About me
Creative and business professional with proven experience handling a wide range of administrative, technical and executive support tasks in a creative and demanding business environment. Possess a rich mix of strategies needed in the aggressive attainment of management goals including implementing policies, ensuring compliance and redefining organisational service delivery. Display a strong passion for project completion and noted for utilising out of the box techniques in developing innovative ideas which improve service rendition, satisfaction, and retention. Seeking to utilise relevant art and design competencies needed to excel in the field and also actualise the goals of an employer with an efficiency that enables outstanding performance by taking on a role in a dynamic and progressive firm.
Work history
Executive Assistant to Senior Global Director: Special ProjectsGalerie Thaddaeus Ropac
London, United KingdomFull Time
Plan develop and managed meetings, lunches, dinners and studio visits and update calendar accordingly
• Established project plans, prioritized schedules, and managed timelines and deliverables.
• Orchestrates all aspects of organisation exhibitions including the production of exhibition catalogues, communication
outreach, meetings, loan requests, and consignments
• Manage expense reports, create sales previews and generate offers for clients
• Drive seamless management of email and correspondence through drafting and sending responses
• Display outstanding service delivery that improves collaboration, team building, and seamless productivity
• Coordinate all travel arrangements and create itineraries
• Increase efficiency and maximize efforts in handling special projects of varying complexity and difficulty
• Research projects on various artists and collectors, prepare detailed reports and documents
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Assistant to Director and Sales Director, Front Desk Gallery Assistant and Assistant to Gallery ManagerGagosian Gallery
- London, United KingdomFull Time
Successfully Spearhead multiple operations simultaneously and efficiently by assisting 2 Directors
• Liaise with specific artist studios regarding pricing, press, and exhibition planning
• Scheduled and arranged internal and external meetings and appointments. Manage expense reports, and book travel
and accommodation
• Orchestrated conference calls, handled heavy volume of incoming and outgoing calls, screened callers, monitored voice
mail.
• Coordinated special events, executive dinners for museum’s exhibiting gallery represented artists
• Developed consignment agreements, loan agreements, and provenance sheets
• Coordinated post-sales, including accounting, liaising with clients and registrars and organising shipments
Assist Gallery Manager with the management of the office and gallery space
• Performed day-to-day maintenance: opening and closing, ordering supplies, phone inquiries, inventory
• Organised exhibition programme, installation, and de-installation, including liaising with artist studios and tracking
budget
• Executed special events and prepared for exhibitions and private views
• Collaborated with the Gallery Manager to oversee the Internship program
• Manage wholesale catalogue distribution for Europe and Asia
• Interact with visitors, clients and gallery employees and presented paintings, sculptures, and ceramics to all visitors,
processed payments
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Skills
- Production Assistant
- Photoshop
- Teamwork
- Office Administration
- Gallery Assistant
- Writing Communication
- Administration 2+ Years
- Artist Management
- Creative Leadership
- Art Direction
Education
Master of Arts in Art BusinessSotheby's Institute of Art
- New York, United States
CertificateSotheby's Institute of Art
- New York, United States
Understanding International Law in Art Business Short Course
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