About me

Alice Black graduated from ESSEC Business School in France and began her career in banking in New York. Formerly Head of Strategy and Planning at the Imperial War Museum and Curator of the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms, she has in-depth knowledge of museums’ strategic and operational issues. In September 2007, she was appointed Deputy Director of the Design Museum, with a brief to develop audiences and increase self-generated income. This brief was later expanded to include exhibitions and programming. She led the museum's project to transform the former Commonwealth Institute building in Kensington High Street into the new home for the museum and create the leading museum of contemporary design and architecture in the UK. Alice was appointed director of the Design Museum in December 2016.

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Projects

• 8

  Designer Maker User - The Design MuseumDesigner Maker User presents the museum’s collection to look at the development of modern design through these three interconnected roles.
• 3

  Move with us - Design MuseumThe Design Museum will be closing at its current site on 30 June 2016 and will relocate to the former Commonwealth Institute building and open on 24 November 2016. Follow the story: www.designmuseum.org/move-with-us
• 23

  Fear and LoveFear and Love: Reactions to a Complex World presents eleven new installations by some of the most innovative and thought-provoking designers and architects working today.

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Projects credited in

• 71

  Female Creative Leaders 2017 - Meet the 150 women redefining the creative industriesTo celebrate International Women’s Day 2017 we asked 15 incredible female leaders in design, advertising, illustration, tech, film, fashion, arts, social enterprise and more to nominate the 10 women that they believe will redefine the creative space over the coming years - all with the aim of inspiring the next generation of female creative leaders. Discover, connect and be inspired by these amazing women, listed below and stay up to date with our 2018 list of women redefining the creative indu

Work history

Government Account Executive
Jan 2011London, United KingdomFull Time
Director
Oct 2007London, United KingdomFull Time
Leading the Design Museum. Responsible for programming, audience development, communications, digital, facility management, finance events and Human Resources. Delivered the capital project to relocate the Design Museum to Kensington.

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Skills

• Business Strategy
• Marketing
• Museum
• Strategy
• Marketing Communication
• Event Management
• Social Medi
• Public Relations
• Fundraising
• French

Education

Master Business Administration
Jan 1993 - Jan 1994United States
Master Business Administration
Jan 1991 - Jan 1994United States
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Management, Finance, Marketing

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