Opportunities:
Bookstore and Visitor Services Associate
Full-time
The Bookstore and Visitor Services Associate (BVS) is a public-facing representative of CARA and creates a welcoming space for all members of our community, ensuring that visitors have a consistently positive experience. The BVS performs daily front-of-house operations and is responsible for opening and closing the building, greeting visitors, providing excellent customer service, conducting book sales and supporting the distribution of CARA publications, engaging with CARA’s exhibitions and programs, and facilitating events and tours. As a member of a small and ambitious team, the BVS contributes to CARA initiatives across departments, supporting the organization’s collective work. The BVS reports to the Bookstore Director. The bookstore is open Wednesday - Sunday, and the BVS is required to work this schedule. When events, programs, and openings fall on weekends and evenings, those shifts are mandatory.
We are looking for a candidate with 4+ years of experience in a related setting (an art bookstore, museum store, or independent press) and a substantive, working knowledge of contemporary art, artists' books, art and theory publications, and the critical and literary frameworks that shape our field.
Full-time, non-exempt, $65,000 with benefits. On-site in our West Village building, Wednesday through Sunday, with evening and weekend shifts during programs.
To apply, send a resume and cover letter to careers@cara-nyc.org. Interviews will be held on a rolling basis until the position is filled.