We kindly ask the candidates to send us their CV, Portfolio (if applies) and a Motivation Letter to info@jewelleryinculture.com. In your email, please state the position you are applying for. A member of our team will contact you shortly.
Positions below are currently open. They will remain online until they are filled. There is no strict deadline; we will continue looking until we find a perfect match. If you are motivated to apply, or have any questions and would like to know more, please drop us a line, and we would be happy to connect through an email or a call.
The sooner you contact us — the bigger your chances are of getting selected!
Here are the positions we currently offer:
Marketing and Communications Manager
OBSESSED! Work Group
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As Jewellery in Culture Foundation (the governing Foundation behind Current Obsession) continues to grow, and we take on new projects and opportunities, we are on a lookout for team members vested in innovative strategic and financial aspects of a cultural institution to join our team and take our business game to the next level.
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Marketing and Comms Manager
Current Obsession is looking for a creative and strategic Marketing and Communications Manager to join our team!
Are you a storyteller at heart with a passion for contemporary adornment, design, and fashion? Do you excel at crafting compelling narratives, building communities, and making cultural projects visible to a wider audience?
We are seeking a dedicated team member to shape and oversee the communication strategy for Current Obsession, with a specific focus on the festival taking place in November 2025.
Starting date: May 2025
Hours: 4-8 hours per week
Contract: Freelance/ZZP with a flexible schedule
Main responsibilities:
– Develop and implement the overall communication and marketing strategy for the festival and other CO projects.
– Manage social media planning, content creation, and publishing across platforms.
– Coordinate with designers, photographers, and videographers for the production of promotional materials.
– Write and edit press releases, newsletters, and website copy.
– Maintain and strengthen relationships with media outlets, press contacts, and partners.
– Support community-building by engaging with audiences and amplifying the voices of the Work Group and participating artists.
– Manage press enquiries, and coordinate media coverage during the event.
You are:
– (Preferably) based in Amsterdam.
– Connected to contemporary art, design, fashion, and/or jewellery communities.
– Experienced in marketing, communications, or PR within the cultural field.
– Skilled at writing, storytelling, and digital content creation.
– Organised, proactive, and able to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
– Passionate about inclusive and community-driven communication.
– Comfortable working independently and collaboratively in a flexible, dynamic environment.
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OBSESSED! Work Group
The OBSESSED! Jewellery Festival is back for its fifth edition in November 2025, taking audiences on a dazzling journey across the Netherlands and Belgium. This year’s theme, Glow-Up, celebrates transformation through adornment – how jewellery can express care, mark growth, and symbolise change.
To bring this vision to life, we are expanding our team and looking for a dynamic Work Group to help shape the festival’s artistic direction and programming. Work Group roles offer a unique opportunity to be at the heart of an international contemporary jewellery event, connecting with artists, institutions and communities to create an inspiring festival experience.
Interested? Submit your CV, portfolio, and a short motivation statement (500–600 words) sharing your vision for the jewellery field, insights into its strengths and challenges, and how you see yourself contributing to the festival.
Send your application to obsessed@current-obsession.com by 17 April 2025.
Join the OBSESSED! Jewellery Festival 2025 Work Group.
Are you passionate about contemporary jewellery and want to take an active role in shaping the OBSESSED! Jewellery Festival 2025? Current Obsession is inviting 5-6 industry professionals and/or local makers to join the OBSESSED! Work Group.
Starting date: May 2025
Time commitment:
– May – July (Biweekly)
– August – October (Weekly)
– November (daily)
– December – January (one-two round-off meetings, plus making plans for the future edition)
Freelance/ZZP with a flexible schedule.
Main responsibilities:
– Select participants from the submitted applications.
– Scout new and underrepresented talent and widen the current outreach of the festival by engaging new communities and cultural spaces.
– Research and propose sub-themes, activities and routes that support festival’s weekend clusters structure.
– Develop a comprehensive artistic direction and oversee its execution (together with the project manager and the CO Team).
– In accordance to the artistic direction, curate festival’s content and programme festival activities.
– Build meaningful connections with both national and international jewellery community.
– Contribute to the festival’s long-term vision and sustainability.
– Review and evaluate the festival’s outcomes, providing recommendations for future editions.
You are:
– Strongly connected to contemporary jewellery (practising artist, curator, educator, or community organiser).
– Interested in exhibition-making, event programming, or festival production.
– Able to commit to the timeline and meeting schedule.
– Passionate for community engagement and inclusivity in the arts.
– Structured and able to keep an overview.
– Responsible and thorough.
Do these sound like interesting positions for you or someone on your circle?
Send us an email at: info@jewelleryinculture.com
