Member of the Supervisory Board for Marketing and Digital Strategy

The Kröller-Müller Museum was born out of the life’s work of Helene Kröller-Müller. Her love for the work of Van Gogh and other modern masters grew into a magnificent collection. At the beginning of the last century, she and her husband acquired nearly 11,500 works of art, making her collection one of the largest private collections of the twentieth century. To this day, this collection remains the shining centerpiece of the Kröller-Müller Museum in the beautiful Veluwe region.

Each director who followed her has interpreted this ideal in their own way, allowing the Kröller-Müller Museum to evolve with the times. As a result, it has become a remarkable fusion of art, nature, and architecture—unique in the Netherlands, exceptional worldwide, and inspiring to this day.

Renovation In 1938, amid great national and international interest, the Kröller-Müller Museum opened its doors in an elegant “museum house” designed by architect Henry van de Velde, featuring small, intimate spaces and soft lighting that allow visitors to get up close to the art. In the 1970s, the museum was expanded with a new wing designed by architect Wim Quist. A major renovation and expansion is once again on the agenda for the coming years. With Japanese architect Tadao Ando, the focus is on a very significant expansion of organic exhibition space, resulting in a restoration of the original chronology and more room for displaying postwar art and works currently in storage. This renovation offers opportunities to reach a larger audience and achieve even greater visibility.

Due to the expiration of one of our members’ terms on the Board, we are seeking a new member for the Kröller-Müller Museum

Member of the Supervisory Board with a focus on Marketing and Digital Strategy

Board of Trustees The Kröller-Müller Museum is governed according to the Board of Trustees model, under which the Director General and the Executive Director are responsible for strategy and management, while the Board of Trustees oversees strategic policy and general operations. In addition, the Board of Trustees advises the management and serves as a sounding board. The Code of Cultural Governance serves as a guideline.

All members
All members of the Supervisory Board are capable of critical thinking and operate independently. By nature, the members of the Supervisory Board are self-reflective, transparent, and mindful of this social mission and their role within it as members of the Supervisory Board of a public institution. Each member of the Board has a strong reputation in his or her field, possesses knowledge of and an understanding of the dynamics within the relevant social sphere, and has an affinity for art, culture, and, of course, the collection of the Kröller-Müller Museum.

The members of the Supervisory Board strive for authenticity and connection, demonstrate integrity, and are willing to serve on the Board as “low-ego” team players. The Supervisory Board meets four to five times a year. In addition to preparing for and attending meetings, members of the Supervisory Board are expected to participate in committees within the Board when necessary and to regularly attend exhibition openings at the Museum.

The Kröller-Müller Museum believes in the power of diversity. That is why we strive to achieve a good balance among our individual members in terms of age, gender, experience, regional ties, international perspective, and cultural background, in order to ensure the expertise and diversity of our board and supervisory board.

Our ideal member for the Marketing and Digital Strategy portfolio
In addition to the qualities mentioned above, our ideal member of the Supervisory Board for the “Marketing and Digital Strategy” portfolio possesses broad knowledge of and insight into (strategic) developments in the fields of marketing and digitization, as well as an understanding of public applications relevant to museums. She/he has leadership experience in the field, an affinity for public institutions, and an appreciation for the distinctive characteristics of the cultural product. She/he has an eye for cultural entrepreneurship and potential business models. The member serves as a strategic sparring partner for the management in the area of the museum’s positioning and is able to support the consistency of the visitor experience (online and offline) both at a conceptual level and with concrete ideas. She/he can collaborate with the management team to determine how to effectively organize information security and data governance, both in the front office toward (potential) visitors and in the back office. It is an advantage if this member also possesses an international perspective, self-awareness, and a sense of humor.

Interested?
The Kröller-Müller Museum is working with the executive search firm Colourful People to fill this position. For more information about the application process or this position, please contact Naima Azough, partner at Colourful People (06-43449717) or n.azough@colourfulpeople.nl.