UNIQUE ART GALLERY, we are a friendly, family run 5-year-old art gallery with a Arabic Culture style featuring original art by local artists. We learn to wear lots of hats to help our art collectors have an excellent viewing experience and our custom framing clients to know their treasures are in expert hands. We welcome you to the family team!
We have Urgent Opening for GALLERY SALES ASSISTANCE
Locations: Qatar
Qualification: Any Graduate
Language Skill: Arabic & English compulsory
Experience: 2-5 years
Job Description: Lady Sales Assistance
Art Gallery Assistant Duties & Responsibilities
The duties of an art gallery assistant are varied, and include tasks such as the following:
- Answering phones and taking messages
- Helping maintains the gallery’s inventory and client database
- Providing professional service to the collectors and artists
- Keeping the front and workshop desks and gallery spaces tidy
- Greeting visitors and helping them with their questions
- Dealing with correspondence and emails, and other daily administrative duties
- Helping builds the gallery's follower base with social media posts
- Gradually learning and building skills to competently custom picture frame artwork at museum quality standards.
Education, Training & Certification
Art gallery assistants may be able to excel in the job without an advanced degree if they have prior, relevant experience.
- Education: Preference for the applicant to have a bachelor’s degree in art or art history or business. However, proven work experience in retail sales, in lieu of a college degree can also be acceptable.
- Computer Skill: Microsoft word, Excel, Photoshop, adobe acrobat , social media application.
Art Gallery Assistant Skills & Competencies
An art gallery assistant can do well in the position if they possess certain additional skills, such as the following:
- Organization skills: An art gallery assistant needs to be highly organized.
- Communication: A gallery assistant needs great interpersonal skills and should be an excellent communicator ARABIC & ENGLISH with the ability to talk to a wide range of people.
- Project-oriented skills: The individual must be able to multitask, switching from custom framing projects to greeting and sales to administration as the need arises. Having a meticulous eye for tiny imperfections (good eyesight or great glasses helps!) is a bonus, as some projects can be challenging, and we place a high value on quality control. Expertise in the custom picture framing industry is not a requirement, but an eagerness to slowly build your custom picture framing skills is a wonderful attitude to approach this job with.
- Social media skills: A gallery assistant needs to be savvy with social media and proficient with commonly used computer programs.
- Initiative-taking skills: Being able to work independently and to take the initiative with new projects is also key to this position.
