Artist Residency and Alumni Manager (Maternity Cover)

The Royal Drawing School is seeking a proactive and organised Artist Residency and Alumni Manager to cover a fulltime, fixed term maternity leave. This is a hybrid working role with applicants based within a commutable distance to either our studio in Charlotte Road London, or Dumfries House, Scotland.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in building educational and artistic partnerships and activity for the School, its students and alumni.

The purpose of the role is to build educational and artistic partnerships and activity for the School, its students and alumni, in particular around artist residencies. In tandem, develop, coordinate and evaluate programmes and projects that promote alumni relations within the School and to external audiences. And open up opportunities for the professional development of the School’s alumni through teaching and practise on residency programmes.

The Artist Residency and Alumni Manager manages all aspects of the Residencies and Fellowship Programme. Serving as the main point of contact for alumni, this role manages alumni communication and Alumni Exhibitions. Sitting within the Development team, the Artist Residency and Alumni Manager also secures and stewards philanthropic support associated with residency partnerships and alumni activity. The Artist Residency and Alumni Manager also represents the School’s interests at the Dumfries House estate.

This role requires someone with experience of securing philanthropic support for programmes and at least 3 years experience in project management working in arts related organisation and/or as artist liaison.