Management KTP Associate (Global Exhibitions Sector)

Vacancy terms: Full-time, fixed term contract from 01 September 2026 to 31 August 2028

Salary details: Up to £42,000 per annum + £2,000 training package per annum

Hours per week: 37.5

About the role

Step into an exciting role in the cultural and creative sector. As the Management Knowledge Transfer Partnership Associate, you will lead a major transformation project with Barker Langham Ltd, a global consultancy shaping museums, exhibitions and immersive experiences across the UK, Middle East, Europe and North America.

Based in London, UK, you’ll work at the heart of one of the world’s most dynamic creative ecosystems. You will analyse how exhibitions are currently developed, design new ways of working, and help shift the company towards a more sustainable, inclusive and digitally collaborative production model. Your work will directly influence major international cultural projects.

You’ll create innovative frameworks, toolkits and sustainability dashboards, pilot them on live projects, and support global teams to embed new capabilities.

This is a rare chance to combine creative thinking with strategic impact. Ideal for a graduate from film, theatre, TV, broadcasting, design, storytelling, museums, gaming or related creative disciplines.

Supported by leading academics at the University of Leicester, you’ll gain exceptional professional development, sector visibility and hands on experience that accelerates your career in the global exhibitions and experience economy.

About Knowledge Transfer Partnerships (KTP)

For 50 years, KTPs have been helping businesses innovate for growth. They do this by connecting enterprises that have an innovation idea with the expertise to help deliver it A KTP could be the perfect launchpad for you, helping enhance your career by managing a challenging project central to an enterprise’s strategic development and long-term growth.

You’ll ‘own’ your own project, linked to both a university and an enterprise whose experienced teams will provide you with full support. Applying academic knowledge to a real-world challenge, this is a chance to deliver impact and shape your career, opening doors within both academia and industry.

Benefits

As a KTP Associate, you will receive the following benefits:

• An interesting and challenging role enabling you to engage with a variety of leaders and innovators in the cultural, research consultancy and policy sectors.
• Supervision from world-leading academics and sectoral experts.
• Based at Barker Langham’s Offices in London, you will immerse yourself in the team to help effect meaningful changes. You will be provided the resources to complete the project, with project support from the University’s KTP Office.
• £2,000 per year for training and personal development (in addition to salary).
• Management training and mentoring from Innovate UK.

About you

You will have the following abilities and competencies:

• Analytical and diagnostic capability. Skilled in process mapping, SWOT, stakeholder analysis, scenario modelling, and KPI development.
• Creative and conceptual thinking. Ability to synthesise curatorial, design, sustainability, digital and participatory theory into practical frameworks.
• Project and change management. Competent in planning, piloting, evaluating, and embedding organisational change across global teams.
• Communication and facilitation. Strong written and verbal communication, able to present to senior leadership, run workshops, and produce sector facing publications.
• Digital and collaborative competence. Understanding of digital workflows, collaboration platforms, and cross disciplinary working.
• Comfortable working across UK, UAE, KSA, EU and North American

Additional information

Informal enquiries are welcome and should be directed to Paul Corazzo on pac28@le.ac.uk

Advert closes midnight on: 30 June 2026

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