With gallery spaces in the heart of Hong Kong and London, 3812 has both Europe and China written into its DNA. Co-founded by Calvin Hui and Mark Peaker, 3812 represents and exhibits both modern and contemporary Chinese and British artists, fostering dialogues between them. The gallery regularly places their work in major public and private collections. 3812 continues to develop its vision through representing contemporary artists of various genres.

3812 has newly opened a space in Ap Lei Chau, and we are currently looking for an intern to join our Hong Kong team.

Person specification:

• University students or fresh graduates with interest in art; degree in Business/ English / Translation / Communications/Marketing or an art related subject is beneficial.

• Previous working experience in artwork handling in art gallery, museum and other art institutions is preferred.

• Can do physical work and heavy lifting for typical 20 kgs per item, and able to working at height up to 4.5m on ladder or platform.

• Work on Friday to Sunday at Horizon Plaza, Ap Lei Chau

• Fluency in English, Cantonese and Mandarin in verbal and written

• Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and word processing.

• A good team player who is well-organized, result-oriented, proactive, multi-tasking and with good attention to detail.

• Have a can-do attitude, willing to go the extra mile and able to work independent

• Successful and outstanding candidate will be considered to a permanent position

• Immediate availability preferred

• The internship duration is 3-6 months, committed and capable candidate(s) will be considered for a full-time permanent role

Scope of work:

• Proactively welcome visitors and guests and maintain an excellent understanding of the exhibitions, the space and the gallery.

• Monitor the inventory of office supplies and tidiness (e.g. catalogues, reference books, stationery, miscellaneous, etc.)

• Assist in maintaining warehouse and viewing room cleanliness and consistency, include but not limited to maintain and stock up gallery supplies, warehouse tools and packing materials

• Support daily gallery operations, including but not limited to handling incoming calls, mailing, gallery tidiness, maintenance, third party liaison, and artwork handling and logistics etc; and assist to source necessity and procurement

• Assist in exhibition execution includes packing, installation, dismantle, condition report, wall repair and lighting

• Assist in receiving and sending works, includes but not limited to up/unload crates, open/close crate, and moving of works in a safe manner

• Assist in administrative work includes but not limited to release form, acknowledgement receipt, database management, labelling and document retention

• Assist in stock taking and inventory checking accurately and timely, and update system if needed

• Assist in preparing exhibition material (floorplan, artwork lists, captions, labels)

• Assist in marketing and communications materials by preparing social media content and proofread

• Ad-hoc assignments as required.

Application:
If you are interested in taking part in the 3812 Gallery internship programme, please send your cover letter, CV and available dates to agnes.wu@3812cap.com with ‘Internship Application – Ap Lei Chau’ subject line.

Visit www.3812gallery.com for more information.