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Museum of the City of New York
Associate Director, Retail & Visitor Experience
The Museum of the City of New York celebrates and interprets the city, educating the public about its distinctive character,
especially its heritage of diversity, opportunity, and perpetual transformation. Founded in 1923 as a private, nonprofit
corporation, the Museum connects the past, present, and future of New York City. It serves the people of New York and
visitors from around the world through exhibitions, school and public programs, publications, and collections.
The Museum of the City of New York is searching for a new Associate Director to lead the Visitor Experience &
Retail Departments. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in museum retail and team leadership. The
position oversees a large staff; including several full-time managers, part-time employees and volunteers.
Experience in team management, mentorship and training is a must. The Associate Director will oversee all in-store
and online shop operations including budgeting, buying, merchandising, product development, artist
collaborations and licensing. A successful candidate will have a background in buying and merchandising as well
as strong communications skills and the ability to work closely with a team. This role laisses with many other
departments including teams from our education, marketing, development, facilities and public programming
departments to ensure a positive and engaging visitor experience is had by our many diverse visitors.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Budgeting: Develop departmental budgets for Visitor Experience & Retail Departments. Account for and assign
all purchases for both teams. Create budgets for staffing, merchandise and marketing initiatives.
Shop Buyer/Product Development:
collaborations and manage new custom product development.
jewelry, home, accessories and stationary products.
Visual Merchandising:
a fresh and engaging retail environment for visitors.
other lower price point souvenirs that we sell in high volume.
Marketing & Promotions:
eblasts to communicate in-store and online marketing efforts.
Reporting: Create and analyze daily, weekly and annual reports to understand shop sales and trends. Use this
information to maintain and increase our average and per capita dollar amount spent by visitors.
Visitor Experience Staff Management: Oversee the Visitor Experience Team led by our Manager of Visitor
Experience including assist in the hiring and cross training of new staff their roles a both shop and admissions
systems and roles.
Inventory Management: Maintain stock of bestselling items (by season and by exhibition) & predict the inventory
needs of the shop to maintain even stock levels and capitalize on trade discounts. Oversee Assistant Manager
who handles receiving, inventory and accounting for the department. Lead annual inventory processes. Plan and
pull stock for seasonal sales to push out old, dead stock that we accumulate when an exhibition closes.
Ecommerce Store: Manage, refine and grow the online store operation. Oversee order fulfillment and the part-
time staff that handles this departmental function.
Website: Overall website management and artistic direction. Refreshed product seasonally and in conjunction
with exhibition rotation. Create content and messaging; including writing copy adding high res images for new
items to appear on our website.
Leadership: Oversee daily operations for the Visitor Experience and Retail teams by setting priorities and
workflow. Hire and train mid-level and entry level managers and staff. Represent these departments in senior
staff meetings and within the museum. Collaborate with other department on large scale initiates, operations,
scheduling and staffing.
A successful candidate will have:
Physical Requirements & Work Environment
The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an
employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to
enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job is very physical, three full days a
week, if not more. This job involves moving and lifting very heavy boxes, carts, and objects. 40-50% of time is
spent on the floor, on your feet, in the shops merchandising and replenishing displays. While performing the
duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel
objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or
hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities
required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the
ability to adjust focus. On occasion the employee may be required to work outside events with weather
conditions including heat and cold. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
In accordance with NYC Executive Order 225 proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required. Reasonable
accommodations may be made upon request in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law.
BENEFITS
The salary range for this position is $70,000-$80,000. Excellent benefits package, including a defined benefit
pension plan as well as a 401K savings plan.
Your employment relationship with the Museum qualifies you for free or discounted admissions to other
participating cultural institutions.
HOW TO APPLY
Please email your resume and cover letter to the Museum of the City of New York Attention: Human Resources
Department to jobs@mcny.og. To be considered, please include Associate Director, Retail & Visitor Experience
within the subject line of your email.
The Museum of the City of New York is committed to fostering a collaborative and respectful work environment with a staff
as diverse as New York City and the audiences who are curious about learning more about its history and engaging in
contemporary urban issues. Our staff members are dedicated to working towards a common goal: creating the most dynamic
and inspiring city museum in the world.
The Museum of the City of New York is an equal opportunity employer. As such, the museum provides equal employment
opportunity for all employees and applicants without unlawful discrimination with respect to age, citizenship status, color,
creed, disability, ethnicity, gender identification, marital status, military status or veteran, national origin, political
association, political/personal convictions, predisposing genetic characteristics, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, socio-
economic status, geographic location, philosophies, or any other classification protected by federal, state or local laws, in all
employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, training, compensation, promotion, demotion,
transfer, lay-off, and termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment. All employment-related decisions are
based solely on relevant criteria including training, experience, and suitability.
Full Time
Arts & Culture
$99k-139k (estimate)
05/14/2023
06/05/2024
mcny.org
NEW YORK, NY
100 - 200
1923
Private
JAMES G DINAN
<$5M
Arts & Culture