Associate Director for Exhibitions & Education, The Harry Ransom Center
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- UT MAIN CAMPUS
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Not specified
- Posted
Must have
- Master’s degree or higher in one of the Ransom Center’s areas of collection strength (e.g., literature, theatre, film, photography, or art).
- At least seven years of progressively responsible professional experience in library or museum education and exhibitions.
- Experience leading major cross-departmental initiatives, institutional programs, exhibitions, or other complex projects involving multiple stakeholders and areas of expertise.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement strategic initiatives, manage multiple priorities, and collaborate effectively across departments and areas of expertise.
- Demonstrated experience supervising, mentoring, and developing professional staff and supporting teams through organizational or programmatic change.
- Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with faculty, scholars, students, community partners, cultural organizations, and o
- Demonstrated record of scholarly or professional publication.
- Flexibility of schedule with the ability to work on site on some weekends and evenings.
- Familiarity with museum exhibition best practices.
Nice to have
- Experience providing strategic leadership across multiple engagement areas, such as exhibitions, instruction, fellowships, scholarly programs, public programming, or visitor services, preferably withi
- Experience using program assessment, evaluation, and other evidence to inform strategic decision-making and improve engagement initiatives.
- Experience with collection management systems.
Full description
Job Posting Title:
Associate Director for Exhibitions & Education, The Harry Ransom Center----Hiring Department:
Harry Ransom Center----Position Open To:
All Applicants----Weekly Scheduled Hours:
40----FLSA Status:
Exempt from FLSA----Earliest Start Date:
Nov 20, 2026----Position Duration:
Expected to Continue----Location:
UT MAIN CAMPUS----Job Details:
General Notes
About the Harry Ransom Center
The Ransom Center is an internationally renowned humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. Its extensive collections provide unique insight into the creative process of writers and artists, deepening our understanding and appreciation of literature, photography, film, art, and the performing arts. Visitors engage with the Center's collections through research and study, exhibitions, publications, and a rich variety of program offerings including readings, talks, symposia, and film screenings.
The Ransom Center encourages discovery, inspires creativity, and advances understanding of the humanities for a broad audience through the preservation and sharing of its extraordinary collections.
Purpose
The Associate Director for Exhibitions & Education provides strategic leadership for the Ransom Center’s exhibitions program and other educational activities. Reporting to the Director, this role oversees a portfolio of interpretive initiatives including exhibitions, public programs and symposia, classroom instruction, and fellowships.
Working closely with the Director, senior leadership team, and unit heads within the portfolio, the Associate Director for Exhibitions & Education translates institutional strategy into coordinated programs that deepen engagement, build partnerships across campus, and expand public understanding and appreciation of the Center’s collections. This position plans, coordinates, and manages the Center’s active schedule of public exhibitions and associated public programs. In coordination with the Head of Instruction & Archival Engagement and Library Services staff, it oversees a robust program of classroom instruction with rare and unique primary sources, and in coordination with the Head of Education & Public Programs, it ensures consistently engaging visitor experiences. The Associate Director for Exhibitions & Education collaborates with the Head of Fellowships & Scholarly Programs in the review, selection, and administration of the Center’s fellowship program which serves approximately fifty fellows a year. The position works closely with exhibition curators, events staff, teaching faculty, speakers, and community partners to deliver consistently engaging experiences in the Center’s exhibition galleries, theatre, classrooms, and online.