ART HANDLER - Part time or Full time position

The Conservation Center in Chicago is soliciting qualified applicants to join the Company’s Shipping and Transportation Department as an Art Handler. This department provides professional art handling and installation, collection management and storage, packing, and shipping of art and antiques for corporations, institutions, and private clients. The Center will consider applicants for both part-time and full-time positions.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for art handling, crating, and storage within a warehouse environment.
• Work closely with registrars, conservators, and sales team during the scheduling, intake, and return of artworks.
• Other duties and projects, as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Educational background in an art-related field preferred.
• A minimum of 4 years of previous art handling and art installation experience in a museum, gallery, or similar setting is required.
• Must be willing to learn about the basics of art conservation processes and work collaboratively with conservation staff to meet project deadlines.
• Experience driving a box truck in congested city areas and heavy traffic is strongly preferred.
• Must be comfortable in a rapidly moving warehouse environment with the ability to lift 50+ lbs.
• Must be comfortable working onsite to pack or install artwork.
• Must be comfortable with regular interaction with clients. Therefore, strong customer service skills are essential.
• Must be comfortable working in art disaster response situations where sites include structures that have suffered fires, floods, and other natural disasters. The resulting environments, while controlled, may have varying degrees of standing water, mold, soot, etc.
• Ability to travel on short notice for disaster response, including weekend and overnight hours.
• Proactive in applying new techniques and materials to improve safety for works of art and to carry out specialized tasks more effectively.
• Must be flexible and willing to adapt to project-specific needs on a case-by-case basis.

For a full time position, benefits include medical insurance, paid holidays, PTO, and a 401 (k) retirement plan.

The Conservation Center is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Interested candidates should submit a resume and three professional references to recruiting@theconservationcenter.com. The Conservation Center cannot sponsor candidates at this time; if applying from outside the US, a US work visa is required before applying.

No phone calls, please.