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Salary: £36,900 to £40,850 including Inner London Weighting
Contractual Hours: 35 
Basis: Full Time, 12 month FTC
Attachments: Job Information Pack

The Barbican is a multidisciplinary international arts centre in the City of London.

Across its theatres, concert halls, cinemas, galleries, business venues, public and community spaces, the Barbican showcases the most exciting artists and performers from around the world, pushing traditional artistic boundaries and helping us understand our lives in new and unexpected ways. Each year, the Centre presents hundreds of different performances, events and exhibitions that entertain and inspire millions of people, create connections, provoke debate, and reflect the world we live in.

Firmly rooted in its neighbourhood, the Barbican collaborates on projects with local communities, and supports young people and emerging talent to develop their artistic practice and access jobs in the creative industry.

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The Barbican’s Visual Arts team is looking for an Exhibition Organiser to work across its dynamic programme on a 12 month fixed term basis. This is a key role in our team that ensures coordination and logistical arrangements are in place for the Visual Arts programme.

Our visual arts programme embraces art, architecture, design, fashion, photography and film. Many of our exhibitions explore the interconnections between disciplines, periods and cultures, and aim to imagine the world in new ways.  Designers, artists and architects are our collaborators in this process. The Curve gallery is one of the few galleries in London devoted to the commissioning of new work and allows audiences to experience it for free. In 2023 we launched an ambitious programme of public art across the Barbican’s spaces that allows artists to directly engage with the architecture and public spaces of this modernist icon. 

The Exhibition Organiser reports to the Senior Manager and works with the whole Visual Arts team, to ensure the highest standard of practice in relation to the care of exhibits, our work with artists, coordination and logistical arrangements for our exhibitions and commissions in London and at partner venues internationally. 

• You’ll have excellent communication, administrative and organisation skills, with the ability to work well under pressure both independently and as part of a dynamic and supportive team. 
• You’ll bring proven experience of the art world, in particular exhibition delivery and registrarial work along with previous experience of working on artist commissions.
• You’ll be working across multiple projects so will need to demonstrate relevant practical experience.  

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification. If you have further questions you can contact Alice Lobb, Senior Manager alice.lobb@barbican.org.uk

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To apply click on the 'Apply Now' button below. Applications without a completed form will not be reviewed. 

If there are any issues with the application process, please contact the Barbican Careers team at Careers@barbican.org.uk.

Deadline for applications is 23:55 on Monday 17th November 2025.  The advert may close ahead of this date if a sufficient number of applications is reached - apply early to avoid missing out.

Please note that we are unable to accept late applications. We regret that we are unable to provide feedback on your application.

The City of London Corporation want to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to thrive in the work that we do. The City of London Corporation is currently undergoing a programme ensure that our pay and reward practices are competitive and equitable across the whole organisation – and is committed to regularly benchmarking and reviewing pay against external sectors.

As part of our commitment to increasing the diversity of staff within the Barbican we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from groups that are currently underrepresented, including people from the Global Majority* and D/deaf and disabled people. We want to better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We are members of the Disability Confident Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled candidates who would like to be considered under this scheme and who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role. Please contact us if you require reasonable adjustments as part of the application process.

*Global Majority is a collective term that refers to people who are Black, Asian, Brown, dual-heritage, indigenous to the global south, and or, have been racialised as 'ethnic minorities'.