Working at the Museum
Thank you for your interest in employment opportunities at the Brick Store Museum. Please find information on openings below.
Community Engagement Specialist
The Brick Store Museum seeks the assistance of a Community Engagement Specialist to support its mission through outreach and awareness-building. The focus of this role is to engage varied audiences that can support and be served by the Museum’s mission. This is a collaborative role that works closely with the Executive Director and other team members to ensure the success of the Museum’s Strategic Plan; it involves aspects of development, marketing, and volunteer coordination. Primary responsibilities include: assisting in fundraising and grant writing; stewarding business and organization partnerships; volunteer team recruitment; and marketing and communications. The Specialist will also share responsibility for guest services and event implementation.
This is a part-time, 20 hour a week position with a Tuesday – Thursday schedule, with most work to be performed during core business hours. Some night and weekend hours may apply during museum events.
The starting hourly rate for this position is $22 per hour. Benefits include:
- Accrued paid time off and paid holidays
- Health insurance with 50% employer-paid option (individual only)
- Retirement plan with employer contribution
Specific responsibilities will include:
Development support: Coordinate the Museum’s grant writing and corporate sponsorship program in collaboration with the Executive Director, research new funding opportunities, create and manage sponsorship outreach for businesses to increase engagement with business community, support fundraising programs by creating virtual donation pages, marketing campaigns, outreach, and more.
Marketing: Prepare and send weekly press releases and calendar listings; develop contact database; input event information in online tourism/event calendars; contribute to social media content creation; manage brochure supplies at distribution centers; distribute flyers to community centers.
Outreach: Quarterly outreach to community organizations and businesses to raise awareness of Museum promotions, events, and sponsorship opportunities;
Volunteers: recruit and coordinate volunteers in multiple areas of the Museum’s mission
Events support: together with the Museum team, assist in the planning and implementation of small and large events that expand and nurture Museum audiences (some nights and weekends may apply)
Stewardship: Coordinate Member, Donor and Volunteer events annually
Preferred Qualifications:
Post-secondary degree (Masters degree preferred) in the museum, nonprofit, cultural, fundraising, or educational field.
Excellent writing skills, and direct experience with fundraising and community engagement
Ability to project manage and carry out multiple projects in a small-team dynamic
Self-motivated and able to work independently
Professional and positive demeanor with a flexible attitude
Understanding of the museum field
General knowledge of the region and community is extremely helpful
Core skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint); graphics creation (either in Photoshop or Canva); and the ability to learn and use other specialized software.
To apply, please email Executive Director Cynthia Walker at edirector@brickstoremuseum.org by May 24, 2024, with “Community Engagement Specialist” in the subject line. Please include your resume and a relevant writing sample and/or short cover letter to expand on your interest in this role.
Guest Experience Associate
The Brick Store Museum seeks the assistance of a Guest Experience Associate to support its mission of multi-generational learning. The focus of this role is to share responsibility for guest services and administrative tasks at the Museum’s Welcome Desk.
This is a part-time, 12 hour a week position, generally planned as 6 hours per day with the choice of two days Tuesday through Friday. Most work to be performed during core business hours. Some additional night and weekend hours may apply during museum events. While we are seeking to fill this position year-round, we will consider summer employment for students.
The hourly rate for this position is $17 per hour.
Specific responsibilities will include:
- Welcoming Museum visitors at the Museum’s Welcome Desk in a friendly manner
- Processing payments for ticketing, Museum Store purchases, and donations
- Light upkeep of exhibitions and Learning Gallery
- Inventorying the Museum Store
- Understanding and speaking on the Museum’s mission, events and programs
- Answering phone calls from the public
- Supporting other administrative duties
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in customer service
- Excellent communication skills
- Self-motivated and able to work independently
- Professional and positive demeanor with a flexible attitude
- Understanding of the museum field
- Core skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint); and the ability to learn and use other specialized software.
To apply, please email Executive Director Cynthia Walker at edirector@brickstoremuseum.org by May 24, 2024, with the title “Experience Associate” in the subject line. Please include your resume and a short cover letter to introduce yourself.
Internships
The Brick Store Museum is a small nonprofit that offers a limited number of internships to high school and college students. We believe in investing in the future of history and art, therefore Museum internships earn a small stipend to help support students in their chosen career paths.
Internships are offered in the spring, summer and fall. Please learn more on our Internships page.