Senior Preparator
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Senior Preparator Job Family
Museum Operations Type
Regular Full-Time Position Status
Getty Center Workplace Type
Onsite Salaried/Hourly
Hourly Hiring Pay Scale
$30.72 - $39.17 Hourly Salary
Commensurate with experience and internal equity Program/Department
Museum - 0326-Preparations Requisition Number
2025-4571 ERRP Eligible
No Getty is committed to creating a welcoming workplace that reflects the various backgrounds of the communities we serve. We value differences in the pursuit of inquiry and knowledge, mutual understanding, respect, trust, transparency, and cooperation. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected status. Job Summary Our Mission The J. Paul Getty Museum seeks to inspire curiosity about, and enjoyment and understanding of, the visual arts by collecting, conserving, exhibiting, and interpreting works of art of outstanding quality and historical importance and is one of four programs of the J. Paul Getty Trust. The Museum operates two sites, the Getty Villa in Malibu, which exhibits its collection of Greek and Roman antiquities, and the Getty Center in Brentwood, which displays its collections of European art: Medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts, paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, drawings to 1900, and photography to the present day (including non-European works). The Museum mounts approximately 25 temporary exhibitions a year across its two sites; maintains an annual permanent gallery improvement program and offers wide-ranging and ambitious programming for its visitors. The Opportunity The J. Paul Getty Museum seeks a Senior Preparator for the Preparations department located at the Getty Center. Under minimal supervision, oversees the routine installation and maintenance of permanent galleries, special exhibition and temporary exhibition spaces, and art storage areas. Uses appropriate materials, equipment, and methods to display, store, pack and transport works of art. Plans and executes the fabrication, installation, disassembly and storage of works of art, associated materials and furniture for permanent and special exhibition galleries. The Museum's Exhibitions Division comprises four Departments: Exhibitions Coordination; Registration; Design and Preparations. The Division's mission is to realize ambitious, impactful exhibitions, including tours and special projects, and successful gallery installations, working collaboratively to ensure excellence and creativity in scholarship, design, display, and interpretation, supported through disciplined budget management and systematic planning. Major Job Responsibilities
Works on complex assignments.
Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
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