Exhibit Graphic Designer

Title: Exhibit Graphic Designer

State Role Title: Media Specialist III

Hiring Range: $60,000.00

Pay Band: 4

Agency: Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation

Location: Williamsburg, VA

Agency Website: jyfmuseums.org

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Exhibit Graphic Designer manages the design process and oversees production of two-dimensional media for Jamestown Settlement and the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. Working with the Exhibitions Manager, Production Coordinator, curators, contract exhibit designers, and other exhibit team members, this position develops interpretive graphics, gallery text panels, special visual elements, and educational and promotional materials. Designs must be visually cohesive, educationally and historically accurate, and completed within established schedules and budgets.

The position develops graphic designs, mockups, and production materials; obtains required approvals for text, images, colors, and graphics; and produces or arranges for illustrations, presentation graphics, and photography. Responsibilities include coordinating with outside contractors, communicating project goals and production requirements, tracking project costs and schedules, and ensuring contracted work meets requirements. The designer also coordinates with Digital Media staff, maintains the large-format printer and printing supplies, and organizes current and archived design files.

The Exhibit Graphic Designer designs and produces signage for both museums, maintains consistent graphic styles within permanent galleries, updates the sign inventory, and incorporates sign standards into contracted work. The position maintains and replaces exhibit labels, text panels, murals, and signage; supports donor signage and printed materials for onsite events; and assists with exhibit installation and the handling and transportation of exhibit materials. Work must comply with applicable safety codes, accessibility requirements, and museum standards.

Minimum Qualifications

• Graphic Design Experience — Demonstrated professional experience in graphic design.

• Design Portfolio and Visual Communication — Portfolio demonstrating strong design sensibility, conceptual development, typography, layout, color, visual hierarchy, and clear visual communication.

• Exhibition and Museum Graphics — Demonstrated experience designing exhibition graphics, including title walls, section panels, timelines, object labels, or other visitor-facing interpretive graphics.

• Environmental Graphics and Wayfinding — Experience creating environmental graphics, directional signs, maps, wayfinding, or spatial graphics that support visitor navigation and engagement.

• Adobe Creative Cloud and Design Production — Demonstrated proficiency with Adobe Creative Cloud applications, including InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop, and experience developing designs from concept through final production.

• Print, Pre-Press, and Large-Format Production — Knowledge and experience preparing files for digital and print production, including color management, pre-press, large-format printing, vinyl, or direct-to-substrate applications.

• Accessibility and Visitor Engagement — Experience applying accessibility principles, including legibility, typography, contrast, and wayfinding, to exhibition or visitor-facing graphics.

• Collaboration and Content Development — Experience collaborating with curators, educators, clients, stakeholders, vendors, or other partners to translate complex information into clear and engaging visual narratives.

• Project Management and Organization — Demonstrated ability to manage multiple design projects, establish priorities, maintain production schedules, communicate project status, and meet deadlines.

• Vendor and Production Coordination — Experience preparing specifications and coordinating with printers, fabricators, and other outside vendors through production and delivery.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

 

Contact Information

Name: Coy Mozingo

Phone: 757-253-4042

Email: careers@jyf.virginia.gov

 

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.