Senior Manager_HKFF (Contract)

Senior Manager_HKFF (Contract)

About Hong Kong Design Centre

Hong Kong Design Centre (HKDC) was founded in 2002 as a strategic partner of the HKSAR Government in establishing Hong Kong as centre of design excellence in Asia. We are on a public mission to promote wider and strategic use of design and design thinking to foster innovation, create business value and improve societal well-being.

We now have an exciting opportunity for a high caliber candidate to join our dynamic team. Please visit our website www.hkdesigncentre.org for information of HKDC.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Multi-Organisational Coordination

• Serve as the primary liaison between HKDC and all HKFF organising partners, ensuring alignment across timelines, deliverables, and brand standards

• Establish and maintain robust coordination frameworks, communication protocols, and escalation procedures to manage inter-organisational dependencies

• Coordinate and manage regular coordination meetings, prepare agendas, circulate minutes, and track action items to ensure accountability across all parties

• Proactively identify and resolve conflicts, bottlenecks, or gaps in programme delivery across partner

2. Event Planning & Execution Oversight

• Oversee end-to-end coordination of all HKFF 2027 programmes, from pre-event planning through to on-site execution and post-event wrap-up

• Develop and maintain a master event calendar, programme schedule, and critical path aligned to the festival window

• Monitor progress against milestones, flagging risks early and proposing mitigation strategies

• Support venue logistics, supplier coordination, and technical requirements in collaboration with individual organisers

• Ensure all events comply with relevant governance, legal, safety, and brand standards as required by HKDC and CCIDA

3. Stakeholder & Relationship Management

• Cultivate and maintain strong working relationships with government bodies, industry associations, fashion organisations, sponsors, media, and venue partners

• Attend all stakeholder meetings, site visits, press briefings, and official functions related to HKFF

• Navigate complex multi-level stakeholder dynamics with professionalism, cultural sensitivity, and high emotional intelligence

• Manage upward communications to senior leadership, providing clear, timely, and accurate updates on festival progress

4. Communications & Marketing Support

• Collaborate with HKDC and HKFF's communications and marketing team to develop unified messaging, promotional collateral, and festival branding guidelines for HKFF

• Ensure consistent application of the HKFF brand identity across all organiser touchpoints

• Support media relations activities and contribute to press kit development and spokesperson briefings as needed

5. Reporting & Evaluation

• Lead the drafting of comprehensive completion and evaluation reports post-festival, including programme summaries, attendance data, stakeholder feedback, and lessons learnt

• Prepare regular progress reports and briefing documents for HKDC leadership and CCIDA

• Develop templates and frameworks to systematise reporting processes for future editions

6. General

• Provide supports and resources for other programmes within the Department and HKDC as needed.

• Perform any other ad-hoc duties as required to ensure the success of the programme goals.

Requirements:

1. Bachelor's degree or above in Event Management, Marketing, Communications, Fashion Business, or a related discipline.

2. Minimum 8 years of relevant professional experience, with at least 3 years in project and event management within the fashion, luxury, creative, or cultural industries, or large-scale programme management experience.

3. Proven experience track record managing complex, multi-stakeholder events of significant scale — experience with Art Basel, Design Week, fashion weeks, or comparable flagship events is highly desirable.

4. Demonstrated experience launching new initiatives and managing end-to-end project execution from concept through delivery, in accordance with governance and compliance standards.

5. Experience pitching projects, preparing grant reports or stakeholder presentations, and managing external partnerships.

6. Outstanding communication skills — both written and verbal — in English; proficiency in Cantonese and/or Mandarin is a strong advantage.

7. Exceptional organisational and project management skills; meticulous attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously.

8. Superior negotiation and influencing skills; adept at navigating diverse perspectives and reaching productive outcomes.

9. Strong people skills and high emotional intelligence; comfortable working across different cultures, hierarchies, and working styles.

10. Excellent problem-solving instincts — resourceful, calm under pressure, and solutions-oriented.

11. Proficient in producing professional written content including reports, briefings, proposals, and completion documents.

12. Digitally proficient; experienced with project management tools, communication platforms, and standard office software.

Interested parties are invited to apply by sending your resume with full details of education, work experience, current and expected salary, contact telephone number and earliest available date to the Human Resources Office, Hong Kong Design Centre, 4/F, DX design hub, 280 Tung Chau Street, Shum Shui Po, Kowloon or email to: ••••@hkdesigncentre.org on or before 11 November 2026. HKDC reserves the right not to make appointment for the post(s) advertised. Only short-listed candidates will be notified. All information received will be kept in strict confidence for six months and data will only be used for recruitment purposes.