Abby Kirkbride

Abby Kirkbride

Gallery ManagerBerlin, Germany
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Abby Kirkbride

Abby Kirkbride

Gallery ManagerBerlin, Germany
Work history
    Gallery Manager
    • Client, artist and external studio (consignments) liaising. Responsible for dealing with all sales, preparing and negotiating all agreements. • Planning and executing gallery events and exhibitions. • Setting up framing service; advertising of service, dealing with all clients, external framers, admin. • Working closely with finance team, using Sage. • Arranging shipping of all artwork. • Creating and maintain gallery inventory. • Administration; sale invoicing, sale reports, delivery notes, framing invoices, framing condition reports. • Working with external PR company. • Co-managing social media platforms. • Exploring new ideas to increase footfall / sales. • Issue Certificates of Authenticity. • Creating sales emails using Constant Contact. • Creating new systems to stream line and improve efficiency of gallery processes.
    Sales & Art Production
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    • Assisting the Manager and Director to set up concession store in Selfridges & Co London. • Sales and customer service for personlised art work. • Producing personalised artwork for in store and online orders. • Assisting manager with general administration, sales reports, training of new staff.
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Skills
  • Promotions
  • Email Marketing
  • Problem Solving
  • Social Media Marketing
  • Event Organisation
  • Curating
  • People and Team Management
  • Sales Marketing
  • Customer Data Analysis
  • Research and Planning
  • Self Driven Individual
  • Artist Liaison
  • Exhibition Coordinating
  • Client Communications
  • PR Relationships
Education
    BA Mixed Media Fine Art
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    3 year degree to explore disciplines with in Fine Art. I found myself becoming a performance and documentation artist.
    Foundation Diploma Level 3 in Fine Art and Design
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    A year course exploring multiple creative disciplines. The year ends with your own objective in the discipline of your choice. I created and installation piece which explored the importance of Nothing, the silences, gaps and pauses in our every day life.