Getty is one of the world’s most influential cultural and philanthropic organizations dedicated to the visual arts. Through its work in Los Angeles and across the world, Getty advances the understanding, presentation, and conservation of the world’s cultural heritage through four distinct programs: the Getty Museum, Getty Foundation, Getty Research Institute, and

Getty seeks an Executive Assistant to fill a three-year limited term position. The Executive Assistant will support Getty’s Vice President of Institutional Program Planning. The Executive Assistant will provide high-level administrative support and will be highly organized, personable, proactive, and flexible, able to provide a variety of administrative duties and management skills for the office. The successful candidate will have exceptional communication skills (written and verbal), excellent ability to interact with staff, internal and external colleagues and guests, and an ability to multi-task. Please note: relocation is not offered for this role.  

The Construction Safety Specialist supports capital projects, renovations, and maintenance activities within an active museum environment. This role ensures construction and contractor operations are performed safely while protecting staff, visitors, artifacts, collections, historic structures, and facilities. The specialist balances regulatory compliance with the unique operational, cultural, and preservation needs of a public-facing museum.

Responsible for providing administrative support or project coordination for a department, program or project team or Sr. Manager.

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 facilities, the Getty Villa in Malibu, which exhibits its collection of Greek and Roman antiquities, and the Getty Center in Brentwood, which displays its...

At Getty Digital, we are re-imagining how we can use data, analytics and technology to advance our mission and provide seamless, insight-driven...

The Office of the Interim/Deputy Director of the Getty Research Institute (GRI) is seeking an individual with strong administrative experience and institutional writing skills to serve as the Research Assistant to the Interim/Deputy Director. Under direct supervision of the Director, the Research Assistant will assist in the generation of both internal reports and external presentations. Working broadly across all functional areas of the GRI, this individual will be facilitating research and/or assisting with programs, publications, communications, exhibitions, and the scholars’ program.

The Getty Research Institute (GRI) is seeking a Research Assistant who will work with the chief curator and the curator of modern and contemporary collections to facilitate research in the GRI’s audio and video (AV) collections and to assist with programming around the AV collections. A centerpiece of programming will be an interdisciplinary workshop that convenes scholars, academics, and curators to assess the status of discovery and activation in GRI collections and in those of fellow institutions. The ideal candidate will be a graduate student or post-graduate with experience in Art History, Music, and Information Studies and an ability to organize,...

The Conservation & Preservation Department and the Curatorial Department at the Getty Research Institute (GRI) seek a highly organized, personable, proactive, and flexible candidate to provide administrative support to the departments and associated staff. The successful candidate will have exceptional organization and communication skills; excellent ability to interact with all levels of staff, internal and external colleagues, and guests; and an ability to exercise discretion with matters relating to human resources, budgets, and collections.   This position will assist the Head of Preservation & Conservation and provide support for conservators in the department. The position will also support...

Getty seeks a forward-thinking Metadata Specialist to join the Getty Research Institute’s (GRI) Digital Stewardship and Metadata Optimization team within Special Collections. This full-time, limited term position (July 2026 until June 2029) will support a major initiative to migrate archival content into a centralized digital asset management system and data management platform. This work will help to consolidate systems and enable advanced technologies such as IIIF and Linked Open Data to enhance discovery and access. The migration will lay the foundation for streamlined operations across the organization, improving consistency, standardizing practices, and opening new opportunities to generate and enrich metadata for archival collections at scale. The...