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Joseph Walsh Studio is recruiting a studio executive assistant to join its practice in Cork, Ireland.

Joseph Walsh Studio was founded in 1999 by Joseph Walsh to realise his work. Since then it has grown into a creative and vibrant studio environment with an overall team of approximately 20. Committed to innovation and excellence, a talented team of master makers, design developers, technicians and engineers, each contribute their own experience and skills to crafting outstanding creations of work. Collectively they continue to embrace challenge and disrupt existing practice to achieve the ambitious pieces realised in this unique environment.

Studio executive assistant job specification

Working closely with the artistic director, the studio executive assistant will contribute to both the studio’s written and visual communications. It will also include project and event management and  a degree of engagement with the studio’s highly valued clients and patrons around the world.

The studio executive assistant will have the following responsibilities as outlined below:

• organising and liaising client studio visits. Client visits and client relations are of vital importance to Joseph Walsh Studio. Each client interaction is of extreme importance and it is vital that, in all communications, the client has a unique experience with strong attention to detail. These visits include the creation of clients itineraries and providing assistance prior to and during visits
• assisting in the organisation of museum group visits; as per the client visits, it is vital that these groups have a unique experience and that every aspect of their visit is organised with a high level of attention to detail
• ensuring that all visitor spaces are maintained to the highest level at all times
• ensuring that the studio website is maintained and kept up to date at all times
• ensuring that the studio exhibition planner is maintained and kept up to date at all times
• coordinating travel logistics for Joseph Walsh Studio and other staff members when required
• undertaking event management activities; the studio executive assistant will be the project manager and main point of contact for all Joseph Walsh Studio events in the studio including an annual seminar 2018, open days and Christmas events. The studio executive assistant will liaise with all relevant stakeholders (colleagues, suppliers and studio collaborators) to ensure that each event is successful
• contributing to and participating in, all studio photo and video shoots
• ensuring that provence documents are created for all works for both clients and Joseph Walsh Studio’s records
• management and upgrading of the client database, ensuring that the current system is developed and maintained in line with GDPR requirements

Technical and other skill requirements:

• excellent IT skills including MS Office, MS Excel and Microsoft Project is required
• excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Please submit applications using the ‘apply’ link below.

www.josephwalshstudio.com

• Applications have closed.