Creative Director|Pulitzer Arts Foundation

Deadline: July 21, 2014

The Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis, United States, is looking for a Creative Director who will support and expand the foundation’s goal to produce an unparalleled experience of art, design and architecture through collaborations.

The new Creative Director position integrates the production and reception of creative content, bringing together the foundation’s curatorial and programming departments with communications and audience development departments. The Pulitzer is looking for a candidate who can help define this new role, working in a synergistic manner with his/her counterpart, the Operations and Finance Director, and reporting to the Director.

Requirements

• Wants to play a defining role in setting, articulating, and implementing the creative vision of Pulitzer Arts Foundation by leading the creative/content wing of the organisation (curatorial, programming, communications and audience development departments).
• Embraces collaboration as an exciting form of creativity; someone who would welcome equally the opportunity to initiate projects, bring his/her creativity to ones already in development, and open the call for participation through invited and public competitions.
• Possesses a demonstrated track record in exploring the intersections of art and the world of ideas, experimenting with these connections on a range of creative platforms and exercising judgment about which ideas warrant development, testing and eventually execution; someone who can transition from a period of initial excitement to long-term project planning and discipline.
• Has a vast and varied network of contacts and would enjoy representing the Pulitzer locally and nationally; someone who is comfortable and integrated in the art world, but has interests that often reach outside disciplinary boundaries and can connect the Pulitzer with new and unexpected partners; someone who would relish the opportunity to build or expand the foundation’s St. Louis network and integrate the Pulitzer into national networks.
• Can further develop and grow the Pulitzer’s open call and invitational model of collaboration; someone who understands that collaboration requires relationship-building and the infrastructure to support it.
• Desires a leadership position in a young, dynamic and ever-evolving institution; someone who enjoys the ebb and flow of institutional experimentation and refinement, who can help set priorities, establish metrics, and track and react to failure and success; someone who would enjoy the challenge of developing, articulating and advancing this new position inside the Pulitzer.
• Could help articulate, contribute to and narrate the story of the Pulitzer and its impact in order to lay the foundations for future collaborations and outside financial support.
• Thrives in a creative and participatory team structure; someone who is a good listener, mentor, delegator, catalyst and decision-maker; someone who knows both how to create a sense of urgency, as well as give time and space to colleagues and collaborators.
• Enjoys the practical and daily aspects of a senior management role in an arts institution (near- and long-term planning and implementation, budgeting, project management, etc.).
• Has an interest in social media and the internet as a creative platform, with a demonstrated track record of projects or participation in both; someone who sees communications through a creative lens and values equally the production and reception of the creative product.
• Five to seven year’s experience working in a cultural institution, non-profit, studio, museum, think tank or lab-like setting; someone who possesses deep knowledge of and experience in the arts, with particular emphasis on visual art; MA or PhD in arts or humanities encouraged to apply, though meaningful experience in lieu of/in addition to educational experience would also be highly valued.

For further details please visit: http://www.pulitzerarts.org/visit/employment-opportunities/