MICRO

Have you led a museum exhibit design project, managed content creation for interactive social or public learning environments? Are you a hyper-organized doer who thrives on coordinating creative projects across disciplines and wants to build award-winning museums that transform public spaces? If so, being a Design Manager at MICRO is your dream job.

As MICRO’s Design Manager, you will manage, curate, and craft powerful stories and ideas into MICRO museums. Your organizational dexterity, creative eye, and project management superpowers will help design, build, and drive the future of museums and public spaces.

You will coordinate and oversee the development, planning, and creation of multi-platform media across MICRO projects, and be responsible for engaging MICRO’s awesome designers and content creators. You will be responsible for bringing MICRO’s creative visions to life, and will play a key role in developing robust systems.

MICRO is an equal opportunity employer and actively recruits people of color, women, individuals with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ community. Non-US citizens OK.

• Manage complex projects, including the development and oversight of timelines and budgets for museum content creation
• Strategically lead the creative process for museum exhibits, narratives, and stories
• Coordinate and expand a diverse team of writers, designers, animators, and researchers to develop audience-appropriate content that presents information in refreshing and surprising ways
• Coordinate and effectively manage relationships with key external partners and clients, including leading high-level presentations and meetings
• Effectively communicate project information and synthesize client feedback with MICRO internal strategy
• Manage internal documentation including content repositories, graphics layouts, project timelines, and asset banks
• Translate high-level ideas and vision into practical, executable actions.
• Oversee MICRO Branding and public programs at MICRO.

Qualifications

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in location-based media, museum exhibit design, the creation of educational media, journalistic content for public engagement, or similar
• 3+ years of managing a team of creatives, and/or creative content processes
• Strong project and client services experience, ideally in a creative capacity
• Strong writer and effective communicator across all platforms
• Demonstrated track record of managing systems to achieve long-term goals, including experience with thorough but ambitious timelines and budgets
• Experience coordinating and working on interdisciplinary teams, including priority-setting and time management
• Familiarity with basic graphic design and project management software

ADDITIONAL SKILLS + QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience as an editor, curator, or other role responsible for collating input from trusted and diverse sources
• Experience coordinating with fact checkers, science communicators, and subject matter experts
• Access to a network of creatives, designers, animators, writers, and graphic designers ideal

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Proactive and self-motivated
• Creative problem-solver who thrives in ambiguity
• Strong, strategic communicator who values feedback
• Ability to quickly diagnose problems and propose solutions
• Innovative and creative, you enjoy approaching projects from unique angles
• Excited to work as part of a small, fast-paced team
• Passionate about public communication and creating clever media
• Close attention to detail

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