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 our more Operational focused teams we are all working together with one common goal in mind: to continue the success of this 250 year old company, steeped in history, bringing constant innovation whilst not forgetting our age old values; Passionate Expertise, Exceptional Client Service, Teamwork, Integrity, Business Judgement & Innovation. Colleagues across all departments are truly passionate about what they do and it is constantly inspiring to work with industry leaders across all segments of the business.
Why This Role Matters
The primary function of this role is toproject managesales. This includes monitoring and tracking all activities and elements related to incoming property and sale processing. The Sale Coordinator manages the catalogue production process, ensures deadlines are met, manages client paperwork andchargesand ensures compliance requirements are met. The Sale Coordinator is the primary contact for sales with Operations. The Sale Coordinator alsoacts as client liaison to gather or dispatch consignment and property related information.
How You Will Make An Impact
Verify consignment details - pre-sale to ensure accuracy, liaise with clients as needed for all consignment related information, including “Know Your Client”
Manage catalogue production process including monitoring progress of cataloguing, photography, essay writing,lottingup, compliance,rightsand permissions to meet deadlines; act as main point of contact and liaison with photography studio, productionteamsand Specialists
Act as liaison to Operations for sale view and set up and prepare relevant assets, asrequired
Track and ensure execution of seller consignment promises
Request seller agreement and stock order creation and manage and track status of consignment paperwork to ensure compliance requirements are met andrequiredrecords are maintained
Create shipping requests, obtain clientapprovalsand flag need for export licenses,
Proactively track receipt of property and follow-up on open issues and missing items
Manage Expertise, Framing and Restoration needs for sale including quote requests, clientcommunicationsand related client charges, and obtaining necessary cost approvals
Request Property Movement including site transfers, local transfers,tempreleases, transfer to third party, and hand carries
Request client charge creation and regularly review system data to ensureaccuratereporting
Chair Sale Update Meetings with Specialists and Cataloguers as assigned by the Head of Sale Management
Manage sale activities including managing reserves, client views, condition report dispatch, client interest lists, bids, and sale ticketing requests; troubleshoot sale related issues as they arise
Telephone bidding
Liaise with Business Support Group and Post-Sale Services team asrequired
Answer and screen incoming phone calls
What You Will Bring To The Team
Undergraduate degreerequired
2+ years’ work experience
Exceptional client service skills
Strong project management skills including ability to multi-task, prioritize and manage multiple processes
Strong attention to detail and follow-up skills
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including superior written and spoken communication
Ability to work collaboratively across multiple groups and sites
Ability to remain calm and project a positive attitude during stressful situations
Ability to creatively problem solves
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Strong systemsexpertisein Outlook and Microsoft Office
Ability to learn Christie’s systems including COS,JDE, Intranetand Website
What’s great about working for us
Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision care plans for employees and dependents (On average, Christie’s pays 80% of total premiums)
401(k) Savings Plan – Christie’s provides a matching contribution up to 5% (subject to IRS limits)
Life Insurance - 3x base salary (100% paid by Christie’s)
Disability Insurance (100% paid by Christie’s)
Generous time-off and leave policies; including 100% Paid Family Leave up to 16 weeks.
Fitness Reimbursement Program: reimbursement of eligible fitness fees and memberships up to $600 per year
Annual Discretionary Performance Bonus Plan
Commuter Benefits - Pre-tax money towards your daily commute with a Christie’s contribution of $21 per month
Back Up Child & Elder Care – up to 10 days of back-up Child or Elder Care through Bright Horizons
CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Day- Each employee receives one paid day per year to dedicate their time to a charity of their choice.
Perks and Discounts through Zo and Plum Benefits
Christie’s, Inc. is committed to principles of equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, and to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws concerning employment discrimination, including the Americans with Disabilities Act. To this end, Christie’s Inc. ensures equal opportunity to all employees and applicants, regardless of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, lawful alien status, physical, mental, and medical disability, veteran status or liability status for service in the United States Armed Forces.
Closing Date: June 16th, 2026
*Posted salary range does not include discretionary bonus compensation and overtime pay.
Salary: $55,000.00 - $57,000.00
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.
