Designer And Fabricator

Description:

History Colorado creates impactful, acclaimed, and award-winning exhibitions at our museums across the state, inviting visitors to explore what makes Colorado Colorado. We are committed to developing exhibitions that investigate compelling ideas, push creative boundaries, and offer memorable opportunities for all visitors to access and engage with our shared history. The Designer & Fabricator is a valuable member of the Design & Production team, assisting in the production of History Colorado’s exhibition program across the statewide History Colorado system and works closely with colleagues throughout the organization to ensure that our exhibitions are successful across a variety of measures.

Duties

• Participate in History Colorado’s Design & Production team as we continue to produce exhibitions that make our shared history as Coloradans accessible to all

• Assist with the design, production, and installation of eight exhibitions per year on average, ranging from mezzanine installations to large gallery exhibitions

• Support exhibition design and production at History Colorado’s community museums around the state in coordination with local museum staff members

• Create exhibition design concepts from the initial concept through completion, installation and maintenance

• Design and fabricate exhibit vignettes, artifact armatures, artifact casework, interior structure and interactives

• Conceptualize, articulate, and illustrate design concepts through renderings in response to collaboration with developers and curators as necessary

• Design exhibits to maximize in-house production and assess what needs to be contracted out of house

• Help maintain a large production shop, oversee tool maintenance, and assist in planning for future expansion and modernization

• Contribute to a dynamic production team

• Support other departments within History Colorado for requested production needs

• Identify, develop and communicate cost savings measures for production work

• Create technical drawings for out of house production