Museum Exhibition Graphic Designer

C&G Partners is a multi-specialty creative studio, dedicated to design for culture. We focus on design and user experience, making sure that our creations are elegant, engaging, seamlessly integrated, and efficient. We do this by creating carefully tailored designs that follow industry standards and best practices, ensuring that our work is not just visually appealing, but also 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 a minimum of 3–5 years of solid experience working in a collaborative design environment. We are looking for a designer who is curious, positive, passionate, and has new ideas to share.

Our studio is unique: we undertake projects that involve multiple kinds of in-house design specialists at the same time, from media designers, to architects, graphic designers, writers and more. Projects will always encompass more than one design discipline, and we welcome designers who are 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

Our company is located in New York City. We are currently a hybrid workplace with in-office days. Because a significant portion of our work involves hands-on tasks such as examining materials and collaborating closely with our team, we are specifically seeking candidates who are based locally to ensure seamless participation in these on-site activities.

Details and How to Apply:

Salary range: $70,000 – $85,000

The range above is a good-faith estimate based on the expectations as laid out in the job description. We are, however, often open to a wide variety of profiles and recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced (or more senior) than this job description as posted. If that ends up being the case, the actual salary may vary from the estimates provided above.

Please email resumes to designer@cgpartnersllc.com, with work samples and 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.