Exhibition Manager (M+ Museum) at West Kowloon Cultural District Authority

Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong S.A.R. -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

06 Feb, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

08 Nov, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Project Management, Team Skills, Problem Solving, Prioritization, Communication, Art History, Museum Studies, Cultural Management, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Exhibition Management, Curatorial Projects, Stakeholder Liaison, Budget Management, Schedule Management, Installation Oversight

Industry

Museums;Historical Sites;and Zoos

Description

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. Located in Hong Kong’s WestK, we are one of the leading museums of modern and contemporary visual culture in the world. The museum reflects our unique time and place, building on Hong Kong’s historic balance of the local and the international to define a distinctive and innovative voice for Asia’s twenty-first century. You will be responsible for: providing support and project direction across the museum primarily to the Collection and Exhibitions team and the Curatorial team, with short and long-term planning, managing executions and implementations of all exhibitions, display projects, and other curatorial projects; liaising between key stakeholders, senior management, specific curators-in-charge and the Collection and Exhibitions team providing administrative support for procurement and record keeping as required; 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 installation of exhibitions; actively contributing to departmental meetings and 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; 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; 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; 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. 13-08-2025 Data collected will only be used for job application processing. Your data may be accessed by our appointed recruitment consultants who have agreed to keep confidence of all personal data in not less than the standards applicable to us. Applicants not being invited for interview within 4 weeks from the submission date may assume their applications unsuccessful. All related information will be kept up to 24 months and all personal data will be destroyed afterwards. For more information, please visit https://www.westk.hk or contact: Ms. Louise Yeung/+852 2200 3722/#LI-LY1 About West Kowloon Cultural District Authority The West Kowloon Cultural District Authority welcomes exceptional talent with a passion to realise the vision and mission of making the West Kowloon Cultural District a primelocal and international destination for arts, culture and entertainment.

Responsibilities

You will provide support and project direction across the museum, primarily to the Collection and Exhibitions team and the Curatorial team. This includes managing all aspects of exhibitions, ensuring compliance with museum standards, and overseeing installation.