Production Team Lead

- Lead the technician team bringing world-class exhibitions to life at Auckland Art Gallery

- Shape the production planning, coordination and delivery of an ambitious programme of exhibitions and installations and serve collection care needs

- Combine people leadership with your technical expertise in art handling and exhibition production

He angitūtanga: The opportunity

Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is the home of the visual arts in Aotearoa and plays an important role in the cultural life of Tāmaki Makaurau.

We are looking for an experienced Production Team Lead to lead the production planning, coordination, and delivery of the Gallery’s ambitious exhibition and installation programme and support the work of the Gallery’s collection care teams with artwork handling, movement, and preparation.

Reporting to the Exhibitions Manager, you will lead a team of Gallery Technicians, planning and coordinating the people, resources, equipment and technical expertise needed to deliver exhibitions safely, efficiently, on-schedule, and to internationally accepted museum standards. You will coordinate with Registration, Conservation and Photography teams as required, handling, moving, preparing and staging artworks in accordance with preventative conservation standards.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you will:

- oversee the forward production plan, assigning projects to the Senior Technicians and ensuring project requirements are met

- balance resources across concurrent exhibitions

- work closely with exhibition designers, curators, registrars, conservators, artists and contractors to turn creative concepts and technical plans into outstanding exhibitions for our audiences.

- oversee workshop operations, contractors, budgets, equipment and health and safety

- ensure the highest standards of artwork handling and preventative conservation are maintained

- facilitate the activities of the Registration, Conservation and Photography teams

We are ideally looking for the successful candidate to start mid to late January 2027 .

He kōrero mōu: About you

You are an experienced production leader who understands what it takes to deliver complex installations while managing competing deadlines, resources and priorities. You are also a strong people leader, who knows how to delegate effectively, build capability within a technical team and create a positive, accountable and collaborative environment.

You will bring:

- At least five years’ practical experience within an art gallery or related environment, ideally coordinating technicians or art handlers

- Proven experience in production planning, workforce allocation and project delivery

- Technical expertise in artwork installation, handling, storage and exhibition production

- Experience supervising contractors and coordinating multiple technical workstreams

- Strong knowledge of health and safety, preventative conservation and museum standards

- Excellent planning, communication, judgement and problem-solving skills

- A current unrestricted New Zealand driver’s licence is required.

Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou: What we offer

This is a unique opportunity to lead the team responsible for physically bringing exhibitions to life at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

You’ll work at the intersection of art, people and technical production , contributing to an ambitious exhibition programme while working alongside artists and specialists from across the Gallery and wider arts sector.

This is a permanent, full-time position , predominantly working Monday to Friday. Some work outside standard hours will be required to meet exhibition and installation deadlines.

Position description: Production Team Lead

Band G

Salary range: $100,000 to $120,000 pa, depending on skills and experience .

Our employer KiwiSaver contribution is in addition to the base salary offered.

Applications close Thursday, 19 November 2026 at 11.59pm.

This position is deemed safety sensitive and will require pre-employment drug testing.

Tātaki Auckland Unlimited is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) and we are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity and inclusion. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of application to assist you through the recruitment process.

Employees in receipt of salary protection and/or on the predecessor Tātaki Auckland Unlimited terms and conditions of employment, please note that the salary protection and/or predecessor Auckland Unlimited terms and conditions, including relocation, apply to your current position. Should you change to a new position (other than any secondment) you will be issued with a new employment letter of offer with current Auckland Unlimited terms and conditions.