Museum Exhibition Graphic Designer Job at Industrial Designers Society of Americ

C&G Partners is a multi‑specialty creative studio dedicated to design for culture. We focus on design and user experience, ensuring our creations are elegant, engaging, seamlessly integrated, and efficient. Our work follows industry standards and best practices to be visually appealing, well‑built, sustainable, and accessible.

We have an immediate opening for a mid‑to‑senior‑level museum exhibition graphic designer. This position is ideal for an established designer with 3–5 years of solid experience in a collaborative design environment. We look for a designer who is curious, positive, passionate, and has new ideas to share.

Our studio is unique: we undertake projects that involve multiple in‑house design specialists at the same time—media designers, architects, graphic designers, writers, and more. Projects always encompass more than one design discipline, and we welcome designers interested in working across fields.

Responsibilities

• Mentoring less‑experienced museum exhibition graphic designers
• Pushing the boundaries of museum exhibition graphic design excellence for this client type
• Excellent verbal and written communication, including directly with clients
• Advanced knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign
• Positive attitude and takes criticism well
• Self‑motivated and independent thinker with strong communication skills
• Organized and able to follow up on long and short‑term projects
• Flexibility to work independently and be a team player when necessary
• Ability and willingness to adapt to rapidly changing priorities
• Collaborate and coordinate work with team, including other graphic designers, 3D designers, content team, media team, and outside consultants
• Liaise with exhibit fabricator, project architect, and client
• Help plan project timelines
• HTML, AfterEffects, 3D software like SketchUp are all a plus but are not required
• Experience reading architectural drawings is a plus but we can teach you

Requirements

• Excellent design skills
• Excellent typography skills
• Well‑versed in working with imagery, color, and grids
• 3–5 years of experience
• Advanced skills in Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator)
>A well‑organized and detail‑oriented, can‑do attitude
• Comfort working as part of a team and leading junior designers
• Articulate and poised with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience working in exhibitions
• Be able to communicate and collaborate with other creatives, architects, and fabricators, with experience in sending artwork for pre‑production and production
• An understanding of physical design materials

Details And How To Apply

Salary range: $70,000 - $85,000. This estimate is based on the expectations laid out in the job description. Salary may vary depending on experience.

Please email resumes to designer@cgpartnersllc.com, with work samples and a cover letter detailing your current employment situation and why you are interested in this position. Correspondence should note “Museum Exhibition Graphic Designer” in the subject line. Email replies only, please.

This is a full‑time, salaried position with benefits. C&G Partners is an equal‑opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States.

Location: New York City. Hybrid workplace with in‑office days. Candidates should be locally based to facilitate on‑site collaboration.