Associate Curator, M+ Museum

West Kowloon Cultural District Authority; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

West Kowloon Cultural District Authority in Hong Kong seeks a senior professional to oversee, manage and evaluate the delivery of creative learning programmes, ensuring on-time and on-budget outcomes across audiences including families, children and youth. You will lead a team to design engaging events and exhibitions that connect content with audience engagement.

You will support curators with audience-focused strategies, cultivate partnerships with artists and cultural groups, and contribute

Qualifications

• Degree in museum or art education, fine arts, design, architecture or related field.
• 6–10 years of experience in programme planning and development.
• Experience in audience development for families, youth and communities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee, manage and evaluate delivery of creative learning programmes on time and in budget.
• Lead a team to create innovative events and programmes integrating engagement with content.
• Support curators to develop audience-focused engagement strategies and participation.
• Cultivate relationships with artists, educators and cultural organisations to connect content and outreach.

Skills

Audience development

Programme planning

Project management

Team leadership

Communication (EN/ZH)

Education

University degree (museum/art education/design/architecture/creative media)

Job 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:overseeing, managing and evaluating the delivery of creative learning programmes on time and in budget to engage a broad range of museum audiences including families, children, young people, and young adults;leading a team to create innovative and vibrant events, activities and programmes that integrate engagement strategies and exhibition content with a focus on visual art, design, architecture and moving images;supporting curators to develop audience-focused engagement philosophies and strategies that strengthen participation, expand partnership and foster active learning;cultivating and maintaining collaborative relationships with artists, makers, educators, community groups and cultural organizations to connect exhibition content and programming to outreach;contributing to the general development of the future M+; andPerforming any other duties from time to time as reasonably assigned by M+.You should:possess a recognised university degree, preferably in museum or art education, fine arts, design, architecture, moving images, creative media, cultural management or equivalent;have at least 6-10 years of professional experience in programme planning and development, project management of art and cultural events or festivals;have proven experience of creating and implementing strategic audience development related to the public such as family, youth, access groups and communities;have strong research skills with demonstrated commitment to learning, and maintain up-to-date knowledge with the literature and practices of learning and engagement programming issues in contemporary museums;be a diplomatic and collaborative team player with proven leadership and facilitation skills; andhave excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Chinese.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.14-10-2026Data 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:Catrina Mok /[phone]