At Pacific Science Center, our mission is to ignite curiosity in every child and fuel a passion for discovery, experimentation, and critical thinking in all of us. Our colleagues are passionate lifelong learners who live our mission every day. Each of us commits to bring an inclusion, diversity, equity, and access (IDEA) focus in every aspect of our work. Join our collaborative team and help steward our warm, welcoming, community-learning environment at PacSci.
As part of our ongoing commitment to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, we’re invested in building teams with a wide variety of backgrounds, identities, and experiences. Data shows that women and BIPOC candidates more frequently do not apply to a job because they don’t feel that they meet all of the qualifications listed. If you have some of the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed and you share PacSci’s values and support our mission, we encourage you to apply.
Position Title: Exhibits Designer - Limited Term Position
Department: Exhibits Studio
Reports to: Exhibits Studio Director
FLSA Status: Hourly Non-Exempt
Position Summary
The Exhibit Designer (ED) is a full- time, limited duration position through June 2026 that contributes to Pacific Science Center’s (PacSci) mission to spark curiosity and fuel a passion for discovery, experimentation, and critical thinking by delighting guests with an exceptionally well-designed, highly interactive exhibit floor experience. In a period of renewal, the ED will contribute directly to designing guest experiences across PacSci’s public-facing buildings, with the initial focus on creation of new assets.
This position is a visual storyteller for PacSci, focusing on the creation and implementation of environmental/exhibition graphics. They view each project through multiple lenses, with special attention to the perspectives, stories, and languages of marginalized communities. This position is a highly creative visitor experience steward, guided by Universal Design principles, comfortable with ambiguity and experimentation, and driven by an inclusive and collaborative mind-set. The ED will support establishing the visual tone of Pacific Science Center exhibits, always designing through an accessibility lens. This position is within the Exhibits Studio Department reporting to the Director of the Exhibits Studio and collaborates directly with the rest of the Exhibits Studio team.
PacSci is committed to strengthening inclusion, diversity, equity, and access both within our workplace and in our community. This role embodies the spirit of curiosity and real-world STEM experiences, supporting and celebrating the role of STEM in the lives of all learners, regardless of background and identity. We believe that curiosity and critical thinking are essential to equity and justice for all. We embrace science as a process of inquiry, discovery, and problem solving that helps us better understand our universe and each other.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Support PacSci’s Mission and Guiding Principles by designing educational experiences with a focus on curiosity and learning for a broad audience spectrum.
• Create, communicate, and implement design solutions for exhibition graphics projects, from initial concept to installation.
• Assist, when needed, all aspects of the design process as it relates to PacSci exhibits. This includes environmental signage, graphic design of exhibit interpretation, as well as exhibit layouts—working in support of the Exhibits Studio development/design team and in collaboration with the Exhibit Projects Manager and Exhibit Operations Supervisor.
• Work within cross-department teams, understanding how input impacts and guides design choices.
• Create final art/production files for interactives, signage, and exhibit spaces. Support in creation of design documentation for exhibits projects.
• Manage contractor relationships for assigned projects, primarily printers, to oversee graphics production and installation.
• Advocate for accessibility across all projects, ensuring that design decisions are made with inclusion and access in mind.
• Other duties as assigned.

Position Requirements: Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• The exhibit development and design process and its key components including, but not limited to dimensional, ergonomic and user interface design; and what it takes to bring projects to design development from concept through fabrication and installation.
• Keen sense of information hierarchy, legibility and best practices when designing in situ graphics.
• Prototype graphic solutions, responding to feedback through design decisions in an iterative process.
• Personal bias and a desire to enact anti-racist leadership through exhibit design. This includes but isn’t limited to understanding that exhibits can be a visual representation of culture and being strategic about viewing each project through a multicultural, anti-racist lens.
• Project management of graphics components in a highly interdependent organizational structure
• Contemporary and sustainable materials and practices for 2D design.
• Universal Design principles

SKILLS:

• Applying curiosity to project approaches and a mind-set of iterative design and continuous improvement.
• Significant experienceusing Adobe collection, specifically InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Premiere (After Effects a plus).
• Familiarity and comfort with 3D design and CAD (specifically SketchUp) documents: minimally capable of reading, understanding, and analyzing technical drawings, specifications, elevations, etc.
• Medium level proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, and file sharing programs such as SharePoint and OneDrive
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organization and attention to detail
• Multitasking and prioritizing with sound judgment, including ability to organize around multiple projects.

• Support PacSci’s Mission and Guiding Principles by designing educational experiences with a focus on curiosity and learning for a broad audience spectrum.
• Create, communicate, and implement design solutions for exhibition graphics projects, from initial concept to installation.
• Assist, when needed, all aspects of the design process as it relates to PacSci exhibits. This includes environmental signage, graphic design of exhibit interpretation, as well as exhibit layouts—working in support of the Exhibits Studio development/design team and in collaboration with the Exhibit Projects Manager and Exhibit Operations Supervisor.
• Work within cross-department teams, understanding how input impacts and guides design choices.
• Create final art/production files for interactives, signage, and exhibit spaces. Support in creation of design documentation for exhibits projects.
• Manage contractor relationships for assigned projects, primarily printers, to oversee graphics production and installation.
• Advocate for accessibility across all projects, ensuring that design decisions are made with inclusion and access in mind.
• Other duties as assigned