Intern - Asian and Art Christie's Yesterday

Full time

Christie’s, the world’s largest Art Business, is an incredibly exciting & enriching place to start or continue your career. Whether you work within one of our Specialist Art Departments, or in one of our more Operational teams, we are all working together with one common goal in mind: to continue the success of this 250 year old company, steeped in history, bringing fresh ideas whilst not forgetting our shared values;
Integrity, Excellence, Innovation, Responsibility & Relationships. Colleagues across all departments are truly passionate about what they do and it is inspiring to work with industry leaders across our business.

This one-year internship will provide day-to-day support to the Chinese Art, Japanese Art Classical Indian Art and Contemporary Indian Art Departments, with the potential to develop both specialist and administrative skills.

Research/Specialist Support Supporting Specialists with cataloguing and research, whether within Christie’s or at external libraries/museums Assisting in warehouse when required Upkeep of departmental libraries and offices Aid catalogue distribution and binding Assist in setting up and maintaining sale views Assist in taking condition images as requested by clients Assist with valuation preparation and research Administrative Support To support the Sale Coordinator in the day-to-day running of the Department Maintaining stationery and printing supplies in the Department Assisting Specialists and Sale Coordinator with catalogue preparation Assisting external clients with image copyright requests Assisting Specialists and Museum Curators with exhibition loan requests Liaise with the Photography and Image editing teams to ensure property is photographed ahead of deadlines Competitor’s Sales (UK) Keeping a record of competitor’s sale dates and checking catalogues received prior to the sale Marking catalogues with prices realised and tallying the results Advising the Business Manager of results Miscellaneous Any other tasks required as and when they arise What you’ll bring to

History of Art Graduate (or other relevant degree) Previous work experience – either paid or voluntary – within the Art Sector Language

fluent in English plus one or two other languages, especially European or Asian languages. While not essential, fluency in Mandarin is a plus Self-motivated and highly-organised Ability to demonstrate client facing

Strong IT

with familiarity of all Microsoft packages What’s great about working for us 25 days annual leave + 1 day Birthday leave Christie’s Christmas office closure (guaranteed between 25th Dec – 2nd Jan) – in addition to annual leave: almost two weeks to fully switch off and spend time with friends and family Additional 1 week’s annual leave within the year of a 5 year anniversary i.e

5th, 10th, 15th and so on Volunteering day:
Take an additional day of annual leave to volunteer for a charitable organisation that’s important to you Donation matching of up to £500 per annum to help you support the organisations you care about Flexible Fitness Fund - £400 per year expense allowance for health and wellness related activity (taxable) Access to world-renowned art: with regular exhibitions in our galleries to wander around and exclusive guided tours hosted by specialist colleagues Discretionary Bonus (dependent on the business and employee performance payable in March each year) Generous retirement plan:
We will double match your pension contribution up to 5% of your basic salary (Max 10% contribution from Christie’s) Private Health Insurance – no employee contribution needed, subsidised for other family members Dental Insurance – (may be…