Immersive Exhibits Experience Designer

Liberty Science Center; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

403(b) retirement plan with employer‑m

Paid time off

Job summary

Liberty Science Center is seeking an Exhibit Developer to create engaging exhibitions that interpret STEAM concepts and reach diverse audiences. You will lead content development, collaborate with teams, and support traveling and temporary exhibitions, reporting to the Vice President of Exhibitions.

The role emphasizes storytelling, research, and hands‑on experience design in a dynamic museum setting with ongoing collaboration across departments and external partners.

Qualifications

• Excellent research capabilities.
• Demonstrated experience interacting with specialists, scientists, and field experts.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience designing and conducting visitor evaluations.
• Demonstrated organization and project management skills across multiple simultaneous projects.
• Work style that supports a collaborative work environment.
• Innovative problem solving.
• Knowledge of new technology, multimedia and film production is a plus.
• Proficiency with content management tools and software including MS Word, Acrobat, PowerPoint, Excel.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize and develop engaging exhibitions that represent the latest scientific research and understanding, lead to compelling experiences, and ensure the success of LSC’s informal education mission.
• Research educational, scientific, and technological content for exhibitions.
• Write and edit content and exhibition panel copy and multimedia scripts, etc.
• Conduct visual media research and negotiate visual media acquisition.
• Identify exhibition objectives and topics; write story lines and treatments.
• Work with external advisors, contractors and experts to help develop content, assure content accuracy, and other support.
• Serve as content development lead, as assigned, for all phases of exhibition development, production, installation and post‑opening.
• Procure artifacts and in‑kind donations when needed to support exhibitions.
• Coordinate with exhibit designers on the development of exhibit ideas and environments.
• Work with graphic designers and outside illustrators on preparation of interpretive and instructional graphics.
• Collaborate with multimedia designers on scripting and production of video and multimedia.
• Design and conduct exhibition prototyping and visitor evaluation studies.
• Review exhibition design drawings and graphics for content accuracy and oversee quality control through production.
• Prepare and provide project marketing content and presentations for prospective funders and other externals.
• Work closely with other Liberty Science Center staff as part of a cross‑disciplinary exhibition team.
• Prepare and deliver oral and written presentations to communicate the projects to external partners.
• Edit and/or write documents for other departments (Exhibit Operations, Marketing, STEM, website, External Affairs etc.) as needed.

Skills

Storytelling

Research capabilities

Verbal and written communication

Project management

Collaboration

Audience accessibility

Adaptability with new technologies

Education

BA/BS degree in science, math, engineering, science education, or related field

Tools

MS Word

Acrobat

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Liberty Science Center is seeking an Exhibit Developer to create engaging exhibitions that interpret STEAM concepts and reach diverse audiences. You will lead content development, collaborate with teams, and support traveling and temporary exhibitions, reporting to the Vice President of Exhibitions.

The role emphasizes storytelling, research, and hands‑on experience design in a dynamic museum setting with ongoing collaboration across departments and external partners.