Exhibition Manager

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M+ is a museum dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, and interpreting visual art, design and architecture, moving image, and Hong Kong visual culture of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. In Hong Kong’s West Kowloon Cultural District, we are building one of the largest museums of modern and contemporary visual culture in the world, with a bold ambition to establish ourselves as one of the world’s leading cultural institutions. Our aim is to create a new kind of museum that reflects our unique time and place, a museum that builds on Hong Kong’s historic balance of the local and international to define a distinctive and innovative voice for Asia’s twenty-first century.

(Candidate with less experience may be considered for the post of Assistant Manager, Exhibitions)

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Exhibitions, you will be responsible for:

providing support to both the Collection and Exhibitions Department and the Curatorial Department with short and long-term planning and managing executions and implementations of all exhibitions, display projects, and other curatorial projects;
liaising between specific curators-in-charge and the Collection and Exhibitions Department and providing administrative support;
liaising with outside artists, institutions and vendors in order to successfully execute exhibition projects;
project managing all aspects of exhibitions, display projects, and other curatorial projects, ensuring compliance with museum standards, including but not limited to schedules and budgets, working closely with project teams, serving as liaison across all WKCDA departments, developing contracts, ensuring deadlines are met and overseeing (de-)installation of exhibitions;
leading and clearly communicating project deadlines, budgets and project status to all exhibition stakeholders;
collaboratively contributing to the planning and execution of exhibition projects;
developing agreements with the relevant departments and ensuring the museum is appropriately represented and procedures are adhered to; and
managing the master schedule of specific curatorial projects and supporting M+ international touring exhibitions if and when required.

You should:

possess a recognised university degree in relevant fields such as Art History, Museum Studies, Arts Administration, Cultural Management or equivalent;
have a minimum of 5 years’ experience leading and project managing exhibitions within a museum or gallery environment; experience with exhibition tour management and negotiation of contracts is preferred;
have strong project management and team skills with the ability to work with tight deadlines and manage multiple tasks within an ever-changing environment;
be able to solve problems and prioritise needs in a variety of situations where immediate decisions are necessary;
be computer literate with proficiency in Microsoft Office packages (Outlook, Word and Excel and PowerPoint); knowledge of Microsoft Project or equivalent software would be preferred;
have excellent oral, written and interpersonal communication skills in English and Chinese; and
have a high level of discretion and the ability to escalate arising issues appropriately.

For interested parties, please submit your application with detailed CV on or before following date. Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible. The review of applications will continue until post is filled.