Artist Research Executive

**_ABOUT AVANT ARTE_**

Avant Arte wants to make art radically more accessible for a new generation. The company began as a cult blog of contemporary artists and grew organically into the world’s largest and most engaged online art community, with more than 2 million of their followers under the age of 35.

The company collaborates with iconic contemporary artists like Jenny Holzer, Cai Guo-Qiang, Claire Tabouret and Hank Willis Thomas, making their work more accessible to younger collectors through sculpture editions, print editions and unique works on paper of exceptional quality. And they have built a highly engaged community of next-generation art collectors, which means Avant Arte’s artist launches are heavily oversubscribed, with many behaving more like fashion drops, selling out in under 30 seconds.

The company’s vision is to inspire a generation of millions of young people who love art like they love music and who collect works like they build their wardrobe.

We’re currently a team of 85, split between London and Amsterdam, looking to scale to more than 100 over the next 6 months. This is a great opportunity to join a highly successful, profitable, early-stage business at a pivotal moment in our growth, where you will have a big impact from day one.

**_OUR CULTURE_**

We’re a small team with really big ambitions, both for what we want to achieve and also the environment we’re building. We want to create a company that remains thoughtful as we scale and tries to be genuinely progressive in how we operate; we want people to really own what they do and be given the autonomy and freedom to make mistakes, learn, and create something meaningful. We all work incredibly hard because we really care about what Avant Arte is here to do - we’re looking for exceptional people who are proactive, hungry to learn, and want to put their pride in our collective achievements.

We know that creating an inclusive environment that promotes and values diversity is critical if we want to build something with impact and meaning. We believe that having diversity in age, background, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, and perspective will make us an infinitely better company. And it is particularly vital if we are going to build a roster of artists and a community of collectors that are representative of contemporary art and of the wider world today.

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WHAT WE NEED_**

We’re looking for a highly organised Artist Research Executive with a passion for contemporary art to join our London team. We really do encourage everyone to proactively step outside of their job description if they see something that could be improved but the core of your role will involve:

- **Artist Research**:supporting the expansion of Avant Arte’s artist universe
- Researching and identifying new artists to add to our database and programme
- Owning our pipeline of research sprints & building the top of our artist outreach funnel
- Researching artists’ markets using a broad range of resources (including online platforms, auctions, art fair data, Discords and forums)
- **Artist Qualification**: qualification of new artist targets and outreach opportunities
- Owning the initial pre-qualification and subsequent in-depth research of artists and their markets, to support our new artist acquisition goals and the development of our programme
- Qualifying artists suitable for Avant Arte's programme, in line with our commercial & curatorial strategy & goals
- Monitoring commercial art world happenings and changes in an artist’s market
- **Artist team operations**:Supporting with Artist & Curatorial team operations and the improvement of internal team processes
- Creation of pitch decks for artist acquisition and post-release decks for artists after launch
- Working closely with our finance team to prepare artist financial updates for inventory sales
- Supporting our Artist Operations Lead and Artist Operations Manager with the smooth day-to-day running of the artist team
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Database Management**:Responsible for maintaining a clean and accurate artist database
- Monitoring commercial art world events and staying on top of industry news and trends
- Using our database to inform research, artist outreach strategies and pitches
- Identifying opportunities to optimise our artist database and research processes

**The main skills we’re looking for are**:

- Knowledgeable of the contemporary art world, with an added bonus if you have a strong understanding of artists’ markets and artist research
- Confident in using data and taking a data led approach
- Strong collaboration skills
- Great organisation skills

**We think you’ll probably have**:

- Experience working in an art business or related industry
- Experience researching in a commercially oriented way
- A passion for art and artists

**_BENEFITS_**
- You’ll get to be part of building one of the fastest growing tech companies in c