Curator III - Curator of Photography and Student Art (3544) – SFO – Museum (List ID #156481)

Company Description

• Application Opening: 5/23/25

• Application Deadline: Apply Immediately. Application filing will be open at least through 6/6/25, 5:00 PM (PST) and will close any time thereafter

• Compensation: $101,140 to $123,032 annually
• Recruitment ID: PEX-3544-156481

San Francisco International Airport (SFO), an enterprise department of the City and County of San Francisco (CCSF), has approximately 1,700 CCSF employees and strives to be a diverse, equitable, and inclusive employer.

SFO’s mission is delivering an airport experience where people and our planet come first and our core values are Safety and Security, Teamwork, Excellence, Care, and Equity. Learn more about careers at SFO. 

For more information about SFO, visit www.flysfo.com. Follow us on X and Facebook.

As a team member of SFO, you will embrace SFO’s core values and SFO’s Racial Equity Action Plan.

Established in 1980 by the Airport Commission, SFO Museum’s mission is to delight, engage, and inspire a global audience with programming on a broad range of subjects; to collect, preserve, interpret, and share the history of commercial aviation; and to enrich the public experience at San Francisco International Airport. The Museum has been accredited by the American Alliance of Museums since 1999 and retains the distinction of being the only accredited museum in an airport. The Museum operates more than twenty-five sites throughout the Airport terminals, including fourteen galleries that exhibit a rotating schedule of art, history, photography, science, and cultural exhibitions. Among the sites is the San Francisco Airport Commission Aviation Library and Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum, which houses a permanent collection of more than 150,000 objects related to the history of commercial aviation. For additional information about SFO Museum, please visit www.sfomuseum.org.

Appointment Type: Permanent Exempt, Category 14: This position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer.

Job Description

SFO Museum is seeking an inspired and energetic curator to lead two key programming areas—Photography and Student Art. Under the direction of the 3546 Curator IV, Curator in Charge of Exhibitions, the Curator of Photography and Student Art will organize and curate a robust schedule of Photography and Student Art exhibitions for our gallery locations through SFO International Airport.

This position is tasked with identifying a broad range of subjects and artists for exhibition; conducting direct outreach to individuals: both private and public institutions to secure exhibition partnerships; working closely across departments, including collaboration with Registration, Graphic Design, Social Media, and Preparation, to ensure exhibition goals are met. SFO Museum is excited to share this opportunity with someone eager to lead the Photography and Student Art programming. The candidate will join a team of innovative and passionate museum professionals who produce an extraordinary variety of exhibitions for an audience of more than 52 million annual visitors to the San Francisco International Airport.

The essential functions of this position include: