Art Gallery Driver

Clarendon Fine Art is the world’s largest and fastest growing network of contemporary art galleries. Our mission is to make beautiful artwork accessible to an ever-increasing audience of customers. With over 90 galleries across the UK under the brand name of Clarendon, an online business and onboard 10 luxury cruise ships and in the US, we have ambitious growth plans both in the UK and internationally.

We have an exciting opportunity for an Art Gallery Driver / Assistant to join our team within the Southern region of the UK. This is a manual role involving the safe moving, manual handling, hanging and wrapping of our artwork in both galleries and clients homes. As our galleries are located across the UK, this role may also involve considerable travel to different galleries on a rota basis, helping with the hanging and movement of art for deliveries and artist events.

**About the role**:

- Travelling across the Southern region and associated areas to many of our galleries to assist our gallery teams
- Moving artwork on a daily basis which will include a number of pieces at different sizes and weights
- Managing stock control and reporting any issues to your line manager
- Supporting gallery staff on home visits where required
- Packing and wrapping artwork to a very high standard when touring or moving stock to different locations
- Organising the gallery stock rooms

**About you**:

- A full UK Driving licence
- Experience with driving a van is a luxury but not a necessity
- Confidence and experience driving across the country
- Able to work Monday - Friday with the additional weekend and evening cover for events and home approval support
- Comfortable with using ladders to hang art work (training will be provided)
- Experience with dealing with stock take and scanning systems
- The role requires that you have a naturally positive and professional attitude and helpful approach as you will be the face of our brand
- We are looking for somebody who is friendly, responsible and a reliable team players

**About our benefits**:

- 33 days annual leave including bank holidays (full time equivalent)
- Contributory employee pension scheme
- Be sociable with us - join the wider company at social events throughout the year
- We offer a 24/7 helpline for you and your relatives, somebody to talk to, mental health assessments and action plans for short term counselling
- Sell Artwork, buy artwork - as a thank you we offer a fantastic employee discount scheme of up to 50% off
- Employee PERKS - we offer you benefits and discounts including food, drink, retailers and fun days out all through Bravo Benefits
- Milestone rewards to celebrate your big life events both inside and outside of work
- Seasonal ‘Thank you’ gifts from the company throughout the year

We embrace our differences as our collective strength which is why we are passionate about actively encouraging applicants from all cultures, backgrounds and identities.** **We are committed to treating our teams fairly and with respect, irrespective of their actual or assumed background, disability, or any other protected characteristic and this starts with our recruitment process. So please join us on our journey