What are the responsibilities and job description for the Museum Conservator - Full Time position at Paisley Park?
Are you passionate about the music industry? Do you love fashion, culture, and history? Do you work in the museum field but want to work in an exciting and dynamic environment?
Become a Textile Conservator in the Museum Collections Department for Paisley Park, where art, music, fashion, culture, and history are celebrated, energized, and inspired by the visionary creative spirit of Prince. This is a full-time position located within the Collections Department overseeing the proper care, conservation, and preservation of Paisley Park's Textile Collection.
Medical, dental, vision, pet insurance, 401K with match, HSA, complimentary tour tickets, employee discounts, and more.
Responsibilities
The key responsibilities of the Textile Conservator include:
- Efficiently run conservation work area, including defining protocols and procedures
- Coordinate conservation training for collections and museum staff as needed
- Develop, research, lead, and implement conservation plans
- Be able to identify and instruct on conservational goals
- Identify and perform daily conservation tasks
- Carry out stabilization and treatments for various textile mediums of a diverse collection for storage and exhibit
- Create conservational reports and collection rotation check procedures
- Ability to work with and dress textiles on custom mannequins
- Advise on advancements for long-term preservation of the textiles in storage and exhibition pertaining to sustainability
- Advise on the preservation of artifacts in storage and exhibition
- Advise on and track environmental monitoring in multiple storage conditions
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
The key qualifications of the Textile Conservator include:
- At least a Master's degree in Textile Conservation
- Previous experience as a conservator in a museum setting
- Excellent general conservation knowledge of a variety of mediums
- Experience in the physical handling of a variety of textile materials
- Knowledge of the effects of environmental conditions on materials and objects
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
- Excellent attention to detail
- Experience working with a team and independently - the ability to develop effective working relationships
- Must be able to work under pressure of deadlines and competing needs
- Must have a Driver's License and own a vehicle
- Other duties as assigned
Some knowledge of Prince is helpful but not required
Hours
Monday - Friday, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM, working hours, including some weekends, evenings, holidays, and overtime as required based on the event schedule. Mandatory staffing for the Prince Celebration event in June.
Physical Requirements
The primary physical requirements of the Museum Conservator include:
- Must be able to sit/stand for long periods of time
- Must be comfortable moving and lifting collection storage boxes
- Ability to work with your hands
- Excellent eyesight or vision correction
- Must be able to dress and work with mannequins
- Ability to lift at least 25 lbs.
- Ability to transport mannequins from the work area to the exhibition space
Note: As Prince was a pescatarian, Paisley Park is a pescatarian food environment. Eggs, fish, and cheese are fine; beef, pork, chicken, and other meats can be eaten in your car, or you may take meals off-site.
Chanhassen, MN, USA, Hourly, Full-Time
