Visitor Experience Affiliate (Seasonal) | International Center of Photography

About ICP

The International Center of Photography (ICP) is the world’s main establishment devoted to images and visible tradition. Through our exhibitions, schooling, public packages, and neighborhood outreach, we provide an open discussion board for dialogue concerning the energy of the picture. Since our founding in 1974, we now have introduced greater than 700 exhibitions and provided hundreds of lessons, offering instruction at each stage. Our new built-in heart on the Lower East Side reunites our faculty and museum in a single area to turn into the cultural anchor of Essex Crossing.

 

Position Summary

ICP is looking for pleasant, dependable, and buyer service-oriented people to affix our workforce as Seasonal Visitor Experience Associates. This place serves as the primary level of contact for museum guests, offering an distinctive visitor expertise by heat engagement, clear communication, and professionalism.

The position helps ICP’s ticketing, retail, and café operations, with a specific concentrate on weekend café protection. Ideal candidates may have retail expertise, confidence dealing with money and point-of-sale transactions, and a real curiosity in connecting with the general public in a museum setting.

 

Requirements
Key Responsibilities

• Greet and help guests, providing details about exhibitions, packages, and membership.
• Process ticket, store, and café gross sales; deal with money and credit score transactions precisely.
• Restock and keep merchandise and café areas, guaranteeing shows are clear and arranged.
• Provide correct details about ICP’s packages and occasions.
• Support particular occasions and public packages as assigned.

Qualifications

Required:

• At least one 12 months of retail or customer support expertise, together with dealing with money and point-of-sale transactions.
• Strong consideration to element and talent to handle a number of duties in a visitor-facing setting.
• Reliable, punctual, and cozy working each independently and as a part of a workforce.
• Availability to work each Saturdays and Sundays is required, with occasional night or extra shifts as wanted.
  

Preferred:

• Experience working in a café, espresso store, or barista position.
• Prior expertise in a museum, gallery, or different cultural establishment.
• Multilingual communication expertise.
• Interest or background in images or visible tradition.

Working Conditions

The bodily calls for described listed here are consultant of people who should be met to efficiently carry out the important features of this place. Reasonable lodging could also be made to allow people with disabilities to carry out the important features.

• Ability to stay stationary for prolonged intervals whereas facilitating packages or making ready supplies.
• Ability to maneuver all through museum galleries, lecture rooms, and public areas for prolonged intervals.
• Ability to often elevate and transfer instructional supplies and tools weighing as much as 25 kilos, and sometimes as much as 50 kilos.
• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends to assist museum packages and particular occasions.

Compensation and Schedule

• Seasonal, part-time hourly position at $22.00/hour.
• Weekend availability is required, together with each Saturdays and Sundays.
• Typical shifts will primarily assist café operations, with alternatives to choose up extra shifts primarily based on operational wants.

The International Center of Photography is dedicated to equal alternative employment. We consider that variety, fairness, and inclusion are values integral to providing an open discussion board for dialogue round images and visible tradition that’s open to all. Through this lens, we attempt to have interaction, educate, and encourage our guests, college students, staff, and neighborhood.

Salary Description
$22.00/hour