Client Liaison

📋 Description

• Acting as liaison with all levels of staff globally including executives and senior experts, high-profile clients, and external stakeholders from all aspects of the art business
• Coordinating meetings; planning the agenda with input, arranging speakers, organizing materials, tracking attendance, following up on actions
• Assisting with diverse projects, initiatives and roll outs, carrying out research, gathering, analyzing and presenting data
• Answering calls and dealing with incoming enquiries from staff and clients; resolving or raising to the executives
• Ensuring the executives are prepared for all meetings/pitches/sales/client interactions with materials and reports
• Drafting emails, typing correspondence, preparing reports and presentations and proofreading

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Some experience in an Executive Assistant role, or role with similar responsibilities
• An awareness and interest in the Art market and Sotheby’s and a desire to learn about business development and strategy
• Strong multi-tasking and prioritization skills
• A fastidious attention to detail, accuracy and organization
• Adept at handling sensitive and confidential information in a professional manner, maintaining discretion at all times
• Able to maintain composure under pressure
• Skillful ability to interact in a professional, mature and collaborative style with key constituents
• Ability to show good judgement and represent the Sotheby’s brand and core competencies
• Excellent interpersonal skills and an enthusiastic client service attitude
• Excellent written communication and analytical skills with experience in drafting reports and presentations and responding to correspondence in a timely fashion
• Strong experience in Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Flexibility to work some evenings and weekends when necessary

🎁 Benefits

• Discretionary bonus and competitive benefits package