Head of Creative Infrastructure and Public Art

We Are Hiring: Head of Creative Infrastructure and Public Art

We are thrilled to announce we are hiring for a new senior role: Head of Creative Infrastructure and Public Art.

This new position will lead the strategy and delivery of Bricks Public Art and our Creative Infrastructure Agency, shaping both into sustainable and impactful programmes for the future.

Working in partnership with the CEO, team and board, you will oversee business development, secure and manage new partnerships, and support the delivery of high-quality, community responsive projects. The role also includes line managing producers and freelancers, helping to set the creative direction, and ensuring Bricks' values and mission are at the heart of all we deliver.

This is an exciting time to join Bricks. With five years of public art programming and four years of creative infrastructure development at St Anne's House, we are now ready to expand our ambition: refining processes, raising quality, delivering larger and more ambitious projects, and acquiring new creative and community spaces through planning conditions and partnerships.

Timeline

Applications Open: 10 February 2026

Deadline for Applications: 9 March 2026, 11.30pm

Candidates notified of shortlisting: 19 March 2026

Interviews: 30 March 2026

Who are we? Bricks

Bricks is a Bristol-based charity with a mission to build the resilience of Bristol's creative, local and social enterprise communities in ways that are creative and mutually supportive.

We work to local ambition, value collaboration, and believe that creativity has a vital role to play in shaping civic life.

We currently deliver our mission through our flagship projects St Anne's House, Bricks Public Art, and the Creative Infrastructure Agency, with plans to grow this portfolio further in the years ahead.

Founded in 2019, we launched Bricks Public Art in 2020 and took on the lease of St Anne's House in 2021.

St Anne's House

St Anne's House (SAH) is a 25,000 sqft creative community hub in east Bristol, co designed with local residents and creative communities.

SAH is home to artist studios, coworking and rehearsal spaces, a community café, youth projects, a cooperative gym, and wellbeing facilities including a sauna and therapy rooms. It also hosts a wide range of flexible creative and community projects.

Our vision is to build community resilience, foster connections, support local talent, and provide a space for people to test and grow new ideas. With a long term asset transfer on the horizon, we are preparing for a capital development programme to retrofit and secure the future of the building.

Position: Head of Creative Infrastructure and Public Art

Responsible to: CEO

Responsible for: Freelance Public Art Producers, Creative Producers and Designers.

What's the role?

The Head of Creative Infrastructure and Public Art is a new senior leadership role at Bricks. The core purpose of the role is to lead the strategy and delivery of Bricks Public Art and the Creative Infrastructure Agency.

You will:

• Drive new business development and partnerships.
• Oversee high quality public art commissions across the West of England.
• Shape and deliver new creative infrastructure consultancy and management contracts.
• Line manage freelance and in house producers.
• Contribute to Bricks' strategic planning as part of the Senior Management Team.

This is a pivotal role for Bricks at an exciting moment in our growth, with the opportunity to help secure new community spaces, deliver ambitious art commissions, and deepen our long term collaborations with communities and artists.

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Application

Apply for this role by completing our application form, available to download as a Word document from the job pack.

Bricks strives to promote equality and diversity at all levels of our team. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive in our ways of working, and to being a place where all belong. We particularly encourage applications from people underrepresented in the arts and culture sector.