Direct the Watts Gallery

October 27 2025

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Posted by Adam Busiakiewicz:

The Watts Gallery in Surrey are looking for a new Director.

According to the job advert:

Working collaboratively with the board of trustees, staff and volunteers, the Director will provide clear and focused leadership to shape a bold, creative and resilient future for Watts Gallery.

With a focus on driving financial sustainability, accentuating our point of difference and developing current and new audiences, our next Director will be an enabling, proactive and sensitively progressive leader with a can-do and creative approach.

Who we are looking for

We are seeking an experienced leader, capable of driving empathetic modernisation and change, and who brings the vision, creative energy and commercial aptitude to safeguard the future of Watts Gallery Trust for generations to come.

The job comes with a salary of £75,000 - 85,000 per annum and applications must be in by 10th November 2025.

Good luck if you're applying!

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This news provides another opportunity to share my enthusiasm for the following videos produced by former Watts Gallery curator Richard Jefferies.

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