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About the Role
David Zwirner seeks a full-time Sales Assistant to work alongside one of the gallery's Partners, fulfilling administrative duties and liaising with curators, artists, and clients. This role requires superior writing skills, time management abilities, and a thorough knowledge of contemporary art, with discretion and poise being essential due to significant contact with art professionals.
Responsibilities
- Assist with general artist management of artists’ studios and estates, including exhibitions, requests, press, image requests, studio requests, events, appraisals, and artist care.
- Monitor all artists’ solo/group exhibitions, both domestic and international, and manage checklists and loans.
- Support with gallery exhibition planning globally.
- Liaise with other gallery staff regarding inventory and exhibition management, including production, shipping, framing, photography, and research.
- Create and manage client lists for exhibition previews/dinners and support Partner during openings.
- Manage Partner's sales, assist in creating sales offers, coordinate and prepare for client viewings, and prepare insurance appraisals.
- Conduct post-sale tasks, including preparing invoices and coordinating shipping.
- Manage the Partner's secondary market consignments, prepare consignment and contract agreements, liaise with clients on cataloging and research materials, and create presentations for client offers and significant works.
- Work across departments to ensure secondary market artworks have photography, provenance, and all other relevant documentation.
- Provide daily administrative support, including managing the Partner's calendar, agendas, to-do lists, and setting daily priorities and goals.
- Prepare travel arrangements, itineraries, appointments, and expenses.
- Organize the Partner's inbox and manage all communication requests.
- Liaise frequently with multiple departments within the gallery to oversee projects such as exhibition and art fair booth models, gallery exhibition checklists, online viewing rooms, sales previews, and press packets.
Requirements
- Superior writing skills.
- Ability to time-manage and meet deadlines.
- Thorough working knowledge of contemporary art.
- Discretion and poise are essential.
- Candidates must be diligent, extremely organized, and possess excellent time management and communication skills.
- 2-3 years in an assistant or administrative support role at a gallery.
- Experience supporting senior leadership with calendar management and travel itinerary.
- Detail oriented with experience in managing upwards.
- Strong multi-tasking skills with the ability to prioritize and anticipate needs.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work cross-departmentally.
- Strong interest in sales.
- Passion for and knowledge of contemporary art.
- Must submit a resume and cover letter.
- Be prepared to provide three (3) professional references upon request.
Skills
- Writing
- Time management
- Contemporary art knowledge
- Discretion
- Poise
- Organization
- Communication
- Multi-tasking
- Prioritization
- Sales
- Calendar management
- Travel itinerary management
Location
- New York
- London
- Los Angeles
- Hong Kong
- Paris
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 2-3 years in an assistant or administrative support role at a gallery
- Experience supporting senior leadership
Salary/Compensations
- $60k
Benefits
- Competitive Benefits Package!
About the Company
- David Zwirner looks to be an industry leader in its field, with artists at the center of what it does.
- The global exhibition program expands beyond its locations in New York, London, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and Paris, representing over seventy artists and estates.
- Home to innovative, singular, and pioneering exhibitions across a variety of media and genres.
- Active in both the primary and secondary markets, David Zwirner has helped foster the careers of some of the most influential artists today.
- David Zwirner has pioneered initiatives dedicated to the gallery’s long-standing commitment to kaleidoscopic storytelling, including: David Zwirner Online, David Zwirner Books, Dialogues, Utopia Editions, and Consignments.
- Offers premier access to private on-site and off-site events, such as exhibition previews, book signings, talks, and walkthroughs with gallery artists and estate members, and external curators and scholars.
- Supports staff-driven projects and fundraising initiatives, including David Zwirner's commitment to Galleries Commit.
Equal Opportunity
- David Zwirner is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- The Gallery is firmly committed to equal employment opportunities in all facets of its operations.
- The Gallery makes decisions concerning hiring and terms and conditions of employment without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable law.