Artistic Director

The Artistic Director provides the organisation’s artistic vision and curatorial leadership and is responsible for initiating, developing and delivering the artistic program.

The Artistic Director is deeply committed to literature, writing and ideas; and to creating extraordinary audience experiences. The successful candidate will demonstrate global thinking, and the capacity to develop the Festival’s reach and impact as a cornerstone event in Australia’s literary and cultural calendar.

The Artistic Director works collaboratively and innovatively, reflecting the organisation’s values of excellence, inclusion and impact. Through their programming and leadership, the Artistic Director maintains and builds the Festival’s relationships with audiences, writers, publishers and other literary sector peers, funders and donors, and other stakeholders.

The Artistic Director works in close partnership with the CEO to sustain and cultivate the Festival’s strong financial position, and to ensure MWF remains a great place to work for permanent and seasonal staff, and the many volunteers who enable the Festival each year. The Artistic Director is directly responsible for staff working in Program and Production roles.