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Junior Curator

Closing date: 04 April 2025

Job Summary

Artfinder is a global marketplace for affordable and original art. The Junior Curator is responsible for merchandising and supporting the work of 4,500+ artists as well as recruiting and onboarding new global talent. This is a fully remote role, but you must be based in the UK.

Job Description

Artfinder is a global marketplace for affordable authentic art. We are also a Certified B Corporation, a new kind of business that balances purpose and profit.

The Junior Curator is a key member of the Artfinder team, responsible for merchandising the work of 4,500+ artists as well as recruiting and onboarding new global talent for Artfinder. This role will work closely with the Head of Artist Engagement & Recruitment, and our Senior Curator.

We are looking for someone with a commercial mindset and a passion for art and artists. Someone who can help deliver sales for thousands of artists, while improving the quality of artworks on Artfinder. Someone who is willing to roll up their sleeves and get into the detail of our cataloguing and platform, while also keeping an eye on overarching trends and loves taking on new and exciting challenges.

Job Requirements

Previous experience of working directly with artists
A passion for original art combined with a good technical understanding of what it takes to create high quality original artworks
E-commerce / online retail experience preferred, marketplace experience a bonus
Cataloguing experience preferred but not essential
Prior use of Microsoft Excel/Google sheets to review and analyse data
This is a remote role but you must be based in the UK.

Job Responsibilities

Your responsibilities will include:

Leading a range of core workstreams that improve our commercial metrics, such as on-site merchandising and proactively working with cohorts of artists.
Championing our Artwork Quality Guidelines and identifying and launching opportunities to improve artist compliance.
Supporting our ongoing artist recruitment efforts, from artist identification, sales calls, application review and onboarding.
Proactively identifying potential challenges and opportunities to improve commercial outcomes, seeking support from the wider team as needed.
Owning key artist communications workstreams to improve artist activity, engagement and sales rates
Supporting on regular reporting for the function
Partnering with other functions on regular and project-based workstreams.
Keeping up to date with art market trends, sharing insights with the wider team.
Building data and insights capability in order to identify and monitor opportunities and challenge

Job Overview

Job Title: Junior Curator
Salary: £25k-£30k
Hours: Full time
Artform: Visual arts
Role: Curation
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: Fri, 04 Apr 2025
Location: Remote

How to Apply

Please email your CV, a short cover letter outlining your experience (max. 1 page) and details of your notice period.

Contact name: Charlotte Bearn
Contact email: charlotte.bearn@artfinder.com