Traveling Exhibitions Operations Manager

The Senior Traveling Exhibitions Manager, Operations plays a senior role in advancing the Field Museum’s Traveling Exhibitions program. The successful candidate will oversee Traveling Exhibitions operations, bear primary responsibility for Traveling Exhibitions budgets, supervise Production Supervisors, and manage strategic partnerships and business development.

Field Museum Traveling Exhibitions

•  Coordinates all operational needs for exhibition installations and deinstallations in consultation with Sales, Production, and Registration staff including floor plan approvals, team staffing assignments and work schedules, team travel planning, shipping logistics, and exhibitions maintenance.

•  Manages all aspects of Traveling Exhibitions budget tracking and forecasting; review monthly expenditures, report quarterly budget status, project revenue cash flow, and monitor adherence to approved accruals; work with colleagues on real-time expense tracking and invoicing; standardize working documents and organize, maintain, and archive past budget files.

•  Take a leading role in Field Museum Traveling Exhibitions project partnerships and domestic and international exhibition partnerships, including correspondence with partners, contracting, planning and attending workshops, partnership workflow, and tour planning.

•  Represent the Field Museum alone and as part of a team at conferences and client meetings.

• Oversee creation of traveling manual

Traveling Manual