About the role#
As a student worker in the Design Den, you will facilitate educational activities and help museum visitors engage with new materials, tools, and ideas. This is an on-your-feet position that requires maintaining a welcoming environment and ensuring high-quality customer service for all guests.
What you'll do#
- Greet visitors and orient them to the Design Den space.
- Assist visitors with projects and encourage creative problem-solving.
- Manage daily operations, including setting up, re-stocking, organizing supplies, and performing end-of-day resets.
- Monitor supply inventories and communicate with the Museum Engagement Team when items run low.
- Support and train teen volunteers as needed.
- Document visitor behavior through detailed qualitative and quantitative observations.
- Research innovative ways to evaluate programs and utilize recycled materials in tinkering projects.
- Gain familiarity with various making tools, including woodworking, sewing, fiber crafts, leather working, and paper crafts.
- Assist the Museum Engagement team with general programming and Spark Team duties as assigned.
What you'll need#
- Commitment to providing high-quality customer service.
- Familiarity with or willingness to learn making tools and programs.
- Ability to assist visitors with projects and encourage problem-solving.
- Experience or aptitude for managing and organizing supplies.
- Skill in documenting observations and reflecting on program outcomes.
- Majors preferred include Art, Graphic Design, Architecture, Media Studies, Human Resources, or Environmental Engineering.
Location & details#
- Location: Mayborn Museum, Waco, Texas.
- Term: Fall 2026.
- Schedule: Tuesdays and Thursdays.
- Status: Paid, on-site student position.
