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Junior Registrar & Exhibitions Coordinator, Contemporary Gallery

Posted: 09.02.2023
Contract Type: Full-time
Job Type: Permanent
Pay: £27,000 - £32,000
Location: London, UK
Tenure: Permanent
Job description:

A contemporary Gallery based in Mayfair is looking for a Junior Registrar and Exhibitions Coordinator to join their team.

Previous experience with Fine Art Shipping in a gallery, shipping agent or museum is preferred.

Job description:

  • Ensuring artworks are being transport/shipped safely and cost effectively.
  • Overseeing production where necessary of artworks, in terms of framing, printing, shipping.
  • Having a good understanding of customs procedures, import taxes/duties and customs paperwork.
  • Managing relationships and communicating with shippers, art handlers, suppliers, storage handlers, insurers, and customs officers.
  • Ensuring that storage lists are circulated in a timely manner when works have been moved.
  • Managing UK and international transportation including shipments between galleries, artist studios, suppliers, clients, art fairs.
  • Advising Sales teams on shipping estimates and lead times.
  • Managing internal and external installations, working with technicians, shipping agents and art handlers.
  • Maintaining and managing inventory and database.
  • Responsible for condition reports of artworks including reviewing, generating and uploading onto the database
  • Overseeing loans and consignments
  • Managing client deliveries – liaising directly with clients and sales consultants