Artist Manager (Account/Project Manager)
Posted 4 hours 51 minutes ago by Avant Arte B.V.
Avant Arte is a curated marketplace that makes discovering and collecting art radically more accessible for a new generation. Our team of passionate experts collaborate with leading contemporary artists from across the globe to create bespoke limited-edition artworks to browse and collect.
We're a small team with really big ambitions, both for what we want to achieve and also the environment we're building. We want to create a company that remains thoughtful as we scale and tries to be genuinely progressive in how we operate.
ABOUT THE ROLEAn Artist Manager is personable and marketing-savvy, with the organisation skills and ability to work across multiple teams in the business. Reporting into the Head of Artist team, this role puts the Artist Manager in charge of Avant Arte's important artist relationships.
CORE ROLE ELEMENTSThe role has two main areas of focus:
- ARTIST RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (ARM)
- Account management & artist engagement
- To act as a primary contact for a roster of artists, building strong, trusted relationships that maximise engagement, streamline project execution and create long-term value for both the artists and the business.
- Proactively manage all your accounts, ensuring consistent communication and smooth delivery
- Building meaningful relationships with artists, their studio managers and galleries.
- Gain a deep understanding of each artist's ambitions - market positioning, career trajectory, and long-term legacy to shape how we collaborate effectively
- Drive engagement in content, promotion, collector referrals and project deliveries
- Become an expert in each artist's market and practice, combining relationship skills with analysis of demand dynamics and sharing insights internally.
- Collaborate with internal teams to advocate for artist needs while balancing business priorities.
- End to end ownership of all projects, ensuring they meet all project milestones and deadlines and are delivered with an exceptional artist experience.
- Delivering pitches for new projects
- Commercially successful concept reviews
- Leading and coordinating pricing research, concept reviews and documentation, pulling in input from Creative Production and Sales along with audience and commercial market analysis to inform effective pricing and edition sizing recommendations.
- Operational & Project Management: Exceptionally organised with experience running efficient projects, delivered to budget and on time.
- Account management: combining relationship management (building trust, communication, and long-term loyalty) with strategic, forward thinking planning for an artist's long-term editions programme with Avant Arte.
- High quality execution at pace and with attention to detail: Demonstrated ability to use analytical thinking and data insights to evaluate the Artist Team's performance-both historically and in planning for the future.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Able to work with a wide range of stakeholders across different functions.
- Strong Communication: Comfortable simplifying complex topics, communicating clearly across audiences and writing with clarity and tone.
- Commercial Awareness: Confident working with numbers, commercial models and performance tracking to inform artist-facing decisions.
- Problem-Solving Mindset: Resourceful and pragmatic-able to identify challenges early and help unblock issues quickly.
- At least 5 years in a project management or account management (experience in a high-growth or creative environment is a plus)
- Comfortable with project management and account management tooling (such as AirTable, Wrike), as well as understanding operational ways of working
- Background or strong interest in contemporary art, artist management or cultural production
- Generous equity allowance
- Private Healthcare (UK)
- Enhanced pension contributions and parental leave policies
- 25 days of holiday plus four extra company wide days on Kings Day (national holiday in the Netherlands which falls in April) and for our winter office closure from 25th December to 1st January
- L&D budget of €1000 per year per employee
- Regular company socials