Jewellery Sales Assistant - London, United Kingdom - Carpenters Workshop Gallery

Description

From Functional Art to Collectible Design, today Carpenters Workshop Gallery produces and exhibits functional sculptures by international rising and established artists or designers going outside their traditional territories of expression.

Actively involved in the research and production of limited edition works, the gallery's choices are guided by seeking an emotional, artistic, and historical relevance, and breaking boundaries between art and design.

Carpenters Workshop Gallery relies on the partnership of childhood friends, Julien Lombrail and Loic Le Gaillard, who first opened a space in London's Chelsea in 2006, in a former carpenter's workshop.

Since then, Carpenters has expanded to operate four galleries worldwide, with one each situated in key locations of London, Paris, New York City, and Los Angeles.

In 2015, the gallery opened The Workshop in Mitry-Mory on the outskirts of Paris, a unique 8,000 square meters space dedicated to artistic research, bringing together the elite of artisans.

Within this creative hub, Carpenters artists and leading artisans work side-by-side to design pieces with a hand-finished touch.

Carpenters Workshop Gallery London, situated within Notting Hill's leading arts hub, Ladbroke Hall, is the latest step in the gallery's remarkable development.

This new space, that opened in April 2023, confirms the leadership and dominant position of Carpenters in today's international territory of art and design.

Carpenters Workshop Gallery is now expanding its offer and officially launching Carpenters

Workshop Jewellery (CWJ).

While running their collectable design Gallery, Julien and Loïc had many encounters with collectors and artists who raised interest in jewellery and saw great potential in this market.

They felt it was a natural next step to widen the gallery offering into jewellery whilst keeping their distinct style of blurring the boundaries between art and design.

Carpenters Workshop Jewellery collaborated with and exhibits a diverse range of emerging and established artists who come from a wide range of practices as artists, designers and architects, whilst others are independent jewellers.

Each piece is firstly created as a work of art, uniting art, design form and function with a mix of price points.

The Jewellery Sales Assistant will assist the Head of Jewellery with all the commercial and marketing endeavours and oversee Carpenters Workshop Jewellery back office.

About the Position:


Responsibilities

Sales

• Contribute to annual sales targets & supporting the gallery's global and regional goals.
• Establish and maintain positive personal relationships with all clients to produce a repeat collector of the gallery.
• Host clients at the London gallery and other UK or international fairs/exhibitions as required
• Actively attract new clients, research new client targets, and develop & execute associated strategies.
• Attend industry events with predetermined targets & resulting followup.

Manage Production and Back-Office

• Followup artist relations: staying updated on projects, exhibitions/events, inventory & contracts.
• Develop production process: including finalising designs, final order approvals, following up on production, and invoicing.
• Updating Artlogic with relevant contacts & CWJ inventory.
• Manage Stock worldwide, update inventory management system, financials, and relevant Excel documents with necessary info.
• Manage aftersales services.

Support strategy for all CWG Exhibitions and Fairs

• Proactively propose artists/artworks and exhibition themes
• Art Fairs: Communicating with logistics, marketing and studio teams
• Exhibitions/Pop-

Up Events:
Project management, including stock management, photography, payment, and purchasing.

• Support the exhibition/fair strategy implementation, including sales pipeline, installation, surrounding events, client communication, etc.
• Liaise with the Head of Ecommerce for offer display on CWG website and 3rd party (Artsy).
• Active client outreach before fairs or exhibition openings to create appetite and interest.

Day to Day

• Setting up the jewellery space within the gallery (installation, storage, cleaning of windows, preparation of deliveries, receiving goods, preparation of official documents for the pieces, inventory control, etc.).
• Providing information to customers/visitors at the gallery and liaising with them afterwards.
• Ensure the presence on social networks during events.

Essential Qualifications and Skills Required:

• Ability to work legally in the United Kingdom
• Strong interest in Jewellery
• Previous experience in Sales, Social Media, and Project Management
• Strong sales relationship skills
• Knowledge of Collectible Design, Furniture, Sculpture, and Contemporary Art
• Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), ArtLogic Management System preferred
• Teamwork skills, working under tight deadlines,