketing services, and souvenir sales run smoothly.
- Collect and analyze visitor feedback, making adjustments to services or displays as necessary to enhance visitor satisfaction.
- Resolve escalated customer complaints or issues with professionalism and a solution-oriented mindset.
Operational Oversight
- Monitor the performance of gallery service areas, ensuring exhibits and interactive elements are functioning as intended.
- Ensure the ticketing area and souvenir shop are clean, organized, and well-stocked.
- Oversee inventory management for the souvenir shop, tracking stock levels, replenishing items, and coordinating with suppliers as needed.
- Ensure that safety protocols, health guidelines, and gallery policies are strictly followed by all staff.
Sales Operations
- Manage daily sales operations for tickets and souvenirs, ensuring transactions are processed efficiently and accurately.
- Set and monitor sales targets for the souvenir shop, implementing strategies to meet or exceed them.
- Reconcile ticket sales, souvenir sales, and financial transactions at the end of each day, ensuring all records are accurate and reporting is completed.
- Review and analyze sales performance, providing insights for improvement.
Exhibit & Event Support
- Work closely with gallery curators and the technical team to ensure that exhibits are presented correctly and any technical issues are resolved quickly.
- Assist with the coordination and setup of special events, tours, or gallery functions, including managing visitor flow and staff allocation.
- Promote upcoming exhibitions, events, and gallery memberships to visitors in collaboration with the marketing team.
Ticketing and Technical Systems
- Oversee the use of ticketing systems, point-of-sale systems, and digital platforms for online sales and reservations.
- Troubleshoot and resolve any minor technical issues related to ticketing and sales systems.
- Work with the Technical team to ensure that all systems are up-to-date and functioning properly.
Reporting & Administrative Duties
- Compile daily, weekly, and monthly reports on ticket sales, souvenir revenue, visitor feedback, and staff performance.
- Collaborate with senior management to develop strategies for improving operations, increasing revenue, and enhancing visitor experiences.
- Manage the budget for operational supplies, ensuring cost-effective purchasing and inventory control.
Job Requirements
- Proven experience in retail, hospitality, or customer service management, preferably within a gallery, museum, or immersive experience setting.
- Experience of art, technology, or immersive experience industries is a plus.
- The salary package is based on relevant working experience.
- Strong leadership skills with experience managing and developing teams in a dynamic environment.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage visitors and resolve issues with a customer-first approach.
- Proficiency in using point-of-sale systems, ticketing platforms, computer systems and basic office software, along with familiarity in operating Android QR handheld scanners for inventory management, visitor check-ins, and event coordination.
- Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Experience in sales management, with a proven ability to meet or exceed sales targets.
- Flexibility to work a variety of shifts, including evenings, weekends and public holidays as required.