Sales & Research Assistant, Art Advisory

Sales & Research Assistant, Art Advisory

SML launched in London in 2002, with the ambition to provide new, specialist recruitment services to businesses and professionals in the art sector and find the strongest matches that would enable each to achieve their ambitions.

20 years later, and with our team now based in London, New York and Los Angeles, we continue to help galleries, collectible design and artist studios, art fairs, auction houses, museums, collectors, artist and design studios, luxury brands and more, to find the very best talent through our core talent acquisition and intelligence services.

We are trusted career advisors to many of the industry’s leading professionals and work closely with our candidates, helping to position them for success.

Our client, an Art Advisory, is looking for a Sales & Research Assistant to join their team. The successful candidate will be responsible for conducting thorough and scholarly art market and art historical research; liaising with scholars, academics, and curators to inform secondary market research; researching relevant contacts and securing meetings for the Directors; monitoring the market activities of specific artists and presenting new artists for consideration;

compiling gallery previews ahead of fairs and exhibitions; maintaining relationships with gallery representatives and attending events and openings; writing catalogue notes and producing sales proposals; composing and delivering internal and client-facing presentations; and the development and delivery of prospective project and exhibition proposals, among other duties.

• Conduct thorough and scholarly art market and art historical research
• Liaise with scholars, academics, and curators to inform secondary market research
• Research relevant contacts and secure meetings for the Directors
• Monitor the market activities of specific artists and present new artists for consideration
• Compile gallery previews ahead of fairs and exhibitions
• Maintain relationships with gallery representatives and attend events and openings
• Write catalogue notes and produce sales proposals
• Compose and deliver internal and client-facing presentations
• Develop and deliver prospective project and exhibition proposals

• At least 1 year of relevant experience
• Confident go-getter with sophisticated art historical knowledge
• Passion for contemporary art and the art market