Senior Curator: Public Practice

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: Up to £38,760 per annum, dependent on experience

Hours: 35 hours per week/full time

Location: Design Museum Kensington is the place of work, with a hybrid arrangement of 60% of an employee’s role to be performed at the museum and 40% remote.

Deadline: 15/02/26 23:59

Overview

The Design Museum’s vision is a world in which design enables people and the planet to thrive. The Learning Department plays a critical role in delivering this ambition by creating compelling public programmes that build skills, grow audiences, and deepen the museum’s relevance across education, culture, and industry.

The Senior Curator: Public Practice will be a strategic thinker and connector, positioning the museum as a leading platform for engaging audiences with design’s environmental, social, and economic impact. As an ambassador for the museum, they will develop high-impact programmes, cultivate new partnerships across communities, education, and the creative industries, and strengthen existing relationships.

Job scope

This role will oversee the museum's talks and events programme, and lead community projects that engage a wide range of audiences, including adults, volunteers, young people, students in higher education, and people with disabilities and access requirements.

Closing Date: Sunday 15 February (midnight)

Interviews: Tuesday 24 February and Thursday 26 February

Application process

For all the latest job vacancies at the Design Museum, please visit our Careers page to apply via our online portal: https://careers.designmuseum.org/vacancies

If you encounter any issues while completing your application, please email peopleteam@designmuseum.org before the vacancy closing date. We will be in touch as soon as possible; (please note the inbox is monitored Monday-Friday).

Please note we are not able to accept other forms of application for our job roles.