Senior Registrar for Collections

• Lead assigned collections exhibitions, tasks including, but not limited to: correspondence and agreements with lenders and vendors to arrange, document and meet requirements for packing, shipping, insurance, and conservation; condition reports; courier arrangements; security and billing related to assigned projects; and attend associated meetings. Assigned exhibitions will focus on collections with special attention to the Calder collection and time-based media works.
• Work closely with Preparators to successfully install and deinstall exhibitions; hire, schedule, and oversee contract registrars and/or conservators when needed during exhibition turnovers or for special collections projects.
• Supervise, mentor, train, and oversee direct reports on a day-to-day basis, including oversight of special projects and staff management to ensure the effective and efficient operation of all assigned activities and responsibilities and accountability for results; facilitate strong performance and achievement of key metrics; and provide on-going feedback to assigned direct reports to address, resolve, and/or encourage performance and/or engagement-related matters.
• Collaborate with Senior Preparator to determine priorities for an assign projects to the Collection Preparator..
• Collaborate with Senior Registrar for Loans and Exhibitions on advising on outgoing loan needs including conservation, condition reports, and/or packing and crating.
• Collaborate with the Registrar for Exhibitions on database research, report generation, and development of the TMS exhibition module.
• Create and closely monitor budgets for each assigned exhibition including collecting estimates, tracking costs, flagging potential overages and offering solutions to stay within budget.
• Coordinate with Visual Arts to prepare all new works for each Collections Committee Meeting including their legal documentation; document, catalog and number new accessions, partial gifts and promised gifts; compile Collections statistics annually for insurance, audit and annual report purposes.
• Administer the Permanent Collection Funds in concert with the Director of Collections and Exhibitions Management and Finance and Accounting.
• Complete tri-annual inventory of the collection in conjunction with Collections Preparator.
• Collaborate with Development and Visual Arts on the Emerge program and manage object-related logistics including packing and shipping, documentation, installation and return of works the MCA does not acquire.
• Develop and update best practices in art handling in concert with all C&E staff.
• Determine collection conservation priorities with Director of Collections and Exhibitions Management; monitor budget for conservation projects and hire and supervise conservators for said projects.
• Oversee art storage on and off site with Senior Preparator and Collections Preparator
• Serve as international and domestic courier for MCA collection works and MCA exhibitions as assigned.
• Interview, hire, and supervise collections intern as assigned.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Bachelor’s Degree in art, art history, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 7-10 years’ registration experience managing collections and exhibitions.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• General knowledge of post-1945 art and familiarity with artists' materials as well as experience working with living artists.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Reading knowledge of a foreign language.
• Adept at TMS/Gallery Systems and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Frequent stooping, kneeling, and bending.
• Good vision.
• Ability to perform light lifting and moving of art works.
• Ability to participate in transportation of artworks and to withstand various temperatures during the loading and unloading of works of art.
• Ability to stand for long periods of time.