The Getty Research Institute seeks a highly organized, personable, and flexible candidate to provide a variety of administrative duties and project management. The successful candidate will have exceptional communication skills, excellent ability to interact with all levels of staff, scholars, internal and external colleagues and guests, and an ability to exercise a high degree of discretion.

The Digital Community and Social Media Specialist III will be a key member of the Digital Media & Content Strategy department at the Getty Research Institute (GRI) and will oversee online community management and content creation for a wide variety of GRI and Getty social and digital channels.   The GRI’s Digital Media & Content Strategy department is a creative, united, highly productive, and award-winning team dedicated to publishing human-centered stories, multimedia, and online content about the GRI’s work, including exhibitions, public programs, publications, archives and special collections, and research projects. Our content is featured across the Getty website and a wide range of heavily trafficked social media channels and outlets.   The Digital Community and Social Media Specialist III will build and manage social communities, developing and managing online community partnerships, creating and facilitating the production of social media content, and helping advance the GRI’s position as an approachable industry expert with diverse audiences. These audiences range from our core professional audience of art historians and scholars, who may be working academics or looking for alternate career opportunities, to new audiences in underserved communities in Los Angeles that may be unaware of the GRI and its mission to freely disseminate visual art and show how the study of visual culture is relevant today.   The ideal candidate is an exceptional and creative communicator who is passionate about public scholarship. They will use social media content and community building to raise awareness of the GRI’s scholarly expertise and vast resources to build genuine, lively, and sustained engagement with a broad array of audiences.    In addition to community building and content creation, this position may also manage contractors to design and place social ad campaigns, managing influencer campaigns, and work in partnership with social teams in other Getty programs.   The GRI is an international center for the study of visual culture, housing one of the largest art libraries in the world, with vast special collections ranging from the 15th century to the present.

Our Mission   The J. Paul Getty Museum seeks to inspire curiosity about, and enjoyment and understanding of, the visual arts by collecting, conserving, exhibiting, and interpreting works of art of outstanding quality and historical importance and is one of four programs of the J. Paul Getty Trust.  The Museum operates two sites, the Getty Villa in Malibu, which exhibits its collection of Greek and Roman antiquities, and the Getty Center in Brentwood, which displays its collections of European art: Medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts, paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, drawings to 1900, and photography to the present day (including non-European works).  The Museum mounts approximately 25 temporary exhibitions a year across its two sites; maintains an annual permanent gallery improvement program and offers wide-ranging and ambitious programming for its visitors.   The Opportunity   The J. Paul Getty Museum seeks a qualified Associate Conservator to join the Department of Paintings Conservation located at the Getty Center. Working primarily in the frame studio within the Paintings Conservation Department and reporting to the Senior Conservator of Paintings, the ideal candidate will be well-versed in tasks concerning general collection care with a focus on preventive conservation, preparation of loans, including framing, glazing, and the fabrication of micro-climate envelopes.

Under direction, supervises Grounds operations for assigned areas, including supervision and coordination of site labor, contractors, equipment, and supplies. Ensures appropriate documentation of operating policies and procedures required to maintain Getty landscape and site(s) at the expected level.   Salary: $85,000 - $100,000 Annually

Getty is one of the world’s prominent cultural and philanthropic organizations dedicated to the visual arts. Getty’s Investment Department manages a diversified portfolio of $8.5 billion in assets. We employ some of the top investment managers across all asset classes and have generated top quartile returns. We are seeking an Investment Associate to join our team of ten investment professionals.   The Investment Associate will be a key member of a three-person team that manages the Absolute Return, Private Credit, and Fixed Income asset classes. Principal duties will be to track, monitor, evaluate, and select investment funds and co-investments for inclusion in the portfolio. The Investment Analyst will also perform ad-hoc market and industry research and develop reports for the investment team and board.   Evaluating potential investment managers will require both quantitative and qualitative skills. The Analyst will be in charge of gathering, processing, and documenting a variety of data on investment managers, markets, and opportunities. The Associate will arrange and participate in meetings and calls with prospective investment managers and track steps and timelines in the due diligence process. The Associate will be the primary resource for portfolio analysis on these asset classes and will use a variety of tools to create performance reports. Domestic and International travel will be required.   Candidates should be familiar with a variety of hedge fund, private credit, private equity, and other alternative investment strategies; as well as traditional equity and fixed income markets.

At Getty Digital, we're re-imagining how we can use software to provide access to our collections and research.  We intend to provide a deeply connected, consistent experience for scholars, researchers, and enthusiasts as they explore the complex information held across the Getty.   At Getty Digital we believe that the best software is built by teams with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and ideas. We strive to provide an environment where all team members have the opportunity to learn, grow, and contribute to the software we build and our overall vision.    We are looking for an engineering manager to join an existing team of software engineers focused on the narrative, interpretive, and visitor-focused experiences across the Getty.  This team is responsible for supporting and improving the core Getty.edu website, which includes exhibitions, digital publications, and other initiatives.  They also maintain Quire, Getty’s open-source digital publication platform.   As an engineering manager reporting to the Assistant Director, Software and UX, you’ll manage a team of five software engineers, empowering and supporting them in their work together to build software products.    This role is human-focused, with an emphasis on team dynamics, accountability, and priority-setting.  This is a hybrid role, with a current schedule of one day a week on-site at Getty’s fabulous campus in Los Angeles and the other days remote.   In this role, you’ll work closely with a product manager, content team, and our UX team.  Your primary task will be to keep the team productive and focused on the product roadmap, aligning engineering resources with the project schedule.  You’ll oversee day-to-day priorities, team oversight, work estimation, and task assignment, as well as overseeing the work of external consultants and developers as needed.  You’ll also manage team growth—helping existing staff grow, providing advice and support in their professional development, and managing hiring searches as positions become available.  This role will also help represent the work of the team outward—both within the organization and externally, showcasing Getty’s work in both software and cultural heritage.  You’ll also write code as time permits, often pair-programming or focusing on areas where you can use your expertise to make the team more effective.   Our primary software stack is Vue.js and Nuxt with occasional backend implementations in Python, Node, REST APIs, and custom search interfaces using Elasticsearch.  Our applications are hosted in AWS and built within Docker containers.  Our primary infrastructure tools are Github, CircleCI, Kubernetes, Jira, and Confluence.   The Getty is among the most prestigious cultural heritage organizations in the world, dedicated to furthering the study of the history of art. You will work on an amazing campus amongst fabulous art, architecture, and archives, collaborating with world-class scientists, curators, librarians, archivists, and academics.  We offer 4 weeks of vacation a year, every other Friday off, excellent benefits, and a very strong dedication to balancing work and personal life.

The Getty Research Institute The Getty Research Institute (GRI) is an international center that provides resources, expertise, and an open environment for art-historical research and publication. It is dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing comprehension of the visual arts and their various histories through its expertise, ongoing collecting program, public programs, institutional partnerships, exhibitions, publications, digital services, and residential scholars’ programs.   The GRI’s Research Library and Special Collections of rare materials and digital resources serve an international community of scholars and the interested public. Its activities and scholarly resources guide and sustain each other and provide a unique environment for research, critical inquiry, and scholarly exchange. The Getty Research Institute, an institutional partner dedicated to the scholarly work of academicians, students, and aficionados worldwide, acquired these special collections. The Getty Research Institute has the resources and the intent to continue to acquire and manage significant collections that reflect and document the overall development of humanity. Head of Special Collections Management Reporting to the Associate Director of Collections & Discovery and working in close partnership with other members of the GRI management team, the Head of Special Collections Management (SCM) will develop and implement the GRI’s strategic priorities for Special Collections in an academically stimulating environment. The position is charged with the care, preservation, and risk management of the GRI’s special and with ensuring that the unique materials are available for current and future visitors. To accomplish this ongoing effort, the incoming Head of SCM will oversee and manage a team of 25 staff, plus approximately 13 limited-term project staff and interns, including the Registrar, Cataloging and Processing, and Digital Special Collections teams, to collectively manage roughly 27,000 single prints and drawings, 800 collections of rare photographs, and over 120,000 linear feet of manuscripts and archives, along with optical devices, architectural models, audiovisual recordings, and digital assets. The position oversees all department activities, collection management, and digital initiatives and collections. The Head of SCM oversees the policies and procedures for the special collections, digital assets, out of the institute.

OUR MISSION   The J. Paul Getty Museum seeks to inspire curiosity about, and enjoyment and understanding of, the visual arts by collecting, conserving, exhibiting, and interpreting works of art of outstanding quality and historical importance and is one of four programs of the J. Paul Getty Trust.  The Museum operates two sites, the Getty Villa in Malibu, which exhibits its collection of Greek and Roman antiquities, and the Getty Center in Brentwood, which displays its collections of European art: Medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts, paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, drawings to 1900, and photography to the present day (including non-European works).  The Museum mounts approximately 25 temporary exhibitions a year across its two sites; maintains an annual permanent gallery improvement program and offers wide-ranging and ambitious programming for its visitors.   THE OPPORTUNITY   The J. Paul Getty Museum seeks a qualified Mountmaker to join the Department of Antiquities Conservation located at the Getty Villa. Reporting to the Senior Conservator of Antiquities, and under minimal supervision, the ideal candidate will design and fabricate mounts for the display and storage of art objects. Undertakes material research and develops advanced knowledge of the safe display and housing of works of art. Collaborates with conservators by providing expertise and fabricating fixtures, supports during conservation treatments. Designs packing systems for traveling collection items and may install and deinstall objects in exhibitions and permanent galleries.

Getty is the world’s largest cultural and philanthropic organization dedicated to the visual arts. Getty’s Investment Department manages a diversified portfolio of $8.5 billion in investment assets. We are seeking an Operations Analyst to join our team.   The Investment Operations Analyst will report to the Investment Operations Manager. The operations team will provide analytical and operational assistance in managing the endowment portfolio across all asset classes: Public Equity, Fixed Income, Absolute Return, Private Equity, Venture Capital, Real Assets and Private Credit. The operations team will work in partnership with the investment team to develop accounting and financial processes, procedures, protocols and controls to ensure the effective and efficient operation of the investment function. This includes participating in operational due diligence and managing the on-boarding and monitoring of investments. The team will also be in charge of for gathering, organizing, and presenting data on investment performance and risk attributes with the goal of improving investment evaluation and selection.

Reporting to the Deputy Chief Investment Officer, the Manager/Director of Investment Operations will provide oversight and management for the operational and analytical functions of the investment office. S/he will oversee an operations team that will collaborate with the investment team to develop accounting and financial processes, procedures, and controls to ensure the effective and efficient operation of the Trust’s diversified portfolio.  The operations team will also be responsible for gathering, organizing, and presenting data on investment performance and risk attributes with the goal of improving investment decision making.  The Director of Investment Operations should be committed to and passionate about the Trust and its mission and should recognize and be excited about the opportunity to build a successful investment operations function, while contributing to the growth of the investment office.   Getty has engaged David Barrett Partners for this search. Interested, qualified persons should send their materials directly to gettyops@davidbarrettpartners.com. Only individuals who express interest in this way will be considered as part of this search.