Deadline: January 20, 2017

Curatorial Assistant

A cornerstone of the West Kowloon Cultural District, M+ is Hong Kong’s new museum for visual culture, encompassing twentieth and twenty-first century art, design and architecture, and moving image from Hong Kong, China, Asia, and beyond.

Since 2012, M+ has been presenting diverse public programmes and exhibitions, and is amassing a permanent collection, in the run-up to the scheduled 2019 public opening of the museum building designed by Herzog & de Meuron with TFP Farrells and Ove Arup & Partners HK.

The M+ Pavilion, the first permanent building to be completed in WKCD, will serve as the venue for the exhibitions organised by M+ in the run up to the completion of the main M+ building in 2019.

You will be responsible for:

• performing administrative tasks relating to curatorial processes and meetings;
• assisting in general research, exhibition and programming logistics, production and acquisition of works;
• maintaining data records of accession, condition and location of objects in museum collection; and
• assisting in routine operations and other special projects of M+.

You should:

• possess a recognised university degree or equivalent in Fine Art, Art History, Visual Studies, or other related disciplines;
• have 2-3 years of relevant working experience in other cultural or related organisations;
• be able to work independently and cooperatively with others in a fast-paced environment;
• be highly-organized and detail-oriented; and
• have excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Chinese.

For interested parties, please submit your application along with your CV on or before 20 January 2017 via online application or by mail quoting the reference number, name of the position, expected salary and your availability to:

Ms Agnes Chan
West Kowloon Cultural District Authority
Units 608-613, Level 6, Core C, Cyberport 3, 100 Cyberport Road, Hong Kong

Data collected will only be used for job application processing. Applicants not being invited for interview within 4 weeks from 20 January 2017 may assume their applications unsuccessful.

All related information will be kept up to 24 months and all personal data will be destroyed afterwards.

For further information and to apply, please visit: https://careers.westkowloon.hk/jobsearch/JobDetail.aspx?jobID=127017#.WGvn6fnhBPZ