The Gallery At Sweetgrass at Wild Dunes Resort, Isle of Palms SC

Gallery Associate Position - Description

 Job Duties and Responsibilities:

•          The Gallery Associate is responsible for generating sales by connecting with guests, assessing their interests and needs and educating them on our artists and their work.

•          Utilizing listening skills and effective communication, the ideal candidate will be able to create a friendly, informative and memorable experience for our guests to connect with the art and to establish a relationship with the Gallery.

•          Ability to develop and foster supportive relationships with our Artists and collaborative relationships with the Resort teams.

•          Understands and is comfortable with social media, creating and posting photography and videos to promote the Gallery, it’s Artists and events.

•          Gallery opening and closing responsibilities.

•          Responsible for adding new works into inventory system, photo file organization for inventory and website, and exhibit labels and information. 

•          Responsible for organizing, scheduling and sharing event information with Resort.

•          Responsible for receiving, packing and shipping of artwork.

•          Follows all company procedures to safeguard the assets, colleagues, and guests of Wild Dunes Resort.

•          Participates in all resort training programs to gain property knowledge needed to meet/exceed company standards.

•          Maintain a clean, organized, and safe environment for guests and associates.

•          Flexible schedule that may include a combination of weekday, weekend days and event evenings.

•          Includes hands on work, such as artwork handling, installation, packing and shipping and climbing ladders.

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Qualifications:

•          Experience working with fine art and a knowledge of art terms.

•          Previous sales, retail, merchandising and customer service experience.

•          Excellent computer skills, including excel, canva. POS and Inventory systems.

•          Excellent organizational skills, strategic thinking skills, combined with strong verbal and written skills.

•          Ability to plan, prioritize, coordinate, and manage own work; ability to work unsupervised and make decisions and solve problems independently, effectively and creatively.

•          Ability to work effectively with colleagues and artists.

•          Ability to handle and hang art, lift 50 pounds, climb a 3 ft ladder and stand for extended periods of time.