Career Opportunity

Project Manager Temporary Art and Activation (1842)

Recruitment: RTF0128322-01111731

Published: December 07, 2022

Accepting applications until: January 06, 2023

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About:

The San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) is the City agency that champions the arts as essential to daily life by investing in a vibrant arts community, enlivening the urban environment and shaping innovative cultural policy. Learn more about our work at: http://www.sfartscommission.org/

The SFAC has adopted the following Racial Equity Statement:

The San Francisco Arts Commission is committed to creating a city where all artists and cultural workers have the freedom, resources and platform to share their stories, art and culture and where race does not predetermine one’s success in life. We also acknowledge that we occupy traditional and unceded Ohlone land. Fueled by these beliefs, we commit to addressing the systemic inequities within our agency, the City and County of San Francisco and the broader arts and culture sector. This work requires that we focus on race as we confront inequities of the past, reveal inequities of the present and develop effective strategies to move all of us towards an equitable future.

Role description

Under the direction of the Civic Art Collection and Public Art Director, the Project Manager Temporary Art and Activation manages SFAC’s temporary art and activations focusing on economic revitalization and neighborhood engagement and beautification.  Projects include assisting non-city sponsored temporary art projects with navigating the City’s approval process as well as directly commissioning SFAC sponsored projects.   Under the supervision of the Director of Public Art Program and the Civic Art Collection, the TAAPM will manage the artist selection processes, approval processes, contracting and project management for temporary art and activations sponsored by the SFAC.   The TAAPM will also work with organizations and artists wishing to sponsor public art projects, artists, arts organizations, and city departments seeking to activate various sites with temporary art installations, murals, and programming.   The TAAPM works across SFAC programs and coordinates activations with public art, galleries, and Public Art Trust staff. The temporary projects may include sculpture, murals, performance, video and light projections.
Essential Functions:

• Meet with project sponsors to assess project feasibility, artistic merit, appropriateness to project site, approval process, budget, and schedules.  Provide technical assistance to project sponsors needing guidance with City permitting and SFAC approval processes. Facilitate introductions to other City departments as needed. Schedule and present project at Visual Arts Committee meetings for approval.
• For Arts Commission sponsored projects, conduct the artist selection process, including establishing a pool of qualified panelists, writing and issuing Request for Qualifications/Proposals, developing and implementing an outreach plan to inform artists of the opportunity, researching and recruiting qualified artists, scheduling and conducting the artist selection panel in accordance with SFAC protocols.
• Write, negotiate and administer all project contracts and loan agreements ensuring that all artist/contractor responsibilities, deliverables, and milestones are met.
• Oversee and manage the work of artists, fabricators, installers, performers, and other contractors in the implementation of temporary art and activation projects sponsored by SFAC or other city departments. 
• Communicate with other City departments about project schedule, proposed site for temporary project and the specific approvals required from departments with jurisdiction over the site.
• Manage the StreetSmARTS program, a partnership between the San Francisco Arts Commission and Public Works that pairs artists with private property owners who have received Notices of Violation for the removal of graffiti on their buildings.
• Assist in developing, reviewing and implementing program policies and guidelines.
• Participate and support agency’s mission and goals, including its commitment to racial equity, as reflected in the SFAC Racial Equity Statement and as detailed in the Racial Equity Work Plan.
  This position requires attendance at some night and/or weekend meetings, events or workshops.  It also requires site visits to construction sites, fabrication shops, and artists’ studios to monitor the progress of fabrication and installation.

  This is a newly created position at the SF Arts Commission, funded by inter-departmental and project fees.  The project pipeline is approximately three years, with the anticipation of future projects.  

How to qualify

• Possession of a Baccalaureate Degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in art, art history, museum studies or arts administration or related fields, or other subject areas closely related to a specific departmental program or function; AND
   
• One (1) year full-time equivalent experience performing professional-level management and/or administrative duties in functional areas such as: public art project management, arts administration, project management or other closely related functional areas.

Substitution: Applicants may substitute up to 2 years of required education with additional qualifying experience in program/office/operations management, budget development and/or administration, or contract/grant administration. . One year (2000 hours) of additional qualifying experience will be considered equivalent to 30 semester units/45 quarter units.
Desired Qualifications:

• 2-3 years of full-time equivalent experience in project management, including the ability to work on multiple tasks simultaneously, to work with a diverse group of people, and to be proactive in problem-solving
   
• 2 -3 years of full-time equivalent experience working in the visual arts/public arts such as arts administration, studio art, art history, or museum studies, or related fields such as design, architecture or landscape architecture
• Commitment to racial equity and supporting agency’s goals in racial equity
• Computer competency, in particular Microsoft Office Suite

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Additional information

Salary: $87,386.00-$106,184.00 Annually

Fill Type: Permanent Exempt

Work Hours: 40 hours per week 

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

If you have any questions regarding this recruitment or application process, please contact Lauren Rowe at lauren.rowe@sfgov.org

Hybrid work culture

We work in a hybrid environment, and you may be expected to work in the office up to 3 days per week.

Additional Information

• Information About the Hiring Process
• Conviction History
• Employee Benefits Overview
• Equal Employment Opportunity
• Disaster Service Worker
• ADA Accommodation
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

Applicants may be contacted by email about this recruitment and, therefore, it is their responsibility to ensure that their registered email address is accurate and kept up-to-date. Also, applicants must ensure that email from CCSF is not blocked on their computer by a spam filter. To prevent blocking, applicants should set up their email to accept CCSF mail from the following addresses (@sfgov.org, and @smartrecruiters.com).

Applicants will receive a confirmation email that their online application has been received in response to every announcement for which they file. Applicants should retain this confirmation email for their records.  Failure to receive this email means that the online application was not submitted or received.

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:  All City and County of San Francisco employees are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Someone is fully vaccinated when 14 days have passed since they received the final dose of a two-shot vaccine or a dose of a one-shot vaccine. Any new hire must present proof of full vaccination status to be appointed. Any new hire who will be routinely assigned or occasionally enter High-Risk Settings, must provide proof of having received a COVID-19 booster vaccine by March 1, 2022, or once eligible.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.