Director, Marketing and Communications

David Kordansky Gallery seeks a highly motivated, extremely organized, and collaborative individual to join our team as Director, Marketing and Communications. The Director, Marketing and Communications is a leadership role and responsible for leading a range of significant functions, including managing the Communications Team; strategically directing the gallery’s press, marketing, web, and social media engagements; raising the profile of the gallery by proactively cultivating relationships with writers, editors, and publications worldwide.

This position is a full-time role, Monday through Friday, and will require flexibility for additional hours based on the needs of the gallery.

David Kordansky Gallery is one of the most dynamic venues for contemporary art in Los Angeles and New York and is internationally regarded as a leading gallery of its generation. Established in 2003, the exhibition program is dedicated to presenting artists’ work with passion and intellectual rigor, and to bringing the utmost care and precision to showcasing artistic visions. The Gallery is committed to presentations that blend scholarship and connoisseurship with equity and inclusion.

We are an institution rooted in our hometown of Los Angeles, and in California, even as we embrace cultural activity as a fully global phenomenon.

Maintaining a culture of belonging is important to us—we strive for a workplace where every single team member feels valued, supported, and heard. We believe in the power of creativity and seek opportunities for connection, collaboration, and learning between cultures and communities. We are committed to championing policies and practices that promote diversity, foster cultural equity, and sustain an environment of inclusivity.

The Gallery is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions on the basis of merit, qualifications, and abilities. The Gallery does not discriminate, and does not permit discrimination against its employees, interns, volunteers, or applicants. We recognize our strengths lie in the broad range of individuals who contribute their time and talents to our mission, and we pledge to create a safe, accessible, and inclusive place to work.

The Gallery’s consistent growth, developed in tandem with its artists’ ambitions, occurs through the unique participation and contribution of each employee. We look for colleagues who are the most driven, the most talented, and the most creative. Every member of the Gallery’s team should aim for excellence and ingenuity, surpassing challenges and discovering new possibilities together. We value long-term commitment and loyalty, and in turn provide avenues for career advancement across all departments.

• Lead and manage the Marketing and Communications Team
• Implement strategic communications plans for the gallery
• Supervise the Communications Team in the preparation, documentation, and digital presentation of upcoming exhibitions and fairs
• Oversee the creation of gallery wide texts including press releases, artist bios, and other gallery content

• Develop press strategy, executing campaigns for artists, exhibitions, fairs
• Grow gallery’s network of, and relationships with international, national, and local press contacts
• Serve as spokesperson for gallery, fielding interviews and providing quotations
• Pitch and secure press coverage with targeted writers and editors
• Oversee press inquiries including asset development and delivery, fact-checking, and corrections
• Direct production and distribution of press releases and newsletters
• Edit and proof mail-outs and the gallery newsletter in collaboration with other departments
• Consult with the Artist Relations and Sales teams on strategy and pitches related to artists and upcoming exhibitions and fair presentations
• As needed, research and pitch corporate and/or targeted client-specific partnerships for events, including sponsor ships and promotion
• Direct social media strategy, content, and engagement for gallery
• Grow gallery’s social media following and engagement through experimentation / innovation and analytics-based reporting
• Oversee Digital…