Job Listing: Head of Press

Art Fund

Job Title: Head of Press
Salary: £40,000 – 45,000 per annum
Location: King’s Cross, London
Closing date: Monday, 25 November 2019

Art Fund are looking for a Head of Press to widely communicate Art Fund’s work as the national charity for art. They will work with Art Fund’s hundreds of museum and gallery partners across the UK to publicise how Art Fund’s support has helped them do more: from buying, commissioning or conserving works of art, to sharing them across the UK, to providing funding and opportunities for curators.

The Head of Press also plays a key role in helping shape and deliver the communications campaign for Art Fund Museum of the Year, the largest museum prize in the world. They will contribute to the fundraising activities of Art Fund through supporting media relations campaigns for projects on our crowdfunding platform Art Happens to promoting the National Art Pass to ambitious public appeals to help save important works of art. They will also work closely with colleagues on Art Fund’s work lobbying for positive changes to policies to better protect UK museums and their collections.

For more information about the role and to apply, visit The Society of Author’s jobs post and description