Administrator – Phillips

To provide administrative, financial and logistic support in managing the sale administration for the 20th Century & Contemporary Art department and to coordinate and/or execute all administrative tasks linked to the 20th Century & Contemporary Art sales in Hong Kong. Assist the Head of Department, Specialists and Senior Administrator with any other tasks as required.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work closely with the Senior Administrator as well as Head of the Department and Specialists for all administrative tasks linked to the administration of auctions in Hong Kong: these tasks would start from the coordination of evaluations requests and the contract preparation with consignors to the potential follow-up of payment, collections and shipping delivery.
• Provide an excellent level of service for all administrative tasks involving answer general enquiries, work in coordination with all other support functions (finance, shipping, business management) and record data using internal systems as required.
• Assist to coordinate photography and cataloguing of all properties liaising with relevant departments (art department, photographers, specialists and business management).
• Assist to organize shipment of properties as required and liaise with the shipping department and other departments as necessary: this involves preparing relevant documentation but also liaising between clients, shipping department and specialists. This would apply to all import shipments and, in some cases, export shipments.
• Assist to liaise with the accounting department for the payment of invoices, the processing of check requests and relevant purchase orders.
• Compose and edit correspondence, reports, memoranda and other material.
• Work at all auctions and participate in telephone bidding and any other duties as required.

Requirements:

• Art History background desirable
• A Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• Computer literate and proficient in Microsoft Office Software (Excel, Outlook, Word and PowerPoint), required.
• A minimum of 3 year’s work experience in a similar role, required.
• Strong business sense and an excellent understanding of the art market.
• Exceptional data mining, qualitative and analytical skills with ability to synthesize data and think conceptually.
• Good command of spoken and written English and Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin).

Please send your CV to CareersAsia@phillips.com on or before 2 January 2022.