Director, Commercial Art Services - New York Foundation for the Arts : Job Details

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Artrepreneur is a platform for 160k+ artists from around the world. We are a Certified B Corporation to support a global economy that benefits all. As a purpose-driven business, we have an ongoing mission to help artists succeed and elevate everyone's life with art. With our prestigious Commercial Ready program, curators meticulously review all artist profiles and artworks, as they are constantly searching relevant talent for commercial projects across US and global locations.

Job

• Remote art curator based in NYC or tri-state area (NY, CT, NJ) to join a team of curators

Responsibilities

• Lead art projects for commercial clients in curating artists, mobilizing artworks, and helping production operations
• Execute assignments successfully by balancing the love of art with efficient utilization of proprietary art platform technology
• Source, engage, and negotiate with artists for commercial projects
• Maintain client relationships and actively manage projects from start to finish:
• Collecting requirements
• Proposing strategy of project and/or client relationship
• Communicating with all stakeholders
• Developing presentations
• Partnering with Operations Leaders on production details
• Performing profitability analysis

Required Experience

• Proven experience in client management: producing and presenting decks to clients, leading clients to decisions, coordinating tasks across multiple teams
• Monitoring and analyzing budget spending, costs, and margin calculations
• Project leadership acumen to oversee workflows, ensure error-free execution, and apply creative problem-solving
• Client interactions that called for careful listening skills, meaning the ability to “read the room” and recognize potential issues and opportunities
• Researching for insights, talent, and data

Desired Experience

• Art curation
• Artist recruitment
• Artwork sales or sales
• Prior jobs in galleries, art consultancies, or art exhibitions
• Networking with art industry contacts to find and secure artists and artworks
• Understanding of artist contracts, artwork production, and installations

Skills

• Use of various online tools, including Google sheets & slides or Microsoft PowerPoint & Excel
• Professional writing and speaking skills
• Effective member of teams, reliable, proactive, takes ownership
• Keen desire to learn new skills and functions as the company evolves and grows
• Disciplined, self-sufficient, focused, ever to excel with perseverance & integrity

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science, Business
• Bachelor of Fine Arts

Application Instructions / Public Contact Information

Please submit your Resumé / CV to Cassie Tran at [email protected] with an email that explains why you are interested in the job.

Application Deadline01/31/2025