Auction Production Specialist

Auction Production Specialist

Turn Clutter Into Organized, Marketable Online Auctions

Do you enjoy organizing, photography, online selling, antiques, collectibles, thrifting, research, or discovering interesting items?

Caring Transitions is seeking a dependable and highly organized Auction Production Specialist to help prepare household and estate contents for sale through CTBids, our national online auction platform.

This is a hands-on role for someone who notices details, enjoys creating order, and has a strong visual eye. You will help transform rooms filled with household belongings into accurately organized, attractively photographed, and professionally presented online auction lots.

No two projects are alike. One day you may photograph vintage collectibles or designer furniture. Another day you may organize tools in a garage, research maker's marks, document the condition of an antique, prepare sold merchandise for pickup, or help identify an item that should not be overlooked.

Professional auction or photography experience is helpful, but it is not required. We provide training. More important are your judgment, curiosity, reliability, productivity, and attention to detail.

Caring Transitions helps seniors, families, estate representatives, and other clients manage downsizing, relocation, estate liquidation, and major life transitions.

Our clients often trust us with the contents of a lifetime. We approach every project with compassion, professionalism, organization, and respect for both the client and their belongings.

• Sort household contents and create logical, marketable groups of items for online auction.
• Help determine which items should be offered individually and which should be combined into lots.
• Separate items designated for auction, relocation, family, donation, recycling, or disposal.
• Maintain accurate lot numbers and keep merchandise, photographs, and listing information properly matched.
• Organize work areas so projects can move efficiently from room to room.

• Clean and stage items when appropriate so they are presented attractively and honestly.
• Take clear, well-composed photographs using a smartphone or other approved device.
• Capture important labels, signatures, maker's marks, model numbers, measurements, accessories, and condition details.
• Select useful angles and backgrounds that help online bidders understand what they are buying.
• Edit or improve listing photographs using approved tools when needed.

• Research brand names, model numbers, materials, history, comparable items, and other useful information.
• Recognize items that may be vintage, collectible, unusual, or potentially valuable and bring them to the Project Lead's attention.
• Record measurements, quantities, condition, identifying details, and known flaws accurately.
• Help draft clear, engaging, and factually accurate auction titles and descriptions.
• Use approved technology and AI-assisted tools to improve listing efficiency while checking all information for accuracy.

• Upload or assist with uploading photographs and item information to approved auction systems.
• Prepare completed lots for storage, preview, or bidder pickup.
• Stage sold items by buyer, lot number, or pickup sequence.
• Help buyers locate and receive their merchandise during auction pickups.
• Confirm that the correct items are released to the correct buyer.
• Assist with packing or preparing shippable auction merchandise when assigned.
• Help leave project areas organized and ready for the client's next step.

• Follow project plans, safety procedures, and company standards.
• Communicate questions, concerns, damage, valuables, and unusual findings promptly.
• Accept coaching and constructive feedback professionally.
• Assist with other Caring Transitions projects when business needs require it.

The strongest candidates will be:

• Exceptionally organized and attentive to detail.
• Dependable, punctual, honest, and trustworthy.
• Productive and able to work with an appropriate sense of urgency.
• Curious and interested in learning about household goods, furniture, tools, art, antiques, collectibles, and unusual property.
• Creative, with a good eye for photography, merchandising, and presentation.
• Comfortable making routine decisions while knowing when to ask for guidance.
• Able to follow an established process without losing sight of quality.
• Self-directed once trained, but also effective as part of a team.
• Coachable and open to constructive feedback.
• Comfortable using smartphones, apps, web-based systems, and technology.
• Respectful of clients from different backgrounds and sensitive to the emotional nature of estate work.
• Able to maintain confidentiality regarding clients, homes, family circumstances, property, and project information.

Experience in any of the following is helpful but not required:

• Estate sales or online auctions
• eBay, Facebook…