Responsibilities

• Project manage, assemble and organize written letters, proposals for sale, digital presentations, market reports, timelines, and other business-getting tools for Specialists and Executives across all areas of the business.
• Develop and hone messaging about Christie’s strategic advantages and strengths, while also ensuring that our proposals address clients’ priorities.
• Lead meetings with specialists of various departments to strategize, structure proposals and project timetables.
• Write and organize proposals/presentations in allotted time.
• Proactively track Christie’s marketing and sale activities, developing new sections for proposals.
• Lead pitch coaching sessions, developing pitch messages and narratives for specialists and business-getters.
• Gather appropriate statistical information and illustrations of comparable property sold at Christie’s and in the overall market for own proposals and those of other team members.
• Collaborate with Specialists to incorporate feedback on own documents and for other team members. Make recommendations for new sections and messaging.
• Strategize and coordinate with Proposals Designers to convey the appropriate style and ensure that all accompanying materials are completed in a timely fashion.
• Assist with scanning of images for the department when necessary.

Requirements

• Must have Bachelors of Arts Degree.
• Extremely professional and polished.
• Excellent writing/communications ability; ability to tell stories.
• Working knowledge of InDesign.
• Knowledge of Mac computers and software programs such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Photoshop preferred.
• Extremely proficient project management skills and ability to lead meetings with senior executives and management.
• Strong analytical skills so as to evaluate a variety of statistics relating to Christie’s performance.
• Knowledge of the auction/art market.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Excellent time management and ability to work under extremely tight deadlines and intense pressure.

Preferred

• Three years of relevant work experience preferred.
• Client-facing experience preferred.
• Knowledge of Mac computers and software programs such as Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Photoshop preferred.