Timothy Hallman

About Timothy Hallman

Arts organization executive and industry mentor motivated to grow and transform essential cultural organizations. A proven leader, strategic thinker, and problem solver adept at cultivating diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible purpose-based teams and workplaces.

Experience

1. Director of Communications & Business Development

   Asian Art Museum

   Jan 2011 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Institutional Positioning:• Directed the museum’s pandemic response, including developing and implementing a plan for worksite reactivation and public reopening. Navigated evolving public health directives to create “next practices,” policies, and protocols, mobilizing remote and onsite staff to complete mission-critical work while keeping the museum financially sound.• Launched the museum’s recently completed For All campaign, a $90 million physical expansion project. Local, national, and global media platform coverage drove multimillion-dollar campaign pledges overnight. The campaign raised $102 million, surpassing goal. • Orchestrated the museum’s rebranding project, shifting the museum’s public perception from “old school” to “daring.” • Confronted the museum’s institutional narrative, taking on issues including the founder’s troubling legacy, championing a deliberate response supporting social justice and the organization’s evolving value and relevance to museum communities. Audience Building:• Choreographed comprehensive visitor-experience plans by mobilizing cross-museum staff and resources (smart wayfinding, welcoming guest services, feedback monitoring and speedy troubleshooting) to ensure consistent, impactful and accessible onsite public engagement, building stakeholder affinity.• Partnered with director and board leadership on strategic positioning and reputational management, helping steer major decisions and decision-makers. Responsibilities:• Senior executive responsible for maximizing engagement with diverse stakeholders through marketing and communications strategies, visitor-experience oversight, museum memberships and retail. • Builds layered marketing strategies integrating visitor-centric programming, advertising, events, digital marketing, endorsements and media relations. • Drives multicultural and millennial marketing engagement opportunities to build relevancy.

Education

• Museum Leadership Institute

  Museum Leadership Institute (MLI)

  2008

• University of California, Berkeley

  Bachelor's degree, History

Skills

• Editing
• Community Outreach
• Nonprofits
• Media Relations
• Museums
• Museum Education
• Cultural Heritage
• Social Media
• Curating
• Museum Collections
• Art History
• Public Speaking
• History
• Arts Administration
• Art Exhibitions