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About the Role

LAS Art Foundation is seeking an Assistant Curator to join its Curatorial team. This research-led role is suited for a curious, collaborative, and highly organized individual with a strong interest in contemporary art and the transformative impact of emerging technologies and new knowledge systems. Working closely with the Head of Programme, the Assistant Curator will contribute to programme development through interdisciplinary research and project coordination, with opportunities to shape new areas of inquiry and cultivate strategic partnerships.

Responsibilities

Undertake research across LAS's core areas of inquiry, including AI, robotics, interspecies relationships, quantum technologies, biotechnologies, emerging governance models, digital world-building, and perception/consciousness.
Contribute to curatorial ideation and the development of new programme concepts informed by ongoing research.
Build and maintain networks with artists, researchers, scientists, technologists, academic institutions, communities, and industry partners.
Contribute to LAS's research methodologies and knowledge-sharing practices.
Grow and maintain LAS’s online resources.
Prepare presentations and reference materials to support programme development.
Support the planning and delivery of programmes, coordinating information and communications between internal teams, artists, external collaborators, and programme partners.
Coordinate editorial timelines, contributors, and production schedules.
Review project texts, including website, wall, and leaflet texts.
Maintain accessibility standards across projects and develop associated assets.
Support the planning and delivery of public programmes, talks, tours, workshops, online initiatives, and learning activities.
Contribute to outreach and audience engagement initiatives.

Requirements

2–4 years of professional experience working across contemporary art and technology.
Demonstrated experience undertaking interdisciplinary research and translating complex ideas into accessible texts and curatorial formats.
Experience supporting artist commissions, research and development projects, exhibitions, or public programmes.
Excellent writing, editing, and presentation skills.
Strong organizational and project management abilities, with experience coordinating multiple projects simultaneously.
Full professional fluency in both German and English, written and spoken.
Eligibility to work in Germany.
A deep curiosity about the intersection of art, science, technology, and society.
The ability to connect ideas across disciplines and identify emerging cultural and technological developments.
Excellent research and analytical skills.
Confidence in building relationships across artistic, academic, and scientific communities.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
A collaborative approach and the ability to work effectively across teams.
Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities.
Initiative, adaptability, and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
A commitment to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and respectful working environment.

Skills

Contemporary art
Emerging technologies
New knowledge systems
Interdisciplinary research
Project coordination
Artificial intelligence
Robotics
Autonomous systems
Interspecies relationships
Planetary futures
Quantum technologies
Biotechnologies
Emerging governance models
Digital world-building
Alterfuturisms
Perception and consciousness
Knowledge-sharing practices
Writing
Editing
Presentation
Organizational skills
Project management
German language proficiency
English language proficiency

Location

Berlin, Germany

Work Type

Full-time
One-year fixed-term contract
Possibility of extension
Up to two days remote working per week

Experience Level

2-4 years of professional experience

Benefits

Work in an international, interdisciplinary team alongside top talent.
Environment that ensures fair and equal opportunities.
Embraces and promotes openness, diversity, mutual respect, appreciation, and collaboration.
Support for expanding career and broadening horizons through lifelong learning.

About the Company

LAS Art Foundation is a non-profit organisation founded to support new artistic practices in a technological age.
LAS works with artists, thinkers, and institutions globally to catalyse ideas and develop innovative projects and experiences.
Explores topics ranging from quantum computing and outer space to artificial intelligence, ecology, and biotechnology.
Illuminates the intersections between art, science, and the latest technology.
Programme comprises installations, performances, learning formats, publications, and research projects.
Based in Berlin, LAS has staged projects in Berlin and internationally since its launch in 2019.

Equal Opportunity

An environment that ensures fair and equal opportunities for everyone: We embrace and promote openness, diversity, mutual respect, appreciation, and collaboration - and we warmly welcome new colleagues from day one.