GALLERY REGISTRAR
Hours: full-time or part-time, flexible days (Saturdays a must)
Application deadline: 25 November
Application Instructions: Please send resume and cover letter to art@nsmithgallery.com addressed to Allegra Mazin.
Start date: Early January 2025
N.Smith Gallery is hiring a Registrar to join its team. Candidates should be detail-orientated and highly organized along with the ability to multi-task, handle a high level of volume and complexity, with attention to time-sensitivity. Must be a talented communicator, who thrives in a fast-paced environment.
Basic duties include but not limited to:
The Registrar is responsible for the accession, condition reporting, database management, and transport of art consigned to the gallery. The candidate will maintain shipping records, condition reports and installation instructions while updating the records in the gallery’s database. This is an opportunity to work on N.Smith Gallery exhibitions and local and international art fairs.
Required qualifications for this role:
– Excellent communication skills to effectively interact with all levels of the organisation.
– The ability to handle a high level of volume and complexity with speed.
– Detail orientation along with the ability to multitask.
– Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office.
Desirable qualifications for this role:
– Experience in a museum, gallery, or similar role.
– Knowledge including but not limited to strong art supplier contacts, packing and crating, modes of transport, import and export compliance.
– Experience packing and shipping of art domestically and internationally.
– Experience managing and overseeing loans to and from Museums and other institutions.
– Experience performing and reading condition reports.
– Experience installing, lighting, and moving art.
– Postgrad arts Admin / Master of Curatorship / Museum and Heritage Studies
Position Type:
Full-Time or part-time, depending on successful candidate. Saturdays a must.
The person:
As a growing business, we are always looking at ways to evolve and improve the gallery by recruiting passionate, honest, and hard-working individuals. We're looking for a Gallery Registrar to join our team to support our growing stable of artists.
Our employees are valued, encouraged, and included in all aspects of our business operations. We recognise the impact our team has on our success, and are committed to ensuring role satisfaction, as well as providing on-going training and career development to all members of our team.
We don't always look for experience, but passion is an absolute must. If you share our love of the artists we represent, appreciate culture, and are excited about contemporary art, we'd love to hear from you.