Head of Digital

The Royal Drawing School (RDS) is an independent, not-for-profit resource that aims to raise the standard and profile of drawing through teaching and practice. We are one of only a few institutions in the world offering in-depth, quality tuition in drawing from observation. By offering tuition and resources to art students, artists, children and the public, we aim to address the permanent need for high-quality drawing teaching in the UK, filling a gap left by the steady erosion of observational drawing from the study of art in higher education and in schools. Founded in 2000 by HM King Charles III and artist Catherine Goodman as The Prince's Drawing School, we became the Royal Drawing School in 2014.

Over the past few years, the RDS has invested in digital initiatives that rethink online art education, using technology to find new approaches for how drawing skills and practice can be taught. The School has secured new funding and is developing a number of new digital programmes that will put it at the forefront of digital innovation within the art education sector. To achieve our ambitions, the RDS is recruiting for a newly created Head of Digital role.

This role will be responsible for driving and leading the RDS digital strategy, delivering on new investment and projects such as: our new programme of asynchronous pre-recorded education courses; our ongoing Living Library content creation project; our live weekly life drawing broadcast capability, The Digital Studio; and the School's ongoing digital transformation. The new Head of Digital will play a pivotal role in developing and building a new digital team for the School, delivering our unique drawing tuition to new audiences, and driving commercial income growth to sustain the School's charitable mission.

The successful candidate will bring significant experience of digital transformation and project management having developed and delivered multiple digital projects. You will bring excellent leadership and team management skills and have successfully led high-performing digital teams previously. As this is a newly created role you will need to bring experience and enthusiasm of working both operationally and strategically, willing to be adaptable as the role and department develops over time. You will have excellent relationship building and communication skills, with the ability to engage with stakeholders at all levels. In addition, you will be a self-starter with a commercial mindset and will bring a passion for the RDS mission.