Published: Apr 04, 2025 – The Gallery Manager manages daily gallery operations, including security systems, supplier coordination, and administrative support, while overseeing international insurance and financial reconciliations. This position leads cross-functional project management for exhibitions, events, and fairs, ensuring seamless collaboration among internal teams and external partners, along with budget oversight. The manager also drives strategic growth initiatives for the gallery and brand, manages marketing and PR agency relations, and implements CRM and VIP engagement strategies.

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1. Gallery Manager, Luminara Art Collective, Asheville, NC
Job Summary:
- Manage the front desk during One Hour Ahead’s hours of operation
- Greet clients as they enter and assist with any inquiries, and notify Founders of visitor arrival.
- Schedule meetings and oversee calendars for Founders.
- Manage cocktail hours for One Hour Ahead, including booking bartenders and servers, coordinating rentals and catering, and keeping within budget.
- Work with a graphic designer to create invitations for events and follow up with clients to attend.
- Liaison with brand partners for accepting deliveries, pick-ups and creating signage.
- Work with the Associate Director to help with onsite art installations.
- Work with the City of Aspen to file quarterly sales tax and have proper permits and business licenses.
- Coordinate cleaning, construction work, and furniture rentals
- Keep Founders updated on Accounts Payable and invoicing.
- Keep the gallery, storage, and kitchen organized.
- Perform day-to-day tasks such as running errands and office organization, cleaning, and managerial duties.
- Keep client vendor contact information up to date.
Skills on Resume:
- Front Desk Management (Hard Skills)
- Client Service (Soft Skills)
- Calendar Scheduling (Hard Skills)
- Event Setup (Hard Skills)
- Vendor Liaison (Hard Skills)
- Organization Skills (Soft Skills)
- Licensing Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Accounts Payable Tracking (Hard Skills)
2. Gallery Manager, Copper Creek Gallery, Sedona, AZ
Job Summary:
- Work closely with the Creative Director on organising exhibitions and the sculpture park programme.
- Coordinate exhibition logistics from start to finish in connection with the Directors
- Oversee all artwork logistics in terms of works entering and departing the park, including both ad-hoc consignments and exhibition consignments.
- Have an awareness of the condition of the sculpture in the park and coordinate the technical team to maintain, clean and move the work.
- Liaise with other gallery team members about photography of artworks, updating of price lists, park map, details sheets, and artist biographies
- Liaise with the gallery team and fair representatives to collate all necessary information and plan logistics relating to art fair participation.
- Research and write up a weekly ‘Work of the Week’ newsletter
- Coordinate the management and updating of the New Art Centre website and other platforms we use with the Visitor and Events Manager.
- Ensure day-to-day office procedures/equipment are working smoothly and as planned
- Respond to ad-hoc research and sales enquiries, and conduct written research tasks.
- Act as an ambassador for the New Art Centre during visits by clients, artists, and friends of the gallery and estate
Skills on Resume:
- Exhibition Planning (Hard Skills)
- Logistics Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Artwork Handling (Hard Skills)
- Team Coordination (Soft Skills)
- Gallery Admin (Hard Skills)
- Art Fair Support (Hard Skills)
- Content Writing (Hard Skills)
- Client Interaction (Soft Skills)
3. Gallery Manager, Harborlight Fine Arts, Mystic, CT
Job Summary:
- Run the Gallery and focus on providing the right environment for success
- Daily contact with clients, responding to interest in the gallery, and developing further business through the use of the client database
- Implement and effectively use business development activities and organise promotional events, generate interest, and attract attendees
- Work towards realistic but challenging individual and gallery sales targets
- Confident in all stages of sales (from identifying the opportunity to closing sales)
- Lead and manage a small team of Sales Consultants, motivating the team to achieve results and sales targets
- Manage performance (one-to-one monthly meetings, annual appraisals, training)
- Ensure that the gallery looks tidy and presentable at all times
- Take responsibility for managing the gallery intern
- Partner with the Senior Director, People and Culture to report and resolve all employee relations issues as they arise.
- Manage the website, social media, as well as the database with contacts
- Support content production and management
- Lead the gallery teams in participating in and enhancing the community within the gallery.
Skills on Resume:
- Gallery Management (Hard Skills)
- Client Relations (Soft Skills)
- Business Development (Hard Skills)
- Sales Strategy (Hard Skills)
- Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Performance Management (Hard Skills)
- Digital Management (Hard Skills)
- Community Engagement (Soft Skills)
4. Gallery Manager, Stone & Brush Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
Job Summary:
- Oversee daily gallery operations and teams, including gallery assistants, interns, invigilators, events, and bookstore/retail operations for three gallery locations.
- Maintain a working presence in the gallery, demonstrating a visible presence to showcase the best hospitality skills and mentor front desk employees.
- Oversee and delegate the run of show for the front desk team for all opening exhibitions.
- Oversee and delegate support for all press previews, walk-throughs, and exhibition events.
- Oversee and delegate support for all fairs, including IFPDA, Frieze, Basel, ADAA, and TEFAF.
- Lead training and development for all front desk staff
- Partner with the Sales Directors to ensure that all team members are consistently representing the values of Hauser & Wirth, and check in regularly to ensure consistency in message.
- Partner with the Sales Directors to create and roll out a VIP client Facebook page, and train front desk staff accordingly.
- Partner with Senior Director, People and Culture to manage a pipeline of gallery assistants and raise engagement from talented front desk members.
- Lead the interviewing and hiring of all front desk employees and interns, looking for hospitality-minded team members who are passionate about the arts and Hauser & Wirth.
- Work to uphold Hauser & Wirth community and culture standards, and live the gallery's mission, vision, and values daily.
- Represent Hauser & Wirth within the local gallery community.
Skills on Resume:
- Operations Management (Hard Skills)
- Hospitality (Soft Skills)
- Team Leadership (Soft Skills)
- Event Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Art Fair Support (Hard Skills)
- Staff Training (Hard Skills)
- Client Engagement (Soft Skills)
- Hiring (Hard Skills)
5. Gallery Manager, Prairie Line Arts Center, Tacoma, WA
Job Summary:
- Oversee planning, coordination, production, and scheduling of installation and de-installation of artists’ site-specific, commissioned projects and other exhibitions, both onsite and off
- Assist artists with problem-solving and materials research, and sourcing
- Identify, schedule, and oversee contract labor, vendors, and fabricators
- Create and maintain an exhibition and project production timeline and punch lists
- Oversee facility and artist residence operations and maintenance
- Manage project, exhibition, and facility budgets, purchasing, and payment processing
- Coordinate artist contracts, deliveries, loans, shipping, packing, framing
- Ensure exhibitions and facilities are maintained following ADA accessibility and safety requirements
- Liaise directly with artists, artist estates, and clients, prepare artwork lists, draw up consignment paperwork, update ARTlogic database, and coordinate ‘installation week’ with the team.
- Provide administrative support in maintaining the gallery website, database, and office procedures
- Schedule programs that develop an artistically appreciative audience
- Take responsibility for staffing and inventory control
- Curate shows, develop working relationships with artists and clients, and arrange transportation for artwork.
Skills on Resume:
- Project Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Material Sourcing (Hard Skills)
- Vendor Management (Hard Skills)
- Timeline Management (Hard Skills)
- Budget Management (Hard Skills)
- Contract Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Accessibility Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Client Relations (Soft Skills)
6. Gallery Manager, The Willow Room Gallery, Lancaster, PA
Job Summary:
- Building and gallery management, including alarms, CCTV, management of suppliers (cleaning company, utilities, etc)
- Oversee the lending process of the gallery's art pieces
- Coordinate in-gallery events (vernissage, dinners, etc.) and fairs, including project management (coordination of all the departments - production managers, logistics, sales, marketing, digital, etc and eternal stakeholders - artists, partners, etc) and budget monitoring
- Reconcile petty cash and gallery credit card transactions
- Manage group international insurance
- Assume responsibility for admin support as well as artist liaison
- Project manager on growth opportunities for the Paris gallery and the CWG brand
- Take responsibility for marketing liaison, CWG Marketing team
- Be responsible for liaising with the PR agency
- Animate the CRM strategy and VIP program in Paris
- Take responsibility for the definition and animation of the Apartment strategy
Skills on Resume:
- Facility Management (Hard Skills)
- Art Lending (Hard Skills)
- Event Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Expense Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Insurance Management (Hard Skills)
- Artist Liaison (Soft Skills)
- Marketing Coordination (Hard Skills)
- CRM Strategy (Hard Skills)