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About the Role

The Corning Museum of Glass is seeking a skilled, enthusiastic, and guest-focused MYOG (Make Your Own Glass) Workshop Associate to join The Studio team. This full-time position offers an opportunity to share the art and excitement of glassmaking with guests of all experience levels through hands-on, creative experiences. The position offers an hourly pay range of $18.25–$20.00, a 40-hour workweek, and benefits beginning immediately. Our ideal candidate has proficient hands-on hot glass working experience, with the ability to confidently demonstrate glassmaking techniques and guide guests through the creation of their own glass objects in a safe, supportive, and engaging environment. Experience with furnace glassblowing and/or flameworking is essential, as is a passion for working with people and helping them discover the possibilities of glass. The MYOG Workshop Associate plays an important role in delivering memorable guest experiences, supporting daily studio operations, maintaining a safe and organized working environment, and contributing to the continued growth of The Studio’s programs and community.

Responsibilities

Work one-on-one with guests to create furnace-blown and/or flameworked projects of varying durations and complexity.
Guide guests through more in-depth glassmaking experiences, including the stages involved in making a glass vessel.
Demonstrate and support the creation of glass objects such as ornaments, flowers, pumpkins, vessels, paperweights, beads, and pendants.
Provide instruction and assistance with sandblasting, fusing, and other glassmaking projects as trained.
Maintain a strong focus on guest safety while demonstrating techniques and supporting hands-on glassmaking activities.
Teach and lead glassmaking activities across programs as needed.
Host social and public events for The Studio as requested.
Support programs designed to expand the diversity of The Studio's user community.
Manage glass objects throughout the production process, including operating annealers, packaging, labeling, and preparing finished work for shipment or pickup.
Assist with or lead technical duties, including preparing supplies, operating studio equipment, and cleaning and maintaining workspaces and equipment.
Help maintain the MYOG Workshop and wider facility in accordance with The Studio's standards.
Open and close the MYOG Workshop as needed.
Take inventory of workshop supplies and assist with pre- and post-project preparation.
Support the planning, coordination, and delivery of new programs, projects, and systems.
Follow all Museum safety policies, procedures, and established studio protocols.
Contribute to a welcoming, engaging, educational, and positive environment for guests, colleagues, artists, instructors, studio users, donors, and the wider glass community.
Actively support the Museum's commitment to diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion.
Support the Museum's Advancement initiatives.
Work collaboratively with the team while also taking initiative and completing tasks independently.
Take on additional responsibilities as directed.

Requirements

Associate's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
Proficient hands-on hot glass working experience, with the ability to demonstrate techniques and safely guide guests through glassmaking projects.
Experience in furnace glassblowing and/or flameworking, including the ability to operate related equipment.
Experience with sandblasting, glass fusing, engraving, or related equipment is preferred.
Basic proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, MS Teams, and SharePoint.
Demonstrated ability to blow glass and create small, one- to two-gather objects with inexperienced guests and/or flamework soft-glass beads and pendants with guests while maintaining guest safety.
Ability and comfort providing basic instruction to individuals and groups creating furnace-worked, flameworked, sandblasted, engraved, or fused glass objects.
Strong interpersonal and customer service skills, with a genuine interest in helping guests learn and enjoy the glassmaking process.
Ability to communicate effectively and adapt instruction for people with varying levels of experience and from diverse cultural backgrounds.
Ability to work professionally and collaboratively with artists, instructors, studio users, the public, donors, and colleagues.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Ability to work effectively as part of a team or independently under minimal supervision.
Ability to learn and navigate necessary shipping software.
Commitment to representing the Museum professionally and upholding its mission, vision, and values.
Willingness to follow organizational and departmental policies, procedures, and protocols.
Flexibility to work weekends, evenings, and holidays, as well as variable hours.
Willingness to travel regionally and/or domestically as needed.
The employee is regularly required to move about, operate/use equipment, communicate, detect/distinguish, and reach.
Position requires sustained repetitive motion.
The employee is occasionally required to remain in a stationary position, ascend/descend, detect/distinguish (impaired olfactory sense is potentially problematic for workplace safety).
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, and peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to distinguish color and adjust focus.
The employee is frequently required to move/transport up to 50 pounds.
The work environment is regularly controlled by indoor climate and extreme heat (non-weather).
The work environment is occasionally indoors not climate controlled, wet, humid, work near moving mechanical parts, work in high precarious places, odors, fumes, airborne particles, outdoor weather conditions, and vibration.
The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.
The employee shall be fully acquainted with and comply with all safety policies and procedures of the Corning Museum of Glass.
Maintain confidentiality of information related to the Corning Museum of Glass and employees that may be encountered, either formally or informally, during the normal course of business.

Skills

Hot glass working
Furnace glassblowing
Flameworking
Sandblasting
Glass fusing
Engraving
Microsoft Office Suite
MS Teams
SharePoint
Interpersonal skills
Customer service skills
Effective communication
Organizational skills
Attention to detail
Teamwork
Independent work
Shipping software navigation

Location

Onsite

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Proficient hands-on hot glass working experience
Experience in furnace glassblowing and/or flameworking
Experience with sandblasting, glass fusing, engraving, or related equipment is preferred
Basic proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, MS Teams, and SharePoint

Education Level

Associate's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience

Salary/Compensations

$18.25–$20.00 per hour

Benefits

Benefits beginning immediately

About the Company

The Corning Museum of Glass is seeking a skilled, enthusiastic, and guest-focused MYOG (Make Your Own Glass) Workshop Associate to join The Studio team.
The Studio | The Corning Museum of Glass
The MYOG Workshop Associate plays an important role in delivering memorable guest experiences, supporting daily studio operations, maintaining a safe and organized working environment, and contributing to the continued growth of The Studio’s programs and community.
Contribute to a welcoming, engaging, educational, and positive environment for guests, colleagues, artists, instructors, studio users, donors, and the wider glass community.
Actively support the Museum's commitment to diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion.
Support the Museum's Advancement initiatives.
Commitment to representing the Museum professionally and upholding its mission, vision, and values.