Head of Design and Production

Job Description

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Lead the design and production of gallery artworks to maximize artistic quality while maintaining efficiency and scalability of systems.

2. Cultivate a vendor roster for design, fabrication, and contract assembly.

3. Balance in-house vs. outsourced design and optimize studio space use.

4. Define the guidelines for the use of off-the-shelf products versus custom components, setting guideposts for how to document and store each type.

DESIGN EXECUTION

1. Collaborate with the artist on R&D priorities and perform rapid prototyping.

2. Generate photorealistic visualizations of nascent concepts to facilitate high-level presentations and iterative artist reviews.

3. Develop holistic artwork systems including specifying LED components, specifying all other components, creating CAD models to communicate design requirements to vendors, determining production strategy for entire artwork.

PRODUCTION & PROJECT MANAGEMENT

1. Deliver simultaneous projects on-budget and on-schedule.

2. Vet vendors, write technical specs, and manage RFPs/work orders.

3. Oversee production budgets and bi-weekly variance reporting.

4. Guide the budgeting for material and labor for multiple simultaneous projects.

EXHIBITION DESIGN AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT

1. Design artworks for inclusion in exhibitions.

2. Design exhibitions in partnership with the artist.

3. Coordinate venue site preparation and supervise onsite installations.

DOCUMENTATION:

1. Record each step in the creation of an artwork, ensuring that a design is properly documented in the studio’s archive.

2. Create and maintain Bills of Materials for active projects.

3. Create artwork manuals and system diagrams.

QUALIFICATIONS

1. This position requires excellent attention to detail, including the ability to inspect artworks and artwork components with an exacting microvision.

2. This position requires experience specifying, designing, and fabricating electronic artwork, including the ability to draw complex metalwork in 2D and 3D and to specify build parameters for fabricators while overseeing a given fabricator’s execution of the design.

3. This position requires experience in mechanical and electrical assembly, including crimping, wiring, and soldering.

4. This job requires proficiency with modern CAD, rendering, and creative tools.

5. Additionally, the following education and/or prior job experience is required: A college degree and at least five years of related experience in product design. The ideal candidate has 10 years of experience in product design or related pursuit.

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