Gallery Administrative Assistant and Preparator

SUMMARY

The Gallery Administrative Assistant and Preparator is a part-time role reporting to the Faculty Director of Galleries. They are responsible for assisting the Director with various types of administrative tasks. In addition, performing preparator duties for the Gallery and executing duties associated with exhibitions.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include but are not limited to the following:

Administration

• Training for Concord, Asana, SOW process, Marcom online forms.
• Solicit info/Fill out contracts for the fall/Winter season/Marcom forms.
• Assist with loan agreements/Insurance/ condition reports.
• Coordinate Artist visits.
• Assist with invoices for payment of honorariums/Preparator's contracts.
• Organize student exhibitions.

Other duties as assigned.

Gallery Preparator

• Safely Pack and unpack artworks.
• Install a wide variety of artworks.
• Recondition Gallery walls and pedestals.
• Build Pedestals.
• Install vinyl wall text.
• Install video projection and sound systems.
• Light exhibitions.
• Help organize and clean Gallery storage.

Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Art handling experience, packing and unpacking protocols all forms of artwork.
• Knowledge of all types of installation methods.
• Familiarity with all relevant types of attachment.
• Have shop skills to construct pedestals and other supports for presentation.
• Able to Install vinyl text.
• Experienced at Install video projection/ sound installation.
• Understand how to Light an exhibition.
• Familiar with a Gantry and palette jack.
• Comfortable on ladders and on a lift 20 feet in the air.
• Be organized and clean
• Flexible schedule.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• BFA degree is required.
• Experience with reconditioning walls and pedestals is preferred.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• The employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear.
• The employee frequently is required to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms.
• The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral

vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• The noise level in the work environment is moderate.
• The pace of the work environment is moderate to fast.
• The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions.
• , and extreme heat.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

COMPENSATION: This position is part-time, non-exempt. Compensation is commensurate on experience and qualifications. CCAD offers a benefits package including: vacation time, additional paid time off while the college is closed during winter break, sick time accrual, health and dental insurance, life and disability insurance, tuition remission, campus parking, and free admission to the Columbus Museum of Art.

HOW TO APPLY: Visit www.ccad.applicantpro.com/jobs/ to submit your application. When asked to upload application materials, please submit a resume/CV and a cover letter. If you are applying from any website other than CCAD or Indeed, you will receive a follow up email 3 hours after your initial submission directing you to follow the link and complete your application. You must complete this two-step process, or your application will be considered INCOMPLETE.

About CCAD:

Columbus College of Art & Design teaches a diverse undergraduate and graduate student body in the midst of a thriving creative community in Columbus, Ohio. Founded in 1879, CCAD is one of the oldest private, accredited, and nonprofit art and design colleges in the United States. CCAD offers 11 BFA programs in a variety of visual art and design disciplines, a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts, and a Master of Professional Studies in Retail Design that produce graduates equipped to shape culture and commerce at the highest level. At the core of CCAD is The CCAD Way, one of Creative Collaboration, Intentional Inclusivity, and Proven Potential. Our Core Values of Respect, Positivity, Inspiration, and Accountability unite us. CCAD's Presidential Commission on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion works to help CCAD grow with intention into a more inclusive and equitable institution. Learn more at ccad.edu.

About Columbus:

As the 14th largest city in the country and the largest and fastest-growing city in Ohio, Columbus is collaborative, open, and dynamic. Between incredible arts and entertainment, exciting collegiate and professional sports, and a spectacular downtown riverfront of sprawling greenspace, Columbus has something for everyone. Here, you'll find all the culture and amenities you'd expect in a major city, with the friendly and approachable attitude of the Midwest. Franklin County, where Columbus is located, is the epicenter of the state's political, economic, and social presence and is home to 1.3 million residents with a median age of 34. Columbus is a top city for equality and was the recipient of a perfect score from the Human Rights Campaign in 2020. And central Ohio is serious about higher education: the Columbus region is home to 52 college and university campuses, with 22,000 annual college graduates. Because CCAD is closely tied to the city's numerous art and design spaces and ever-expanding districts, you'll have plenty of places to experience creativity and showcase your own.

EEO Statement:

As an educational and cultural institution, a culture of equity and inclusion is not an add-on at CCAD, rather it is central to how we define creative excellence and the health of our institution. CCAD believes that a culturally diverse campus is integral to academic excellence, and our student, faculty, staff, and trustee bodies should reflect the diverse world in which we live, with attention to race, ethnicity, religious creed, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and ability. At CCAD, we are determined to foster an environment of inclusion and equity. CCAD is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from individuals who will contribute to its diversity.

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