Audience Development Manager (maternity cover)

Audiences are at the heart of Leeds Museums & Galleries’ work and the Audience Development team plays a vital role in this across marketing and PR, audience research and digital engagement. The Audience Development Manager leads the team and is part of Leeds Museums & Galleries’ senior management team.

This post will join Leeds Museums & Galleries at an exciting time, having recently undergone rebranding its attractions and launched a new website. The Audience Development Manager is responsible for leading on the development of audience development, marketing and digital content strategies across a large museum service.

We are looking for someone to cover maternity leave and bring an understanding of audience development that delivers ‘the bigger picture’ and contributes to make Leeds Museums & Galleries relevant, innovative and outward facing.

Key roles include:

• Lead and develop Leeds Museums & Galleries in all its audience development and marketing needs, ensuring the service maximises footfall, income and social targets, and reflect service, corporate and partners’ priorities.Effectively lead, manage and develop a team to achieve agreed outcomes based on the priorities of Leeds Museums & Galleries.
• Deliver high standards, ensuring all Leeds Museums & Galleries content and materials are quality assured and systems and applications are monitored and maintained.
• Ensure Leeds Museums & Galleries continues to innovate and develop, particularly in digital.

The post is funded by Arts Council England’s National Portfolio Organisation status and is temporary maternity cover from February 2020 – December 2020.

To apply please visit Leeds City Council jobs: https://jobs.leeds.gov.uk/museums-galleries-city-development-audience-development-manager/35097.job