Head of Cultural Programming

The opportunity

The Head of Cultural Programming role at London College of Fashion will create a cultural strategy for our showcasing and oversee its delivery. The post holder will bring together the skill sets of a curator, facilitator, and producer, leading a team to develop and implement the showcasing ambitions of the College. Reporting to the Head of College and gathering advice and inputs from several departments at London College of Fashion, the Head of Cultural Programming is a key strategic leadership and planning role which requires a creative and curatorial awareness as well as hands-on showcasing experience.

This is a significant time to join UAL as we are making a major investment into transformative education for our diverse and international academic community as we look towards our move to the Olympic Park.

About you

The post holder will manage the cultural programme team, and will use their extensive strategic, planning and practical skills to develop, lead, collaboratively create and enact a cultural strategy informed by the priorities, principles and values of the College, University, and its stakeholders. A supportive manager, the post holder will use diplomacy and proactivity to develop effective team processes and build solutions-focused relationships across LCF’s varied departments and audiences.

We encourage applicants from a diverse broad range of backgrounds for example curatorial, editorial and creative direction, creative strategy, learning, engagement and education roles, as well as senior events management, development and programming departments in galleries and museums, commercial and creative brand, thought leadership, educational institutions, third sector, charities and research.

In return, University of the Arts London offers generous leave, an attractive pension and a commitment to your continuing personal development and training in an environment that encourages excellence, creativity and diversity. Relocation assistance is available.

If you have any queries about this role, you may contact the LCF Staffing Team at vacancies@fashion.arts.ac.uk  phone: 07730 900321.

What we offer

We are UAL

London College of Fashion, UAL is undertaking an unprecedented programme of change. In 2023 we will be consolidating our existing six sites into a new purpose-built campus as part of a new education and cultural district on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, and as part of this, we will be significantly expanding our gallery and showcasing spaces on site.  Ahead of this move, we welcome applications from candidates who live in and around East London, as well as from those keen to join us on this exciting and unique opportunity in our College’s history. 

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