Curatorial Operations Lead: Prints & Drawings

Yale University; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 60,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Yale University’s Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) seeks a Senior Curatorial Assistant to provide high-level support to administrative and curatorial functions, including exhibitions, acquisitions, loans, and collection care.

Based in New Haven, you will coordinate meetings, manage budgets and documentation, assist with study room operations, and help curators plan galleries while maintaining meticulous records and coordinating outreach.

Qualifications

• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong organizational and administrative abilities with attention to detail.
• Ability to juggle multiple tasks and meet deadlines.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office.
• Experience conducting independent historical, art historical and bibliographic research.

Responsibilities

• Serve as liaison and coordinate administrative tasks for the Prints and Drawings department.
• Schedule meetings, prepare agendas, and take meeting notes.
• Manage collection care, storage, loans, and movements of objects.
• Assist with exhibitions planning, labeling, and documentation.
• Coordinate imaging requests and communications with curators and conservators.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Multi-tasking

Microsoft Office

Research skills

Education

MA in history of art or museum studies

Two years museum experience

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Yale University’s Yale Center for British Art (YCBA) seeks a Senior Curatorial Assistant to provide high-level support to administrative and curatorial functions, including exhibitions, acquisitions, loans, and collection care.

Based in New Haven, you will coordinate meetings, manage budgets and documentation, assist with study room operations, and help curators plan galleries while maintaining meticulous records and coordinating outreach.