Gallery Manager for Leading international Art Gallery Brand asap start – top tier gallery experience essential.  Fantastic roster of artists /manage operations in London /team/ beautiful space 

Exhibitions Management:

● With Director of Operations, overall coordination of the exhibition schedule for London, in close collaboration with the senior teams in London and New York

● Work as part of the global Exhibition Taskforce to develop and maintain highest standards of exhibition production and management.

● London exhibitions, working closely with global exhibition teams.

● Anticipate any legal issues for exhibitions and ensure due diligence met and liaise with the NY team and any professional advisors to ensure any licenses/permissions are sought. Prepare budgets 

● Lead weekly Registrar meetings and act as senior support to the team as and when required.

Events Planning ●

Manage all local  events (dinners, special PV, external gallery-hosted special events, staff parties)

● Source dinner venues/venues/caterers for each exhibition/special event and present to sales team ● Establish relationships with restaurants and event venues

● Liaise with Artist Manager/Assistant on compiling dinner lists and gathering nominations from NY/HK ● Manage Gallery Assistant who coordinates sending out invitations, RSVPs with clients, and RSVP lists ● Oversee design of invites/event related printed material

● Manage PV and dinner venue ● Coordinate seating with Artist Manager 

● Manage and train Gallery Assistants, 

● Recruit, hire, train, and manage invigilators for selected exhibitions ● Ensure summer and Christmas performance reviews are done with both Gallery Assistants and job descriptions are updated 

● Building Maintenance & Gallery Management 

● Responsible for overall presentation of the gallery ● Manage cleaning contractors

● Manage gallery’s H&S protocols and ensure compliance ● IT, Equipment & Vendors ● Manage local IT services contractors (Synergy) ● Manage all building vendors (electrical, fire, security, janitorial, lift engineers)

● Negotiate all agreements with external vendors and suppliers to control costs Human Resources

● Manage all recruiting for the London gallery, conduct all interviews & provide candidate feedback

● Manage London gallery training and ensure all positions have training manuals and guidelines