Director, Special Events

🏢 Lucas Museum of Narrative Art · 📍 Los Angeles · 💼 onsite · ⏰ Full-time 💰 $116,000 - $139,000 / yr

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Position Summary & Responsibilities

ABOUT THE LUCAS MUSEUM OF NARRATIVE ART

The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is dedicated to illustrated storytelling. Founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, the museum’s collection features works by artists including Norman Rockwell, Kadir Nelson, Jessie Willcox Smith, N. C. Wyeth, Beatrix Potter, Judith F. Baca, Frida Kahlo, and Maxfield Parrish; as well as comic art legends such as Winsor McCay, Jack Kirby, Frank Frazetta, Alison Bechdel, Chris Ware, and R. Crumb; and photographers Gordon Parks, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Dorothea Lange. The Museum also houses the Lucas Archives, containing models, props, concept art, and costumes from Lucas’s filmmaking career.

Designed by Ma Yansong of MAD with a landscape by Mia Lehrer of Studio-MLA, the Museum is in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, on an 11-acre campus that includes new green space and a 300,000-square-foot building with galleries, two theaters, a library, restaurant, café, retail store, and community spaces. 

POSITION SUMMARY

As part of the Revenue and Engagement team, the Director of Special Events will ensure that the Events team will provide excellent event planning and project management services to the customers and guests of the Museum using the Museum’s multiple indoor and outdoor venue spaces. In collaboration with the Revenue and Engagement team the Director of Special Events develops and guides the strategy and implementation for all event planning, production, and venue operations, including coordination for catering services. These functions include establishing and maintaining the policies, event agreements, price points, and client relationships. The Director of Special Events is also responsible for coordinating and managing multiple, concurrent projects while demonstrating attention to detail and the ability to develop, implement, and track project and departmental budgets. All staff at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art lead through a deep commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, both within the Museum and with the communities that we serve. Salary and titles will be assigned commensurate to the successful candidates’ education and experience. An attractive compensation package will be offered to the successful candidate(s).

🎯 Candidate Preparation Guide For Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Applicants

Key Role Competencies & Evaluation Highlights

Key Role Focus:

They evaluate your profound respect for narrative art, cultural stewardship, and your ability to operate at the intersection of world-class visitor experience and institutional operations.

📋 Preparation Priorities (Key Areas to Clarify):

1. Treating the museum strictly as a corporate entertainment venue rather than a cultural institution
2. Lacking cultural literacy regarding narrative art history and visual storytelling
3. Displaying a rigid, bureaucratic approach to creative operations and stakeholder management

✨ Recommended Role Alignment Hook:

I protect and amplify creative vision by translating world-class artistic storytelling into seamless, unforgettable institutional experiences.

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