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Sales and Production Assistant, Studio Voltaire

  •  London
  •  Under £10K
  •  Part time
  •  Closes December 2, 2024
  •  Caitlin Storrie
  •  hr@studiovoltaire.org
  • #Visual arts

Description

Job Summary

The Sales and Production Assistant will support the sales and creation of artistic merchandise and editions and innovative fashion and design products in House of Voltaire to our diverse local, national and international audiences through in-house sales and digital communications.

Job Description

The Sales and Production Assistant will support the sales and creation of artistic merchandise, editions and innovative design products in House of Voltaire to our local, national and international audiences through in-store sales and digital communications. They will gain experience in customer satisfaction in-store, online and over the telephone; the back-end management of in-store and online retail; care, creation and marketing of products, and how to pack and send orders. They will have the opportunity to work with artists and designers to understand how to communicate their vision when producing commissions, exhibitions and saleable products.

This role is funded by Lambeth's https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/better-fairer-lambeth/projects/elevate - ELEVATE programme, which aims to get young people from underrepresented backgrounds into the Creative and Digital sectors. To apply for this role, you will need to be:

  • A Lambeth resident (with the exception of Lambeth care experienced young people)
  • 18 to 24 years old

An online recruitment session will be held ahead of the application deadline to answer any questions you might have about the position.

Online recruitment session: Monday 18 November 2024, 7-8 pm

Please sign up for the online session at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfHN_3ppJM4MyJPMeUQ1gsX1lSqtQZ4L1Xyqo2UkU0moiuTXA/viewform - this link. A Zoom link will be sent out one hour before the session.

Job Requirements

Please continue to our website to see the Job Requirements in full. Summary of the Person Specification below:

  • Enthusiasm and energy for working in the arts or creative industries
  • Interest or experience in working in a retail environment
  • Hard-working can-do attitude, with a willingness to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, as appropriate
  • Basic administrative and organisational skills, such as calendar management, excel, database
  • Good verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work with a wide and diverse range of people
  • A self-motivated approach to working and experience of multi-tasking, with the ability to react to changing priorities
  • Working as a part of a small team, you will need to have a flexible "all hands-on deck" approach, while maintaining staff structure boundaries and responsibilities
  • A commitment to respect and care for fellow employees, and Studio Voltaire's Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Policies

Job Responsibilities

Please continue to our website to see the full Job Responsibilities. Summary below:

  • Be the first point of contact for customers and visitors, ensuring they receive the highest standard of welcome and care, proactively engaging them to encourage sales
  • Assist the Retail and Commercial Manager in ensuring that our e-commerce platforms are maintained to the highest standards (Shopify/Artsy/ArtSpace)
  • Process and dispatch e-commerce orders, following correct standards of packaging and brand guidance
  • Provide administrative support to the Head of Commercial and Retail and Commercial Manager to manage edition and merchandise production

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