Auction Gallery Photographer

Art, Antiques, Coins & Collectibles.... you'll never know what's coming in our next auction!

Auctions help individuals, businesses and families offer their estate, assets or collections, for top dollar to a worldwide audience to determine the true market value.

Our auction gallery sells Antiques, Coins, Collectibles, Furniture, Art, Real Estate, and many other categories.

We have an opening for a new associate to join the team. You'll assist us in the full scope of creating and running an auction. Flex your knowledge in a myriad of unique items and help write captivating descriptions. Click the lens and take amazing photos to show off the assets up for auction. Manage the masses and meet the people, by helping manage the onsite audience during auction day!

These are some of the tasks you'll do on any given day to help manage the smooth, efficient, accurate administration of our onsite and online auctions. Hours are flexible to meet demands and we can offer either part-time or possibly full-time hours (two positions available currently).

Role Summary:

An Auction Gallery Photographer will participate in the full scope of creating and running an auction catalog. You’ll help manage the smooth, efficient, accurate administration of our onsite and online auctions.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Set lighting for each object to capture it's best features and represent to a worldwide audience.
• Take outstanding gallery style photos of objects and artifacts.

Other Responsibilities may include:

• Auction item intake from consignor, unpack & track items
• Create digital images to show off the assets up for auction
• Write captivating descriptions
• Create online catalogs
• Manage the masses and meet the people by helping manage the onsite audience
• Set-up electronic system for recording sales (will be trained on software)
• Completing auction reports
• Customer Service for lot pick-up, shipping and bidder previews
• Use technology to construct, track, edit auction items
• Live Auction-Day Operations
• Service & Logistics support, including lifting, moving items
• Administrative Reporting

To be successful here, you must be able to set the pace for your workload and meet the deadlines. This may require you to juggle several tasks simultaneously, use good judgment in prioritizing and completing work assignments.

Skills:

• -Strong working knowledge of photography, lighting, and capturing the essence of an item based on it's attributes.
• -Comfortable with technology
• -Professional and good with people (internally)
• - Enjoy working and have a great attitude
• -Communicate with management and production teams as needed
• -Able to lift up to 50lbs

Please make sure to send a cover letter with your resume to seize the opportunity to speak directly to the recruiting team. Explain what draws you to this type of role, if you have any auction gallery (or related) experience, and anything else you'd like us to know about you and why you're a good fit for our business. Also, what types of categories you have a strong working knowledge or expertise with and how it can help your success in this role.

If you love a fast-paced, ever-changing environment and a little bit of history, business, auctions, listing and selling assets online, and being part of a live streamed worldwide auction event, here is your opportunity!

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $17.00 - $20.00 per hour

Expected hours: 5 – 20 per week

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule

Schedule:

• 4 hour shift
• Choose your own hours
• On call

Application Question(s):

• Please explain what types of objects and artifacts you have experience photographing?

Experience:

• Auction House: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $17 - $20