Director

Major / Essential Functions

• Support, encourage, and lead by the five shared values of the TTU System Administration—People First, Integrity, Community, Exemplary Service, and Resilience—while embracing, communicating, and leading the Vice Chancellor's servant leadership initiative.
• Write and publish art project prospectuses in the form of Requests for Qualifications (RFQ) and Requests for Proposals (RFP) in accordance with state procurement laws.
• Spearhead evaluation and selection of artists based on submissions to RFQ's; coordinate interviews and design competitions among finalists responding to RFP's.
• Facilitate communication and negotiations among artists, designers, clients, stakeholders, and UPAC to fully and successfully integrate Public Art into capital project planning and construction.
• Accession and catalog works of art in the Collection according to professional curatorial standards.
• Direct UPAC meetings and actions for all system campuses, including annual elections, orientation, and training of new members.
• Deliver public lectures and tours for university and civic organizations as needed.
• Draft, negotiate, and administer commission contracts with selected artists, ensuring compliance from the design phase through installation.
• Maintain open and effective communication with the entire project team, including artists, FP&C personnel, design and construction partners, institution and System Admin, UPAC, and others as needed throughout the life of the project.
• Develop and implement policies and procedures that enhance program efficiency and effectiveness.
• Develop new management technology & strategies to ensure efficient processes are in place.
• Maintain complete and accurate budgets and records for public art projects, effectively managing public art budgets.
• Collaborate with clients, Project Managers, design teams, and UPAC to identify opportunities for Inclusion of public art in capital projects.
• Perform condition surveys, manage and supervise professional conservation and maintenance treatments, and maintain written and photogenic condition reports.
• Work with communications to develop and distribute publicity materials, including but not limited to, interviews, press releases, educational print materials, and photographs. Also, curate and hang TTU The System Office building gallery on a rotating basis.

Preferred Qualifications

About the Department and / or College

Facilities Planning & Construction manages new construction and renovation projects valued over $4 million for the Texas Tech University System and its five universities—, , , and .

Operating on more than a dozen locations, each university has campuses with state-of-the-art spaces where students, faculty, employees and visitors can learn, discover and experience the first-class environment provided throughout the Texas Tech University System.

Additionally, the department oversees campus master planning, facility and land development, public art and vendor information for all five component institutions.

About the University

Established in 1996, the Texas Tech University System is one of the top public university systems in the nation, consisting of five universities – , , , and .

Headquartered in Lubbock, Texas, the TTU System is a more than $3 billion enterprise focused on advancing higher education, health care, research and outreach with approximately 21,000 employees and 63,000 students, more than 400,000 alumni, a statewide economic impact of $16.4 billion and an endowment valued at $1.7 billion. In its short history, the TTU System has grown tremendously and is nationally acclaimed, operating at 24 academic locations in 20 cities (18 in Texas, 2 international).

In addition, the TTU System is one of only nine in the nation to offer programs for undergraduate, medical, law, nursing, pharmacy, dental and veterinary education, among other academic areas.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities