Join us as a Senior 3D Designer and help craft bold, engaging exhibition experiences across Museums of History NSW’s diverse sites. If you thrive on turning ideas into compelling, immersive environments and love working with multidisciplinary teams to bring exhibitions to life from first concept to final install, you’ll feel right at home in this role.
What the opportunity is:
- Employment with Museums of History NSW.
- Clerk Grade 7/8. Remuneration package includes salary ($113,574 – $125,720), employer’s contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
- Full-time employment on a temporary basis for a period up to two years.
- The role will work across Sydney.
What we do
Museums of History NSW brings together a portfolio of iconic museums, rich collections and heritage sites, the nation’s oldest archive collection, vital recordkeeping services and expert staff.
We bring history to life by sharing the stories of our places and collections. Through the State Archives Collection, we manage NSW’s official documentary heritage, supporting government transparency and the public’s right to access information.
These two roles do not just sit side by side – they inform and enrich each other. By preserving and making accessible our places, collections and archives, we create opportunities for people to explore the past and better understand their own place in the world. By supporting lifelong learning and inviting people to come together, we promote civic literacy, empathy, wellbeing and belonging.
We believe that history belongs to everyone. This is the promise and the purpose of MHNSW.
Museums of History NSW is a state cultural institution, established under the Museums of History NSW Act 2022. It is an agency of the NSW Department of Creative Industries, Tourism, Hospitality and Sport (DCITHS).
What you’ll do with us:
Undertake technical research, conceptualise, design and document projects across Museums of History NSW’s properties to ensure physical elements of projects are designed to expected standards, integrating relevant services and accessible, creative and functional criteria while complying with codes, standards and Workplace Health & Safety.
Essential requirements of the role:
- Tertiary degree or equivalent in an applied architectural, interior or industrial design field.
- Minimum of five years’ experience in museum exhibition design or related interior architectural design and construction and knowledge of relevant Australian Standards and sections of the Building Code of Australia.
- Significant knowledge of exhibition design and all facets of presentation including audience experience, interpretative techniques, display of original collection materials and production techniques including CAD and Vectorworks.
- Willingness to work across and ability to travel to multiple work locations.