Exhibit Graphic Designer

Commonwealth of VA Careers; Williamsburg (VA); Sur place; USD 54 000 - 66 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation is seeking an Exhibit Graphic Designer to create and produce signage and interpretive graphics for the Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown.

You will collaborate with curators, educators, and vendors, ensuring designs are historically accurate, accessible, and ready within project schedules and budgets.

Experience with large-format production, environmental graphics, and signage standards is required.

Qualifications

• Graphic Design Experience— Demonstrated professional experience in graphic design.

Responsabilités

• Develop interpretive graphics, gallery text panels, and educational materials for two museums.

Connaissances

Graphic Design Experience

Design Portfolio & Visual Commun \u00a

Exhibition & Museum Graphics

Environmental Graphics & Wayfinding

Adobe Creative Cloud & Production

Print, Pre-Press & Large-Format

Accessibility & Visitor Engagement

Collaboration & Content Development

Project Management & Organization

Vendor & Production Coordination

Description du poste

Title: Exhibit Graphic Designer

State Role Title:Media Specialist III

Hiring Range: $60,000.00

Pay Band: 4

Agency: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

Location:Williamsburg, VA

Agency Website:jyfmuseums.org

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Exhibit Graphic Designer manages the design process and oversees production of two-dimensional media for Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. Working with the Exhibitions Manager, Production Coordinator, curators, contract exhibit designers, and other exhibit team members, this position develops interpretive graphics, gallery text panels, special visual elements, and educational and promotional materials. Designs must be visually cohesive, educationally and historically accurate, and completed within established schedules and budgets.

The position develops graphic designs, mockups, and production materials; obtains required approvals for text, images, colors, and graphics; and produces or arranges for illustrations, presentation graphics, and photography. Responsibilities include coordinating with outside contractors, communicating project goals and production requirements, tracking project costs and schedules, and ensuring contracted work meets requirements. The designer also coordinates with Digital Media staff, maintains the large-format printer and printing supplies, and organizes current and archived design files.

The Exhibit Graphic Designer designs and produces signage for both museums, maintains consistent graphic styles within permanent galleries, updates the sign inventory, and incorporates sign standards into contracted work. The position maintains and replaces exhibit labels, text panels, murals, and signage; supports donor signage and printed materials for onsite events; and assists with exhibit installation and the handling and transportation of exhibit materials. Work must comply with applicable safety codes, accessibility requirements, and museum standards.

Minimum Qualifications

1. Graphic Design Experience— Demonstrated professionalexperience in graphicdesign.
2. Design Portfolio andVisual Communication— Portfolio demonstratingstrong design sensibility, conceptual development, typography, layout, color, visual hierarchy, andclear visual communication.
3. Exhibition and MuseumGraphics— Demonstrated experiencedesigning exhibition graphics, including title walls, section panels, timelines, object labels, orother visitor-facinginterpretive graphics.
4. Environmental Graphics andWayfinding— Experience creating environmentalgraphics, directional signs, maps, wayfinding, orspatial graphics thatsupport visitor navigationand engagement.
5. Adobe Creative Cloudand Design Production— Demonstrated proficiencywith Adobe CreativeCloud applications, includingInDesign, Illustrator,and Photoshop, andexperience developing designsfrom concept throughfinal production.
6. Print, Pre-Press, and Large-FormatProduction— Knowledge and experiencepreparing files fordigital and printproduction, including colormanagement, pre-press, large-format printing, vinyl, or direct-to-substrate applications.
7. Accessibility and VisitorEngagement— Experience applying accessibilityprinciples, including legibility, typography, contrast,and wayfinding, toexhibition or visitor-facing graphics.
8. Collaboration and ContentDevelopment— Experience collaboratingwith curators, educators, clients, stakeholders,vendors, or otherpartners to translatecomplex information intoclear and engagingvisual narratives.
9. Project Management andOrganization— Demonstrated abilityto manage multipledesign projects, establishpriorities, maintain productionschedules, communicateproject status, andmeet deadlines.
10. Vendor and ProductionCoordination— Experience preparingspecifications and coordinatingwith printers, fabricators, and other outsidevendors through productionand delivery.

Contact Information

Name: Coy Mozingo

Phone: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.