Deadline: October 21, 2015

Creative Director – The Tetley

Working closely with and reporting to the CEO, The Creative Director will lead and develop an overarching creative programme and accompanying strategy that will influence and guide delivery through the Curatorial, Participation, Marketing, Development and Commercial teams, ensuring consistency of the creative programme through every strand of the organization.

KEY DUTIES

Duties shall include but not be limited to:

Strategic Partnerships and Networking

Position The Tetley as a key cultural player locally within the city, across the region, and nationally, with a growing recognition internationally.

•          Working with the CEO, take a lead role in initiating new and managing on-going strategic alliances with other key cultural organisations that culminate in a range of productive collaborations that take The Tetley into new creative and audience arenas.

•          Seek out and contribute to cultural/regeneration/promotional initiatives that take forward The Tetley’s position as a leading cultural destination.

•          Develop new partnerships within the heritage sector that will explore new conversations between artists, curators and academics in order to fully exploit the opportunities afforded by the historic environment of The Tetley.

•          Be an ambassador for The Tetley in the city and beyond to identify key opportunities to network, build positive creative relationships and position The Tetley across all platforms.

•          Maintain and develop relationships across the teams and together with the Finance and Commercial Directors.

Creative Direction and Delivery

Responsible for leading the creative direction of The Tetley’s curatorial and participation programmes. Working with The Tetley’s Curator and Curator of Participation, the Creative Director will develop a well planned, rolling creative programme.

Key responsibilities include the timely and coherent delivery of plans and budgets which maximise wider opportunities for PR, Marketing and media coverage along with both philanthropic and commercial income generation.

The post holder will:

Together with the CEO lead the development of existing and new strategic relationships with other cultural bodies and organisations that will secure The Tetley’s programme ambitions, along with the supporting budgets that will deliver The Tetley’s overarching organisational business objectives and charitable mission.

Develop a coherent, challenging, but accessible three year creative programme that continues to evolve and develop in line with The Tetley’s vision, goals and commitment to world-class contemporary art, including maximising digital opportunities across the creative programme

Through collaborations with other creative organisations and academic institutions, facilitate research opportunities and explore ways to engage new and emerging artists ensuring The Tetley remains committed to supporting the growth of new talent.

Manage the delivery of programme milestones and deadlines in line with internal timescales and manage the delivery of the wider creative programme delivery through direct reports.

Support the Curatorial, Participation, Marketing and Development teams in drawing up integrated plans and securing funding and commercial packages to meet programme needs and organisational targets.

Work with the Communications team to evaluate and measure the success of the creative programme through analysis and benchmarking of audience data to inform and develop the creative programme.

Ensure an integrated participatory offer is intrinsic in the development of a holistic creative plan.

Corporate Advocacy & Governance

The Creative Director shall establish and develop plans and processes and build a team capable of defining and delivering The Tetley programme to meet the objectives of the wider vision and values of the organisation.

Report to and ensure that the CEO receives regular reports on the current state of the programme and development of the plan.

The post holder will:

Adhere to the organisations procurement procedures for all creative and complimentary products and services.

Ensure all legal and contractual responsibilities associated with the creative programme are met and good practice followed.

Ensure that good governance is ensured and that policies and procedures are properly adhered to by staff.

Attend and report to the programme sub groups and/or committees as necessary both internally and externally as required.

Provide regular reports to the board of Trustees that measure programme outcomes and outputs, including budgetary targets that indicate the return on investment of public funds and attend all Trustee Board meetings as required.

As The Tetley’s Creative Director and key advocate; seek out opportunities to contribute to national and international creative debate in order to increase specialist sector profile.

Leadership and Coaching

Provide exemplary leadership inside the Tetley; ensuring quality, diversity, accessibility and an on-going commitment to the development of the curatorial and learning teams.

The post holder will:

•          Lead, inspire, motivate and line manage the curatorial, participation, marketing and development teams in the effective articulation and delivery of the programme.

•          Share the creative vision with the full organisation to inspire and engage all departments.

•          Support opportunities for professional and career development.

•          Undertake regular and effective performance appraisal cycles and set clear key performance indicators as part of annual reviews.

Person Specification

It would be an advantage for the postholder to have a first degree and post graduate in a relevant discipline.

Extensive knowledge of current practice and developments in contemporary visual arts, in the UK and internationally.

•          A clear and demonstrable understanding of strategic business planning.

•          An understanding of mixed model funding and zero budget planning.

•          Significant, senior management level experience in a high profile cultural organisation.

•          Significant experience of delivering high quality arts/cultural programmes that have met business objectives and contributed to the success of the organisation.

•          Line management and workload planning experience with multiple employees.

•          A demonstrable track record of achieving high level, goal driven, strategic partnerships

•          Experience working with a gallery or museum with learning and outreach programmes.

•          A demonstrable track record of productive involvement at a senior strategic level in cultural/regeneration initiatives.

•          Participation in research and/or other scholarly activity that has contributed to the professional credibility of an organisation

•          Good knowledge of the digital arts sector.

•          An open, passionate and entrepreneurial approach to visual arts programming and engagement

•          A demonstrable commitment to widening public engagement and developing new audiences.

•          Strong interpersonal and communication skills and experience of working as part of a team.

•          Excellent written communication skills.

•          The ability to speak effectively in public and to engage a range of audiences.

•          The ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with a range of stakeholders.

•          A good network of arts and fundraising organisations.

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