Job Description
The AV Associate plays a critical role in ensuring the successful presentation of media-based content across the museum’s exhibitions, programs, and public events. This position bridges technical expertise with creative collaboration, supporting the museum's mission to deliver engaging and accessible experiences for all visitors. The ideal candidate is a hands-on problem solver with a strong technical background in audio-visual systems and a keen eye for detail. This is a dynamic, fast-paced role that requires flexibility, strong communication skills, and a commitment to excellence in both front- and back-of-house operations.
This is a part time, temp to hire position.
Key Responsibilities
- Install, configure, and test AV equipment for exhibitions, events, and educational programs.
- Perform regular maintenance and troubleshooting of AV systems, including projectors, monitors, speakers, microphones, media players, and control systems.
- Collaborate with curators, exhibition designers, and external vendors to ensure media components are integrated effectively.
- Operate AV equipment during live events, lectures, and performances as needed.
- Monitor AV content for quality assurance and coordinate updates or changes with relevant departments.
- Maintain detailed records of AV setups, equipment inventory, and maintenance logs.
- Ensure all installations comply with safety codes, accessibility standards, and museum policies.
Qualifications
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Audio-Visual Technology, Media Production, or related field preferred, or equivalent work experience.
- 1–3 years of experience in AV installation or technical support, preferably in a museum, gallery, or performing arts environment.
- Proficient in using and troubleshooting projectors, media servers, control systems (e.g., Crestron, Q-SYS), and audio systems.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a dynamic, deadline-driven environment.
- Comfortable working at heights and with tools for installation purposes.
- Flexibility to work evenings or weekends for special events.
Preferred Skills:
- Familiarity with digital media formats and content delivery platforms.
- Experience with AV networking and IP-based media systems.
- Knowledge of video editing, playback software (e.g., VLC, BrightSign, Watchout), and basic programming of AV control systems.
- Knowledge of LIVE Multicam Streaming & Process Preferred
Work Setting:
- Museum headquarters is in the stunning new Edelman Fossil Park Museum. The headquarters suite features a reception area, private offices, a large open office area, three conference rooms, a kitchenette, team lounge, and outdoor patio, overlooking a 4-acre lake.
- This is a full-time position with G&A Museum Operation, LLC, based at the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum, in Mantua Township, NJ
- The role requires evening or weekend work for special events
- The role may require occasional work outdoors.
- The role may require lifting or moving light to moderately heavy objects.
“Discover the Past. Protect the Future.” This is an opportunity to grow with a young, vibrant, and purpose-driven world-class organization.
Start Date: ASAP
About Leadership Dr. Kenneth Lacovara, Founding Executive Director, has unearthed some of the largest dinosaurs
ever to walk the earth, including the massive 65-ton Dreadnoughtus, which appeared in the recent
film Jurassic World: Dominion. He is a recipient of The Explorers Club Medal, the highest honor in
exploration. He is a TED speaker, recipient of a Nautilus Book Award, co-recipient of a Telly Award,
and author of the bestseller, Why Dinosaurs Matter (Simon & Schuster.) His research has been
featured three times in Discover magazine’s 100 Top Science Stories of the Year, and he has
appeared in over 20 television documentaries. He is the former founding dean of the School of Earth
& Environment of Rowan University. He founded the Green Jobs Academy, which helps workers
retool for careers in green energy and other sustainable fields. And he serves on the Scientific
Advisory Board of Colossal Biotechnology, a CRISPR-based company endeavoring to resurrect the
wooly mammoth and other recently extinct species.
About the Jean & Ric Edelman Fossil Park & Museum The Jean & Ric Edelman Fossil Park & Museum of Rowan University will transform lives by
providing a unique opportunity to explore a remarkable site of scientific wonder. Visitors will embark
on a hands-on voyage of discovery in a setting that bears witness to one of the most momentous
events in our planets history. Visitors will develop a new appreciation for the precarious nature of the
biosphere that sustains our world today.
The museum is a one-of-a-kind destination that both educates and entertains, and will attract visitors
from across the country and around the globe. The fossil park and museum will energize economic
development in the region, elevate the prominence of Rowan University, and foster pride of place for
Southern New Jersey.
Globally Important Research At the Jean & Ric Edelman Fossil Park & Museum, visitors travel back in time to when dinosaurs
ruled New Jersey. Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid struck the Earth, wiping out the dinosaurs
and 75% of all species. The fossil park’s four-acre fossil quarry, set into a 65-acre property, is
providing scientists with the best view ever into this pivotal, calamitous event that ended an Earth
era, paving the way for the modern world as we know it. Over the past 13 years, fossil park founder,
Dr. Kenneth Lacovara and his team have unearthed over 100,000 fossils from a 66-million years old
bonebed in the quarry bottom, and have cataloged over 100 fossil species.
A Rich Heritage Surprising to many, New Jersey boasts a rich heritage of fossil discovery. In 1858, Hadrosaurus, the
world’s first discovered nearly complete dinosaur, was found in Haddonfield, New Jersey. In 1866,
the world’s first discovered tyrannosaur, Dryptosaurus, was unearthed just a mile from the fossil
park. (T. rex, found in Montana, would come later in 1905.) Many other new species of ancient
creatures have been discovered in New Jersey, from Cretaceous beds running from Freehold
southwest through Swedesboro. Although dinosaurs were first recognized from fragmentary remains
in England, southern New Jersey can rightfully claim its place as the cradle of dinosaur
paleontology.
The Thrill of Discovery Hand-on, authentic discovery is at the core of the Jean & Ric Edelman Fossil Park public
experience. Above the research layer, there are areas designated for public digging. Nearly every
child or grownup who visits the quarry to dig for fossils, finds a 65-million-year-old fossil, with their
own hands, that they get to take home. Over and over, this has been a transformational experience
for people. When they make a personal connection between themselves and deep time, and the
place where they live and the Earth’s ancient past, they never again see the world, or their place in
it, in quite the same way. Children seem to understand the authenticity of the experience. The shark
tooth or ancient clam that they may dig up, is a real discovery. At that moment, they become
explorers, voyagers, authentic discoverers—an experience that can set them on a new path.
Sustainability The core concept behind the Edelman Fossil Park Museum is that learning from Earth’s deep past
can guide our way into the future. The extinction of the dinosaurs serves as a cautionary tale for the
biodiversity and climate crises we face today. In the Hall of Extinction & Hope, visitors learn why
there is hope in the battle to save Earth’s atmosphere and biosphere if we act now to create a better
future. Finally, through a personalized RFID system, visitors will connect with sustainability programs
and organizations, giving them a sense of agency and avenues through which they can make a
positive difference.
Carbon Net-Zero and Sustainable Construction: The Jean& Ric Edelman Fossil Park Museum is an
all-electric building, deriving its energy from zero-carbon electricity and ground-source heating and
cooling. The building was constructed using strategies to reduce carbon emissions and promote
biodiversity: the heavy timber structure in public areas and the wood siding are from sustainably-
raised trees; the structural concrete was formulated to reduce carbon emissions; and large areas of
glazing employ bird-safe glass.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility At the Edelman Fossil Park & Museum we treasure the diversity of our planets history and are
committed to reflecting that diversity in our team. Edelman Fossil Park & Museum is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, sex, creed, skin color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality,
marital, domestic partnership, or civil union status, pregnancy, gender identity or expression,
disability, liability for military service, veteran status, sexual or affectional orientation or expression,
atypical cellular or blood trait, or any other category, as determined
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