The Company
Christie’s, the world’s largest Art Business, is an incredibly exciting & enriching place to start or continue your career. Whether you work within one of our Specialist Art Departments, or in one of our more Operational teams, we are all working together with one common goal in mind: to continue the success of this 260 year old company, steeped in history, bringing fresh ideas whilst not forgetting our shared values; Integrity, Excellence, Innovation, Responsibility & Relationships. Colleagues across all departments are truly passionate about what they do and it is inspiring to work with industry leaders across our business.
Why This Role Matters
This six month internship will provide the successful candidate with a very good understanding of various roles in the Watch Department, sale and promotion related activity as well as a better knowledge on the luxury market and collectors.
The purpose will be to provide general assistance and support to specialists, sale & business coordinators on sale related activity.
How You'll Make an Impact
Help updating the competitors tracking.
Help organizing the library.
Take items to the photo studio for photography as instructed and prepare the items for photoshoots.
Help prepare assets for condition reports including printing reports and taking photos.
Assist specialists where appropriate on valuations (data entry, gathering material, preparing images, proposal documents).
Aid the department to unpack and tag incoming property and check the accessories.
Prepare mini-catalogues for touring if the catalogue is not out yet (brief description, estimate and photo).
Provide general support with tours by preparing lot cards, brochures, contact cards etc.
Provide support during exhibitions (attending the viewing, setting up property).
Manage courier requests.
Assist with post-sale lot collections.
Other duties as required.
What you’ll bring to the team
Exceptional organizational skills including ability to multi-task, prioritize and manage multiple processes.
Strong attention to detail and follow-up to see tasks through to completion.
An interest in auctions and the luxury market.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including French & English written and spoken communication, with the ability to utilize these to satisfy clients.
Ability to work collaboratively across multiple groups and sites.
Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
Ability to creatively problem solve.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Internship agreement/convention de stage required.
Close Date: Sunday 21st June
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Founded in 1766, Christie’s is a world-leading art and luxury business. Renowned and trusted for its expert live and online auctions, as well as its bespoke private sales, Christie’s offers a full portfolio of global services to its clients, including art appraisal, art financing, international real estate and education. Christie’s has a physical presence in 46 countries, throughout the Americas, Europe, Middle East, and Asia Pacific, with flagship international sales hubs in New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris and Geneva. It also is the only international auction house authorized to hold sales in mainland China (Shanghai).
Christie’s auctions span more than 80 art and luxury categories, at price points ranging from $200 to over $100 million. In recent years, Christie’s has achieved the world record price for an artwork at auction (Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvador Mundi, 2017), for a single collection sale (the Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller, 2018), and for a work by a living artist (Jeff Koons’ Rabbit, 2019).
Christie’s Private Sales offers a seamless service for buying and selling art, jewellery and watches outside of the auction calendar, working exclusively with Christie’s specialists at a client’s individual pace.
Recent innovations at Christie’s include the groundbreaking sale of the first NFT for a digital work of art ever offered at a major auction house (Beeple’s Everydays, March 2021), with the unprecedented acceptance of cryptocurrency as a means of payment. As an industry leader in digital innovation, Christie’s also continues to pioneer new technologies that are redefining the business of art, including the creation of viewing and bidding experiences that integrate augmented reality, global livestreaming, buy-now channels, and hybrid sales formats.
Christie’s is dedicated to advancing responsible culture throughout its business and communities worldwide, including achieving sustainability through net zero carbon emissions by 2030.
