London, UK
Gallery assistant
at Dorian Caffot de Fawes
Dorian Caffot de Fawes is hiring a gallery assistant to join its staff in London.
Dorian Caffot de Fawes is a gallery focusing on furniture, lighting and decorative arts from the first half of the 20th century. We are based in Marylebone and also exhibit at the Decorative Fair three times a year. We are looking for a full-time gallery assistant.
The ideal candidate will have an interest in antiques and interior design, excellent organisational skills and attention to detail. They will be a highly organised, efficient team player with the ability to be proactive and work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment from time to time. They should be confident to look after customers and run the gallery in the director’s absence, and should also have a can-do, hands-on attitude when it comes to more manual work.
Key responsibilities
Day-to-day running of the gallery:
- shopkeeping five days a week
- keeping the gallery presentable at all times
- arranging furniture and decoration regularly (involves furniture lifting)
- welcoming and assisting customers, emails and telephone
- sales
Admin:
- stock management (keeping in-house software, website and selling platforms updated)
- keeping track of inventory at the shop, various warehouses, restorers, and carriers
- emailing customers, liaising with restorers and shippers
- invoicing customers and looking after various types of paperwork, maintaining records
- assisting the director (travels, admin, diary)
Logistics:
- organising different storerooms
- receiving deliveries
- preparing orders, shipping, and collections (packing, wrapping, labelling, tracking)
- selling and managing logistics at the Decorative Fair (Battersea) three times a year
- assisting at off-site photoshoots five times a year (studio in Fulham)
To apply please send your CV and a letter explaining your interest in the role along with salary expectations to Dorian Caffot de Fawes via the ‘apply for job’ button below.
Start date: immediately