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Career Paths in Cultural Management
Cultural and Event Management, International Project Management, Company Culture, Science Management
Creating culture, making culture visible, tangible, experiential, and shareable is hard, complex work that often involves a mix of management and administrative methods. It involves equipment and infrastructure, income and subsidies, statutes and guidelines, as well as conceptualization, planning, and evaluation. Possible approaches range from small cultural initiatives to governmental cultural offices (“specialist cultural services”), cultural support institutions, and the Ministry of Culture. The perspective of the cultural studies scholars who are the focus here is not so much how to run a cultural institution most successfully, but how to best bring out the cultural diversity of a city, region, or country. Previous commercial training, a minor in business administration, an additional qualification in project management, or a well-placed, long-term internship in cultural administration pave the way to professional success.
Possible Tasks
- You develop event concepts and programs and organize cultural and leisure events.
- You negotiate with customers and sponsors, for example, to raise funding.
- You are responsible for budget planning, developing advertising materials (e.g. website), and taking care of facilities and necessary equipment.
- You also support artists and act as a contact person for all external service providers.
- In cultural administration, you put together cultural programs in cooperation with the local arts and culture scene.
- In tourism and leisure management, you are involved in the structural and cultural development of individual regions.
- For companies, you organize cultural sponsorship activities, for example.Industries and Occupations
- Theater and concert organizers
- Operas and theaters
- Museums
- Amusement and theme parks
- Sporting event organizers
- Public sector administration (cultural offices and departments)
- Cultural associations
- Publishing houses
- Travel agencies
- Management consulting, especially arts and culture consultingJob Boards and Professional Associations
