Australia’s most visited museum organisation is seeking a Senior Lighting Designer at Museums Victoria.
Australia's most visited museum organisation is seeking a Senior Lighting Designer at Museums Victoria.
ABOUT MUSEUMS VICTORIA:
Ever dreamed of working in a place where dinosaurs roam, stars explode, and the world's most intriguing stories come to life? Welcome to Museums Victoria (MV)—where every day is a new opportunity to create unforgettable experiences. As one of the southern hemisphere's largest and most iconic museum organisations, we're not just about exhibits; we're about engaging, immersive moments that spark curiosity, creativity, and connection.
Home to the awe-inspiring Melbourne Museum, the culturally rich Immigration Museum, the mind-expanding Scienceworks, and the World Heritage–listed Royal Exhibition Building, MV is a place where events transform spaces and stories into something truly unmissable. Join a passionate team that brings ideas to life and makes discovery part of everyday experience.
ABOUT THE POSITION:
The Senior Lighting Designer is responsible for designing and delivering lighting solutions across Museums Victoria's exhibitions, galleries and public spaces. Working as part of a collaborative, multidisciplinary team, the role provides specialist lighting design expertise to support storytelling, showcase collection objects and create engaging visitor experiences.
The position leads lighting design across exhibitions, events and public spaces, contributing to concept development, design documentation and project delivery. The Senior Lighting Designer provides expert advice throughout the design and delivery process, ensuring lighting solutions are creative, practical, sustainable and fit for purpose, while supporting projects to be delivered on time and within budget.
Some of the key duties include:
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Lead lighting design for exhibitions, galleries and events to enhance storytelling, object display and visitor engagement.
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Develop lighting concepts, detailed designs, technical drawings and documentation for exhibitions and related programs.
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Act as lead designer on major projects, contributing to project planning, schedules, budgets and design outcomes.
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Collaborate with exhibition, audiovisual, multimedia and technical teams to integrate lighting within broader exhibition systems.
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Oversee the installation, programming, commissioning and ongoing performance of lighting systems across Museums Victoria's venues.
The successful applicant will have:
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Demonstrated experience leading design on large-scale exhibitions, visitor experiences or similar public-facing projects.
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Strong leadership and collaboration skills, with experience working across multidisciplinary teams and managing stakeholders.
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Highly developed lighting design and spatial design capabilities, with the ability to create engaging audience-focused experiences.
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Sound technical knowledge of lighting systems and their integration with audiovisual and multimedia technologies.
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Well-developed project management skills, including experience planning resources, managing budgets and delivering projects to deadlines.
OTHER INFORMATION
This is a full time and ongoing position. The salary on offer is a VPS4.1 Base salary of $100,894 per annum (pro rata) plus 12% superannuation.
The successful applicant is required to undergo a National Police Records Check and Working with Children Check and be assessed as suitable (new employees are required to meet this cost).
HOW TO APPLY?
To view the position description, visit Careers - Museums Victoria. From our Current Vacancies page, select “All Jobs” and click on the link for this job's listing .
To apply, please click “Apply for this Job” at the bottom of the job listing page.
For more information about this position, please contact Tim McCormack at
[email protected].
Please submit the three following three documents with your application:
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Resume
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Cover Letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria as outlined in our Role Statement (Please refer to attached document)
APPLICATIONS CLOSE: 26 June 2026 (11:59pm)
