Sales Assistant

Description

Established in Venice Beach in 1975, L.A. Louver is currently seeking a full-time Sales Assistant to work alongside and support the gallery’s Directors.

This will be a perfect opportunity for an early career art professional who is interested in investing their energy, excellent judgment and creative problem-solving talents toward the gallery’s sales efforts within a highly collaborative team environment.

Essential: You’re innately detail-oriented, with superb communication skills (both in-person and written), a gift for advance planning and organization, the ability to tenaciously manage and meet deadlines, a strong research acumen, and enthusiasm for and knowledge of contemporary art.

Pluses: Experience and understanding of commercial gallery operations, sincere curiosity about the art market, and a long-term interest in developing a career in art sales.

This is a full-time, salaried position with full benefits.
Work schedule: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am – 6pm, plus additional hours as required.

Responsibilities

• Works closely with the Directors to develop and coordinate sales strategies
• Performs client and institutional research
• Tracks, synthesizes and documents client interest in database, generates interest/call lists to direct outreach and targeted mailings
• Serves as point of contact for incoming sales requests and inquiries, coordinating responses
• Conducts weekly Sales Meetings, including creating agendas/reports, taking minutes, and following up on action items
• Assists Directors in sending and monitoring offers, including organizing images, fact sheets, press packs and all other relevant documentation
• Responsible for post-sale tasks, including invoicing, communicating and memorializing terms
• Collaborates with Directors on curation and conceptualization of Online Viewing Rooms, and works with Web master to oversee design and execution
• Manages all online sales platform content (Artsy, Artnet) and coordinates responses to inquiries
• Responsible for auction and art market research, including weekly auction alerts and real-time sales results updates
• Performs sales and pricing research, and assists with art valuation appraisals as directed
• Researches and confirms fact sheet information for incoming consignments and outgoing presentations

Requirements

• BA in Art History or related field
• Two years of experience in a contemporary art gallery, arts organization or relevant organization
• Tech:
  • Fluency in Mac OS, Microsoft Office Suite and G Suite required
  • Familiarity with Artbase or other art collection database would be ideal
  • Adobe Acrobat/Photoshop would be helpful
• Proficiency in other languages would be an added value

How to apply

Please email cover letter and resume in PDF format to work@lalouver.com.

Qualified candidates will be contacted directly. No calls or walk-ins, please.