At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a dynamic arts programme and collaborate with diverse artists.
- Company: Bluecoat, Liverpool's vibrant centre for contemporary arts.
- Benefits: Opportunity to shape cultural experiences and engage with the community.
- Other info: Join a historic venue with a rich cultural heritage and exciting future.
- Why this job: Make a lasting impact on Liverpool's arts scene and inspire new audiences.
- Qualifications: Strong creative vision and collaborative leadership experience.
The predicted salary is between 50000 - 70000 £ per year.
We are looking for someone with the creative authority and strong producing experience to lead a complex, multi-artform programme with the generosity to build on the work of others, and the skills to lead collaboratively.
Equally, we are looking for someone who brings energy.
UK arts organisations have had a hard few years, so we want a Creative Director who will help us push back against that, someone who can stimulate excitement through the programme, create momentum, and build deep, imaginative relationships with artists and our existing audiences as well as the new audiences we want to reach.
Our ambition is for Bluecoat to be one of the places where people in Liverpool, the city region and beyond come to encounter the artists and ideas they will remember for a lifetime.
The Bluecoat is Liverpool s centre for the contemporary arts a bustling cultural venue that sees 700,000 visits each year.
Housed in Liverpool s oldest city centre building, a Grade I listed former charity school built in 1716 17, the Bluecoat combines a regular programme of exhibitions, live events, workshops and discussions across visual art, music, dance, literature and other artforms with a community of creative retailers, working artists studios, a caf , and a garden.
The building s history is intertwined with Liverpool s story as an Atlantic port.
The merchants who founded the school derived much of their wealth fro...
