Director: Creative Services, The Tech Museum

Position Overview

Be part of the team that helps re-energize and reposition the museum with its new branding and gallery renewal.

This is a full-time, exempt position reporting directly to the Vice President of Marketing. The Director has institution-wide responsibility to ensure that The Tech Museum’s corporate identity is maintained. The Director is also a partner in ensuring deadlines and budgets are met. The position is both hands-on execution as well as strategic management.

Key Outcomes and Responsibilities:

• Execute the corporate identity of The Tech Museum, its brands, and programs in all internal and external venues, materials, products, signage and overall use.
• Oversee all corporate behavior by maintaining oversight responsibility on all materials from all departments museum-wide that have internal or external distribution and use.
• Within the corporate identity guidelines design and/or produce graphics and signage for all assigned on-line and off-line projects.
• By collaborating with Project Leaders, design and implement design elements, graphic, website-related, etc., for all organizational projects for their maximum exposure and overall success.
• Recommend to the Vice President of Marketing for approval, modification or disapproval all design elements used by The Tech Museum or by extension, to represent The Tech Museum including, but not limited to, collateral, advertising including broadcast and print, online marketing including website, way finding systems, direct mail, publications, presentations and merchandising using the identity.
• Provide regular reports to the Vice President of Marketing on design projects and scheduling.
• Develop an annual and multi-year budget, as part of the overall museum budget for Board approval, to achieve organizational and team objectives, including the use of any outside contractors.
• As budgets allow, recruit, develop and manage a staff or contractors capable of achieving overall design and project objectives including graphic designers. Web design and functionality will be done in partnership with Marketing and IT/Finance.
• Identify, select, coordinate and manage all outsourced, contract or pro bono design contractors or vendors.

Key Qualifications

• Minimum of seven years of experience in design with a background and understanding of corporate identity systems and a portfolio that includes print and interactive work.
• Degree in design or related field.
• Understanding of interactive/web medium.
• Prior experience in managing graphic identity projects with demonstrated ability to maintain the corporate identity integrity in all graphics, stationary, publications, signage, and advertising and in electronic/website applications.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver) and Mac Operating System.
• Experience building standards based HTML pages. Javascript, Flash experience a plus.
• Possess a strong sense of aesthetics and graphic design, and knowledge of the principles and application of design in creating and sustaining a corporate image, and the broader vision of branding of an organization.
• Exhibits stylistic breadth, attention to detail and balances beauty, innovation and usability.
• Experience and demonstrated ability to work in a team environment.
• Proven ability to manage an artistic staff and manage multiple projects within budget and on deadline in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven ability to be a self-starter, creative, cost-conscious with a high degree of energy and dedication.


Application Procedure
Please send cover letter, portfolio and resume with salary history to: The Tech Museum of Innovation, 201 South Market Street, San Jose, CA 95113-2008, Attn: Human Resources. Or, e-mail resume to jobs@thetech.org (text only -- do not send attachments.) FAX: (408) 279-7149. No phone calls please.

The Tech Museum of Innovation is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a strong commitment to diversity.

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