Jobs at Sotheby's

Supports Sotheby’s Books and Manuscripts Department by cataloguing live and online sales, researching provenance and publication history, preparing catalogue materials, coordinating consignments, assisting with appraisals, and managing pre- and post-sale activities. Responsibilities include client correspondence, auction estimates, proofreading, sale promotion, exhibition support, bidder inquiries, property records, and coordination with internal departments. The role requires strong organization, accuracy, communication, and client service skills, with flexibility for overtime and weekends.

Coordinates post-sale client service by managing inquiries, complaints, tickets, calls, shipping quotes, VAT refunds, payment links, documentation, and collection arrangements. Collaborates with shipping, accounts receivable, and finance teams to ensure timely communication and accurate processing. Requires strong communication, organization, numeracy, discretion, problem-solving, and client-service skills. A second European language and SAP experience are preferred.

Responsible for designing, deploying, configuring, monitoring, securing, and supporting regional network infrastructure across WAN, LAN, SD-WAN, VPN, firewalls, routers, switches, and related systems. The role troubleshoots production and end-user issues, coordinates vendors and global IT teams, supports auction events and regional offices, manages network projects, establishes infrastructure standards, and presents updates to senior leadership. Travel and extended hours may be required during sales and upgrade activities.

Provide high-level executive assistance including scheduling, travel, meeting coordination, correspondence, invoicing, consignment and post-sale logistics, client and stakeholder liaison, research and reporting, and cross-office collaboration to support one to three executives in Sotheby’s art business.

Supports SEO audience growth for Sotheby’s Luxury Division by tracking keyword performance, maintaining Adobe Analytics dashboards, optimizing landing pages and content, writing keyword-focused copy, conducting competitive analysis, and preparing performance updates. The role collaborates with content marketing stakeholders, applies AI tools, monitors SEO trends, and translates analytics into actionable recommendations for increasing organic traffic and audience engagement.

Handles high-volume client inquiries by phone and email, manages Freshdesk cases within service-level agreements, maintains accurate records, resolves complaints, and coordinates with internal teams. Provides professional, empathetic service while identifying recurring issues and escalating operational concerns. This is a full-time, six-month temporary contract with possible overtime.

The Commercial Manager will grow Sotheby’s global Event Business by developing commercial strategy, originating and converting venue rental opportunities, managing pipelines, negotiating agreements, and closing deals. Responsibilities include pricing, proposals, forecasting, revenue management, client relationship development, and coordinating with local and cross-functional teams to ensure successful event delivery. The role targets luxury brands, corporations, cultural institutions, agencies, and private clients across Sotheby’s global venue network.

Supports Sotheby’s Paris and Middle East business management activities across fine arts and luxury sales. Responsibilities include pipeline and consignment tracking, budgeting and forecasting, financial modeling, expense management, contract and deal support, KPI analysis, inventory planning, competitive analysis, client communications, and process or technology improvements. The role partners with specialists, Finance, Operations, Legal, and senior management to improve profitability and business performance.

Manages transformation projects and concurrent workstreams across Global Business Development and partner departments. Responsibilities include intake and prioritization, project planning, risk tracking, stakeholder coordination, surveys, executive reporting, change management, KPI and cohort analysis, dashboards, AI-enabled workflow automation, business-case development, and process documentation. The role supports technology enablement, function optimization, cross-departmental initiatives, and strategic growth opportunities.

Provide transactional legal support for art-backed loans and consignor advances: draft, review and negotiate loan, credit and security documents; conduct due diligence and closings; advise on cross-jurisdictional structuring; develop playbooks and templates; train business partners; partner on process improvements and manage outside counsel and counterparties.

The Managing Director, China is responsible for driving growth, managing client relations, overseeing operations, and ensuring compliance while fostering collaboration across teams.

Lead product strategy, roadmap and execution for Sotheby’s client‑facing websites and mobile apps. Manage product managers, partner with design, engineering and data teams, drive research-driven decisions, run agile delivery, stakeholder communications, and measure product impact to grow demand across auctions, private sales and marketplace channels.

Greet and assist clients at the Maison, handle enquiries and transactions, process payments, support auction and retail fulfillment, liaise with internal teams to ensure smooth client experience, and uphold security and compliance standards.

Lead global product vision, strategy, and roadmap for client-facing and internal tools. Build and scale a high-performing product organization, drive discovery-to-launch lifecycle, set KPIs, champion customer needs, and collaborate cross-functionally to deliver high-traffic consumer marketplace experiences.

Coordinates the operational execution of auction, private sale, and post-sale activities. Manages client inquiries, compliance documentation, contracts, consignments, property movement, shipping, customs, payment follow-up, reserves, and unsold property returns. Partners with Legal, Compliance, Shipping, Specialists, cataloguers, and regional offices to meet sale deadlines and resolve issues. Supports private sales, temporary admissions, high-value lot reviews, and inventory initiatives while delivering strong client service.

Underwrite and manage a portfolio of art-backed loans, including credit analysis, collateral evaluation, approval memo preparation, diligence, funding, renewals, servicing, and risk monitoring. The role manages client relationships and coordinates with auction departments, insurers, warehouses, shippers, museums, and restorers. It also presents recommendations to leadership, oversees collateral status, and helps improve lending processes while managing multiple transactions and deadlines.

Operate customs processing and record-keeping for goods admitted into the UK, ensuring compliance and accurate data. Prepare and submit customs declarations, monitor Temporary Admission deadlines, coordinate with freight forwarders and internal teams, and support VAT compliance, data analysis, and wider tax projects under supervision.

The Specialist, Watches will manage business growth in watches, drive sales through private collections, and ensure profitable consignments while networking with clients and stakeholders.

Conduct KYC/CDD and EDD reviews, screen alerts using tools like World-Check and Qual-ID, verify entity due diligence during onboarding, maintain compliance records, manage vendor/employee screening, support retail and marketplace operations, update reporting, and escalate high-risk clients to Financial Crime Compliance.

Lead and grow a distributed engineering team, partner with product to set roadmaps, maintain engineering quality and reliability, run delivery cadence, manage cross-team dependencies, handle incidents, and develop engineers through hiring, onboarding and feedback.