Arts & Culture Manager (maternity cover)

Founded in 2020, Nxt Museum is an experimental art space in Amsterdam that explores the intersection of art, technology, science, and sound. With a mission to change our tech-driven world for the better, we use art to seek, show, and question how tech impacts humanity. 

Nxt Museum offers a platform for the presentation of large-scale new media installations by some of the most exciting and forward-thinking voices in new media. Over the past five years, we have built a growing portfolio of immersive exhibitions and have expanded our mission through a dynamic public programme that includes music, performance, research, and education. Together, these elements foster an environment for experimentation, reflection, and connection - inviting audiences to engage with what’s next in art and technology.

On a mission to build a future-facing institution, we’re looking for an interim Arts & Culture Manager to help shape what’s Nxt.

The role

As our interim Arts & Culture Manager, covering 6 months of maternity leave, you will have an integral role at the core of Nxt Museum’s Arts & Culture team. You will work directly with the Creative Director, Curator and Production Manager, overseeing creative output and project alignment across a diverse range of activities.

You will be responsible for planning new exhibitions, organising thought-provoking public programmes and coordinating the creative side of projects such as the development of new artworks, residency programmes, and curatorial projects at external locations, as well as managing a junior coordinator and intern.

Your typical day will consist of mapping out and managing key deliverables for varying Arts and Culture programmes (i.e. talks, events, exhibition updates, public programmes). You might start the morning by reviewing and updating project timelines or attending creative sessions with the Creative Director/Curator to set up project briefs. During lunch we walk, talk and eat together as a team. By the afternoon you are planning and carrying out creative/artist meetings to ensure projects are developing inline with defined scopes. You will also align with the production team to ensure projects match defined budgets and production specifications. On other days you may be testing artworks in the museum, checking in on the development of commissioned works, mapping out plans for a funding application and having one-on-one check-ins with your team .

Key responsibilities:

• Overseeing the planning, development and coordination of Nxt Museum’s creative projects and programmes, as well as monitoring results;

• Managing the Arts & Culture team (Co-ordinator and Intern), with regular alignments with the Creative Director & Curator(s);

• Developing strategies and plans for new cultural events and programmes - including exhibitions, public and educational programming - while managing project timelines, engaging contributors (i.e. colleagues, artists and partners), and facilitating communication and supporting documentation for these projects;

• Managing budgets and deliverables, providing regular status reports to track project progress against goals, objectives, and timelines;

• Developing and maintaining a great working environment, facilitating structure and strong internal collaborations, in order to achieve creative excellence inline with Nxt’s vision, mission and brand values.

Experience & profile:

• 5+ years of relevant experience in project management and coordination in the creative field, with a proven track record in managing projects that include creative/curatorial thinking, concept development and execution;

• Strong affinity to and knowledge of the arts and culture sector,  knowledge of new media specifically is a plus;

• Excellent planning and prioritisation skills, with the ability to coordinate projects from inception through execution in a timely and structured manner;

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across teams and build strong relationships at all levels, both internally and externally;

• Detail-oriented, independent & solution driven, with an open and inclusive mindset;

• Fluent in English in both verbal and written forms, Dutch is a plus.

What we offer you:

• A temporary, full time role (40 hours/week) in the core team of Nxt Museum

• To be part of a future-facing institution, at the forefront of art and technology;

• To join an international team, where being yourself is celebrated and appreciated;

• A dynamic, collaborative and inspiring work environment;

• Hybrid working.