Press Officer, Sadie Coles HQ

Main responsibilities:

Press

- Managing the day-to-day running of the press department, ensuring press requests are dealt with in a timely manner and approval is sought from appropriate parties
- Devise strategic approach towards press outreach and collaborate with external press advisor
- Fielding external requests for gallery founder and artists
- Circulating exhibition dates, press releases and images
- Press research for upcoming projects
- Updating and maintaining the gallery's press database
- Support on external exhibitions and publications with relevant artist/liaison/studio


Writing

- Press releases for gallery exhibitions
- Sales texts and artwork descriptions
- Artist short biographies
- Artist commission proposals, applications, statements and texts
- Proofread and edit external texts


Marketing:

- Support combined press and marketing strategic approach for exhibitions and events across social media, mailings and WeChat


As a member of SCHQ, flexibility is required in terms of:
- To job share where necessary i.e., holiday and sick cover
- Answering phones, taking and passing on messages
- To work on special projects as requested by gallery staff, such as research