Visitor Experience Manager
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Location: 58 North Road, East Windsor, Connecticut
Staff Type: Paid
Job Type: Part-Time, Regular
Department: Visitor Experience
Reports To: Executive Director
Posted: 2/16/2022
Closing: 5/31/2022
Will manage the admission desk, public educational programs and help with administrative tasks. The Visitor Experience Manager is an energetic, organized team player with a strong commitment to providing the highest quality visitor experience to engage all audiences. The Visitor Experience Manager will foster a warm and welcoming environment for museum visitors, ensuring that they are informed about daily programming and other offerings, including membership. The Visitor Experience Manager must have a passion for planning educational public programs in a museum setting. This position is 16-24 hours a week depending on the time of the year. The Museum is open on weekends in the Spring, Fall, Winter and Tuesday-Sunday in the summer. The Visitor Experience Manager must be available to work a weekend day, some nights depending on the special event and holidays.
Responsibilities:
- Promote and sell memberships, admission tickets, gift shop merchandise and provides member support, as needed.
- Oversee maintenance and utilization of admissions and merchandise software; manage sales transactions, including tracking, reporting, cash management, and opening and closing procedures, ordering gift shop merchandise and oversees inventory
- Book, staff and manage children's birthday parties, group tours & group visits
- Schedules & manages admission counter staff and responsible for opening and closing the Museum
- Create engaging public program content in collaboration with Executive Director and manages the public program delivery
- Participates in the docent program to ensure all public programs and special events have attentive and engaged volunteer and staff support
- Assists Executive Director with planning, promoting, scheduling & managing special events
Requirements:
- Experience in a museum or cultural attraction
- Associates Degree strongly preferred
- Experience in customer service
- Experience in educational public programs
- Ability to communicate effectively and articulately
- Great organizational and multi-tasking abilities
- Proficient with the google and Microsoft office suite of computer programs, specifically Word and Excel
- Carrying or lifting up to 20 pounds
- Standing for extended periods of time
- Highly energetic and motivated
Supervision/Contacts:
- Receives supervision from Executive Director
- Daily contact with Museum employees, volunteers and management
- Daily contact with visitors and outside vendors
- Will serve in supervisory role with some employees and volunteer
Environment:
- Employee is subject to inside and occasional outside environmental condition
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