Assistant Production Manager

Modern Art Oxford


Job: Assistant Production Manager

Job: Assistant Production Manager

Organisation: Modern Art Oxford

Postcode: OX1 1BP

  • Job Title: Assistant Production Manager
  • Salary: £30k-£40k
    (pro-rata)
  • Hours:
    Part time
  • Artform: Visual arts
  • Role: Technical & Production
  • Contract: Permanent
  • Closing date: Sun, 12 Oct 2025

  • Location:

    South East

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Job Summary

This role is responsible for a range of practical and production focused activities and objectives relating to realising the exhibitions and live programme to deadline and in budget.

Job Description

Assistant Production Manager
Salary: £30,600 per annum, pro rata (£24,480 per annum actual)
Based: Oxford, OX1 1BP
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 32 hours per week, including regular evenings. We envisage a working pattern of 4 to 5 days per week.

Modern Art Oxford is one of the UK’s leading contemporary art spaces with an international reputation for innovation and ambition. The gallery presents a programme of changing exhibitions of modern and contemporary art each year, coupled with an extensive programme of education, events and performance projects involving several thousand people of all ages and backgrounds.

Benefits

  • Pension – An auto-enrolment pension scheme is in place with Legal & General. Under pension auto enrolment legislation, the employee will pay 5% (before tax relief) and the employer will pay 3% of qualifying earnings to the Legal and General plan.
  • Holiday 25 days annual leave plus eight public bank holidays (Pro-rata).
  • Staff discount in Cafe and shop.

Job Requirements

Person Specification:

Essential

  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Good IT skills.
  • Strong Organisation skills
  • Good knowledge of AV and sound installation.
  • Excellent time management.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • Ability to see through projects from concept to delivery.
  • Positive approach to collaboration and team working.
  • Efficient approach to working with effective use of resources.
  • Good knowledge of artwork fabrication and exhibition displays.
  • Basic carpentry skills.
  • Experience installing, packing and handling 2D and 3D artworks.

Desirable

  • Budget Management.
  • 3D software (Sketch-Up).
  • Knowledge of metalwork.
  • Basic knowledge of electrics.
  • Experience of working with artists.
  • Interest in contemporary art.
  • Experience of risk management.
  • Experience of managing others.

How to Apply

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