Creative Studios Practitioner
Posted 3 days ago by Victoria and Albert Museum
£30,500 Per year
Undetermined
Undetermined
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Creative Studios Practitioner role at V&A East is a 12-month maternity cover position focused on engaging young audiences through creative workshops and projects. The practitioner will collaborate with diverse communities and museum experts to foster skills and confidence among participants aged 16-24. This position emphasizes creativity, collaboration, and inclusivity within cultural settings. The role offers a unique opportunity to develop and deliver innovative workshops across two sites in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and deliver creative workshops for young audiences and community groups.
- Facilitate curriculum-related sessions for schools and colleges.
- Support a range of projects across V&A East Museum and V&A East Storehouse.
- Engage with diverse communities to promote social connection and confidence through creative practices.
- Collaborate with teachers, artists, curators, and youth workers.
- Utilize creative making processes to foster dialogue and generate new ideas.
Key Skills:
- Exceptional communication and organizational skills.
- Experience in creative making processes and their impact on dialogue and confidence building.
- Openness to experiment and develop new creative approaches.
- Collaborative sensibility and ability to work with various stakeholders.
- Knowledge of inclusive creative practices and sensitivity to under-represented groups.
- Experience in cultural settings or transferable skills from related fields.
Salary (Rate): £30,500.00 yearly
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
The Role
We are looking for a practical and collaborative Creative Studios Practitioner to join a dynamic Learning and Engagement team at V&A East. Covering a 12 month maternity leave, this post is an opportunity for a creative practitioner with a background in art and design, to work with museum collections, spaces and experts to engage young audiences and share creative practices with diverse communities in East London. It is an exciting and unique period to develop and deliver new creative workshops and support a wide range of projects, across two sites in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park - the recently opened V&A East Museum and V&A East Storehouse which opened in May 2025. The role will support a range of people including 16–24-year-olds, to develop skills, social connection and confidence through practical making and exploring ideas and issues. You will deliver creative sessions that will include curriculum related workshops for schools and colleges and collaborative sessions with youth groups and communities and public social events.
Who we are looking for:
- Dynamic and engaging with exceptional skills connecting with young people and adults, facilitating collaboration, and leading activity. Bringing strong communication and organisational skills, alongside a positive approach to problem solving.
- A proven track record of working with creative making processes and understanding how they can support dialogue, generate new ideas, build confidence and develop agency.
- Someone ideally with a breadth of creative practices, with openness and curiosity to experiment, learn and develop new approaches.
- A collaborative sensibility - able to work with teachers, artists, curators, conservators, youth workers and others.
- Sensitivity and knowledge of inclusive creative practices. Curiosity about the experiences of young people and other under-represented groups.
- Experience of working in, or in contexts relatable to, cultural settings. We welcome applicants with transferable skills and do not require a conventional museum background.
What’s in it for you?
- 29 days of holiday + public holidays each year
- 5.5% employee pension contribution, 10% employer pension contribution (post-probation)
- Life assurance scheme (to value of 4 x annual salary)
- Family-friendly policies e.g. enhanced maternity + paid carers leave
- Free sanitary products for all employees across our sites
- Free entrance to many major museums and exhibitions
- Benefits platform offering discounts at major retailers & many more
Full job description and list of benefits on our website
When do applications close? 1 May @ 23:59