TASCHEN
Gallery Sales Associate @ Sotheby's London
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About the Role
As the face of TASCHEN at Sotheby’s, you will take ownership of our dedicated space, representing the brand to collectors, art professionals, interior designers, and international clients. You will proactively engage visitors, cultivate new collector relationships, and drive sales of our Collector’s Editions and curated publishing programme.
This is a highly client-facing role combining luxury sales, client development, visual merchandising, and operational ownership within one of the world’s most prestigious auction houses.
Key Responsibilities
- Represent TASCHEN with professionalism, enthusiasm, and expert product knowledge.
- Proactively identify sales opportunities, engage collectors, and convert interest into sales while delivering an exceptional client experience.
- Develop and maintain long-term relationships with collectors, interior designers, art advisors, and existing TASCHEN clients through proactive clienteling.
- Expand TASCHEN’s collector community by identifying and developing new client relationships.
- Take full ownership of the TASCHEN presentation space, ensuring impeccable visual merchandising, stock availability, and brand standards at all times.
- Monitor inventory levels, coordinate stock replenishment, and place orders as required.
- Support product launches, exclusive events, and special activations in collaboration with the wider TASCHEN team.
- Provide regular feedback on customer interests, market trends, and commercial opportunities.
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- Passionate about art, photography, architecture, design, fashion, and luxury publishing.
- Commercially minded, confident, and results-oriented, with a genuine enthusiasm for sales.
- Experienced in building relationships with discerning international collectors and high-net-worth clientele.
- Proactive, entrepreneurial, and motivated to exceed sales targets.
- Impeccably presented with excellent attention to detail.
- A self-starter who enjoys working independently and taking ownership of a unique retail environment.
- Previous experience in luxury retail, galleries, auction houses, publishing, or premium customer service is highly desirable.
We Offer
- A unique opportunity to work within the prestigious environment of Sotheby’s.
- The opportunity to build relationships with an international community of collectors, curators, designers, and art professionals.
- The chance to represent one of the world’s most respected publishers of art and illustrated books.
- A dynamic role with genuine opportunities to develop your expertise in luxury sales, clienteling, and the international art market.
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If you thrive in a luxury sales environment, enjoy building lasting client relationships, and have a genuine passion for art and exceptional publishing, we would love to hear from you.
About Us
TASCHEN is the world’s leading art-book publisher, headquartered in Cologne with teams in Berlin, Brussels, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Miami, Milan, New York, Paris, and Tokyo. For more than 40 years, we have been on a mission to publish innovative illustrated books on art, architecture, design, fashion, film, lifestyle, travel, photography, and pop culture and to bring them to the world.
We’re looking for bright, driven, and inspiring individuals to join our international team. At TASCHEN we foster an inclusive culture where diversity and the human factor truly matter. Regardless of origin, belief, or cultural background, every perspective is valued, independent thinking is encouraged, and we inspire one another to grow every day.
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