Marketing & Communications Manager

Hyde Park Art Center seeks a full-time Marketing & Communications Manager to manage and implement the organization’s multifaceted communications strategies. The Art Center is a leading contemporary visual-art institution that uniquely combines the qualities of a community-based organization with those of a nationally-recognized exhibitions program and international residency program.

The successful candidate will be a creative and inquisitive storyteller, sharing communications across multiple platforms and audiences. They will be highly organized and proactive with timelines with great attention to detail. They will demonstrate an eager interest in contemporary art and show curiosity about a range of programmatic disciplines, including exhibitions, residency, public programs, and education.

Key Responsibilities

Marketing and External Communications (50%)

• Assist in strategy and lead the implementation of all visual communications including but not limited to semi-annual print postcard, in-building signage, brochures, wall text, and other marketing collateral
• Plan, write, and edit weekly e-news mailings;
• Manage contracted design team overseeing design schedule and working with department teams to establish design needs and protocols for effective schedule
• Seek out engaging stories across departments (exhibitions, residency, education, and development) and generate related content;
• Lead in content creation and scheduling for social media communications, maintaining robust social media engagement across multiple platforms;
• Generate, implement, and manage videography for the Art Center’s annual Gala and other special events and projects
• Manage all external communications and design needs for core public programs, exhibition public programs, and other public programs as deemed necessary
• Manage external communication for special projects and events, such as the Art Center’s annual gala, and the tri-annual artist-patron matchmaking project, Not Just Another Pretty Face.

Internal Communications & Support (30%)

• Develop, communicate, and manage feasible project timelines and protocols in design and content development processes for staff;
• Ensure consistency in development and maintenance of website, supporting staff with regular and timely content updates as needed; when applicable, manage schedule and tasks for contracted website assistance;
• Coordinate with staff across departments and help find commonalities for external institutional communication.
• Collect, analyze, and report marketing and communications data to department staff as needed.

Media Relations (10%)

• Manage partnership and collaborate with external public relations consulting firm to liaise between consultants and staff, managing content, image requests, and timelines, supporting in copyediting, to carry out PR plan;
• Represent the Art Center as the on-the-ground contact for press and media engagements; coordinate and/or provide interviews as needed;
• Maintain records of all press hits, both in print and online, and deliver reports to the Board of Directors at quarterly meetings.

Strategic Planning & Long-term Visioning (5%)

● With Director of Development & Communications, author and annually update current marketing & communications strategies, providing recommendations for improved synergy and reach;

● Collaborate on creative and practical solutions for long-term marketing and communications strategies

Organizational Responsibilities (5%)

• Participate in core public programs, assisting with press, marketing, or photography needs
• Participate in and contribute to the Art Center’s equity work, including staff-wide equity planning processes and racial identity caucusing, with a particular lens on marketing & communications.
• Assist the development department in logistics and operations of the annual Gala and other fundraising events as needed

Qualifications

● Excellent communication across media and platforms, including e-news, print, social media, fundraising, etc, internally and externally;

● Excellent writing and editing skills across multiple contexts;

● Ability to find and tell compelling stories to multiple audiences;

● Ability to refine, maintain, and adapt institutional voice to a variety of contexts;

● Ability to keep self and others highly organized and on-track across multiple deadlines and concurrent projects;

● Graphic design experience and a critical eye for visual communication required;

● Basic data collection and analysis skills required;

● Basic photography and editing skills required; basic videography and editing skills preferred;

● Wordpress experience strongly preferred; brand development experience preferred

Key Relationships

The Marketing & Communications Manager reports to the Director of Development & Communications and works within the Development & Communications Department. The position works with many different people in the Art Center community. It is a highly collaborative role that must communicate effectively across departments, including education, exhibitions and residency, public programs, and development/fundraising, as well as external consultants and vendors. The Marketing & Communications Manager also builds and maintains relationships with our diverse creative and professional community, including exhibiting artists, resident artists, students, faculty, and visitors.

Organizational Culture

Hyde Park Art Center aims to promote and develop a culture within its staff that reflects the values and core principles of equity, inclusion, and access. We recognize that these have become buzzwords, but we believe deeply in the responsibility we have to help change the inequitable landscape of the arts, and we’re committed to the hard work it takes to get there. We believe in intentional risk-taking and experimentation for good and thoughtful reasons, and work collaboratively with one another to ensure alignment and dynamism throughout all we do.

No applicant for employment with Hyde Park Art Center shall be subjected to discrimination because of race, color, sex, national origin, religion, disability, age, reprisal for engaging in anti-discrimination activities, sexual orientation, or parental status.

Schedule

This is a primarily in-person position, with 1-2 remote work days per week. The Marketing & Communications Manager may maintain a flexible schedule to allow for attendance at weekend and evening events, in order to stay connected and abreast of programs. A specific schedule will be determined with the managing supervisor.

Compensation and Benefits

The Marketing & Communications Manager is a full-time permanent position with a starting salary of $65,000. Benefits include health, dental and life insurance, 401(k) matching, and generous PTO package.

Physical Requirements

This role is sedentary work at a computer with a phone in an office environment. The role also requires attending meetings and events onsite, which may have set up and breakdown of equipment and materials. Additionally, the role requires attending events offsite, which may require traveling to other sites. Lifting and carrying materials or equipment up to 30 pounds may occur.

Hiring Process and Timeline

Application Deadline: November 30, 2025

Anticipated Start Date: February 2, 2026

To apply, please send a resume and cover letter to Eric Thompson, Director of Development & Communications at jobs@hydeparkart.org with the subject title “Marketing & Communications Manager.”

We will conduct phone screenings on a rolling basis with qualified candidates and expect to host interviews in-person in January 2026.. We will make every effort to accommodate candidates’ schedules and needs in all parts of the process. If you have specific access needs or reasonable accommodations that we can support in your process of completing the application, please reach out to Eric Thompson, Director of Development & Communications at jobs@hydeparkart.org.