Assistant Exhibition Designer Jobs (NOW HIRING)

The Position
The Producer oversees interactive media projects and is involved in large exhibition projects, working with clients and Ideum’s creative staff. We produce projects for museums, zoos & aquariums, visitor centers, and tradeshows. A Producer will have proven to be both a highly skilled project manager and an excellent manager of employees and occasionally contractors.

The Producer is expected to have a broad and deep understanding of trends and new developments in our industry, including the range of experience design and exhibit development approaches for different types of clients, design and production processes and tools, and critical hardware and software products and processes.

All Producers at Ideum manage projects and help staff develop their skills. The Producer must demonstrate high emotional intelligence, superior listening skills, and creative problem-solving abilities, and be interested in assisting the Creative Services teams in reaching their highest potential.

Core Requirements and Duties:

• Effectively manage media and experience design projects with internal teams consisting of designers, developers, and creative directors.
• Manage interactive media projects effectively with museum and Fortune 500 clients, partners, and collaborators.
• Participate in Ideum’s business development process of writing proposals and obtaining and delivering quotes with other key departments, including Sales, Media Systems, Design, Software, Workshop, and the Fabrication Studio.
• Assist other Producers in developing large exhibition design projects.
• Anticipate, alert Leadership, and respond to staff needs, bottlenecks, and deadline-threatening events across CS and Ideum.
• Steadiness and dependability are required when complex projects with many stakeholders are facing challenges.
• Participate in staff reviews and recommend promotions, raises, and disciplinary action.
• Active participation in and development of opportunities to share Ideum’s breadth and expertise with local and national individuals and professional peer groups involved in museum design, interpretive planning, education, technology, and appropriate STEAM and other communities
• Mentor project coordinators, developers, designers, and other creative staff.
• Investigate and share trends and developments in key fields, such as experience design, accessibility, and interactive technologies.
• Travel to museums and other client destinations to work with staff at those locations, assess site conditions, review work in production, and oversee the implementation, installation, or commissioning of exhibits.

Competencies

• Quality control, oversight, and coordination of interactive media projects.
• A deep understanding of interactive media and experience design approaches.
• The ability to help price and produce proposals for new project work.
• Assist other producers with exhibit design and production scheduling.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with diverse staff and project team members.
• Approach production plans with determined flexibility.
• Conversant in UI/UX, graphic design, and the basics of environmental design.
• Planning of media exhibits for responsiveness, durability, and ease of maintenance.
• Able to create exciting, accurate, and innovative proposals.
• Ability to maintain positive client and staff relationships.
• Experience producing exhibits at a wide range of price points.
• Efficient time management of self and others.
• Reflects Ideum philosophy of: ‘Simplicity: less but better.’
• Ability to develop and articulate strong concepts.
• Prefers to prototype rather than speculate.
• Embraces innovation that may be uncomfortable in the development process.

About Ideum

We create meaningful experiences that use emerging technologies. Our approach is to create exhibits that evoke wonder, awe, and surprise and tell important stories about science, art, history, and culture that have a lasting impact. We are committed to creating visitor-centric interactive experiences of substance delivered in immersive and exciting ways.

We work with museums, educational institutions, Fortune 500 companies, and other entities throughout North America and worldwide. Our firm provides design services, custom software development, media systems design and installation, and custom fabrication.

Our multitouch tables and touch walls are practical implementations of recent advances in multiple emerging technology areas. Our hardware products are designed for social environments that encourage interaction and collaboration. We take pride in what we design and build, focusing on reliability and performance to create lasting products. We are in scenic Corrales, New Mexico (near Albuquerque and an hour from Santa Fe). Please visit our website to learn more about us: http://www.ideum.com.

Job Details and Benefits

The position pays $60,000 to $80,000, depending on experience.

This job is on-site at our offices in Corrales, NM. We are not considering remote candidates.

After 90 days of employment, this position includes paid time off, health, dental, and vision insurance, critical illness and accident insurance, life insurance, and short- and long-term disability insurance. After one year, employees are eligible for our 401K Safe Harbor Profit Sharing Plan.

Fine Print

Ideum, Inc. is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We value a diverse workplace and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, disability status, nationalities, or any other status protected by local, state, or federal law. If an applicant needs reasonable accommodations during the application process, they should contact a company representative.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

How to Apply

Please include a resume, cover letter, and relevant work samples/portfolio. No phone calls or walk-ins, please. NOTE: *Applications without a cover letter and relevant work samples/portfolio will not be considered.