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Senior Manager, Exhibition Interactives
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and SciencesLos Angeles, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 22 May 2026
💰 $88,000/yr($85,000/yr – $88,000/yr)
About the role
Department: Exhibitions
Reports to: Senior Director, AV, Lighting and Interactives
Job Type: Full Time–Regular
Job Classification: Salaried (Exempt)
Workplace Location: Los Angeles – Academy Museum
Summary/Objective:
The Senior Manager, Exhibition Interactives oversees project management workflows and budgets, serves as a central voice in project evaluations, and creates in-gallery interactive experiences. Working closely with curators, exhibition designers, and technical partners, this role defines visitor journeys, interactions, and experiences that bring clarity and delight to every touchpoint. The ideal candidate brings a balance of strategic curiosity and craft excellence, with the ability to make complex ideas feel simple and intuitive.
Essential Functions of the Job:
Required Competencies:
Reports to: Senior Director, AV, Lighting and Interactives
Job Type: Full Time–Regular
Job Classification: Salaried (Exempt)
Workplace Location: Los Angeles – Academy Museum
Summary/Objective:
The Senior Manager, Exhibition Interactives oversees project management workflows and budgets, serves as a central voice in project evaluations, and creates in-gallery interactive experiences. Working closely with curators, exhibition designers, and technical partners, this role defines visitor journeys, interactions, and experiences that bring clarity and delight to every touchpoint. The ideal candidate brings a balance of strategic curiosity and craft excellence, with the ability to make complex ideas feel simple and intuitive.
Essential Functions of the Job:
- Project manage interactive experiences that enhance visitor engagement, including in-person digital and analog interactives, online interactive experiences, and AR (Augmented Reality), VR (Virtual Reality), and MR (Mixed Reality) experiences.
- Research and stay current with emerging technologies and trends in the sector to innovate visitor experience. Evaluate current trends regarding their efficacy and impact on audiences.
- Collaborate with exhibition teams, curators, exhibition designers, IT, and educators to integrate interactive projects cohesively into exhibitions and across public spaces at the museum.
- Create and manage project timelines, setting key milestones to ensure projects stay on track and align with exhibition deadlines.
- Manage project budgets, including estimating costs, tracking expenses, and ensuring projects stay within a given budget.
- Manage contracts with vendors, developers, and independent contractors, ensuring clear deliverables and timelines. Oversee relationships with the above coordinating payments and all deliverables.
- Lead evaluation efforts of analog and digital projects to assess impact and inform future projects. Assess effective methods for evaluations, develop recommendations for evaluation methods, implement workflows and timelines, and create summary reports and analysis.
- Make minor technical updates as needed, including editing content in a CMS, adjusting HTML/CSS for web-based interactives, or troubleshooting small functionality issues.
- Ensure accessibility and inclusivity in all interactive experiences, aligning with best practices and institutional standards.
- Train and support staff in the use and overall maintenance of interactive experiences.
- Help grow and inspire audiences, making museum visits more dynamic and memorable for visitors of all types.
- Other duties as assigned.
Required Competencies:
- At least 5 years of experience in In-gallery Interactives or related field.
- At least 3 years of work at a museum, gallery, artist studio, or related field.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
- Working knowledge of a wide variety of digital interactive hardware used for exhibitions.
- Proficient with PC and Mac OS.
- Knowledge of film and media arts history and technology, including various video and sound formats.
- High fluency in content-related data and analysis through Sprout Social, Google Analytics, and Salesforce Marketing Cloud. Experience pulling and presenting performance reports, deriving actionable insights, and monitoring and optimizing based on key learnings.
- Technical fluency with digital media systems and back-end production processes; ability to troubleshoot, coordinate, guide, and maintain development as needed.
- Ability to prioritize and compartmentalize duties.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Enthusiasm, commitment, open mindedness, and integrity.
- The capacity to work quickly, precisely, and efficiently under deadlines.
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