SPECIALIST – AUCTION – CONTEMPORARY
Responsibilities include
Strategic and business development:
- Develop business contacts and strategic opportunities, including developing auction and private sales strategies
- Identify and maintain relationships with all client categories
- Liaise on material in the field with other internal departments: pre-press, marketing, public relations etc.
- Proactively research and gather information into the marketplace/trends/buying & selling patterns identify and grow the client base for sourcing and selling contemporary art
Valuations, cataloguing, pre and post-sale responsibilities:
- Respond to incoming walk-ins, written, phone and photo enquiries to determine sale potential
- Arrange shipping for pre-sale consignments
- Work alone and with colleagues to research works to determine provenance, authenticity, value, condition, and marketability
- Work with the photography team to coordinate photography
- Catalogue consignments and work on the production and layout of the catalogue
- Coordinate and drive pre-sale exhibition set-up
- Work with buyers during sale week, to provide condition reports, and attend weekend exhibitions, to market and sell the sale
- Work with the marketing and communications team, to help develop a coordinated marketing plan to achieve budgeted sale totals
- Participate in telephone bidding with clients during the auction
- Participate in the full after-sales analysis, and implement any agreed changes
General:
- Ensure compliance with all internal policies and procedures and any relevant external bodies or processes
- Participate in organisation-wide meetings, activities and processes, and develop internal contacts, networks and interactions as appropriate
- Actively participate in events, valuation days, and other functions
Person Specification – Essential qualifications skills and experience:
- Proven knowledge in the field of Contemporary Art , gained both through study and work experience
- Experience in the field, preferably at auction, but also within the trade or at another relevant institution e.g. gallery or own business
- Proven ability to develop relationships with the major collectors, dealers and galleries
- Excellent writing skills in English, and ability to combine an understanding of the material with a commercial sense of marketing and promoting value
- Excellent verbal communication and interpersonal skills, including first class spoken English
- Ability to work to tight auction deadlines, balancing photography, cataloguing, sale organisation, marketing and promotional details
- Experience working on projects of all sizes, long- and short-term; demonstrated ability to prioritise a variety of concurrent projects
- Excellent knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Outlook etc)
- Superior customer service skills
- Strong follow-up skills with attention to detail
- Ability to thrive within a fast-paced team environmen
Apply to this Role?
If you’re a candidate looking for a job in the art world, we’d love to hear from you.
Please e-mail cv@roseartsmedia.co.uk with your CV and a covering letter.