Sales Lead & Gallery Manager

Sales Lead & Gallery Manager

SETAREH Closing date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026

Artform: Visual arts
Role: Creative
Contract: Permanent
London
  • Full time
  • £30k-£40k

Tue, 17 Feb 2026 "> published -

Job Description

SETAREH is seeking a highly motivated Sales Lead & Gallery Manager to oversee daily gallery operations while driving sales strategy and client development. The role requires a commercially minded arts professional with strong organisational skills, a solid understanding of the contemporary art market, and the ability to cultivate and nurture relationships with collectors, advisors, and institutions.

This role sits at the intersection of sales, exhibition management, and operational leadership, ensuring both the commercial success of the programme and the smooth running of the gallery space.

Job Requirements

  • Minimum 2 years' experience in a commercial contemporary art gallery or similar art-market role

  • Proven experience in primary-market sales and managing collector relationships

  • Strong understanding of gallery operations, inventory, consignments, pricing, and international shipping logistics

  • Excellent organisational skills, able to balance exhibitions, art fairs, deadlines and details

  • Confident, discreet communicator with professional client engagement skills

  • Proficiency in gallery software (e.g. Artlogic/Art Butler) and CRM systems

  • Strong knowledge of the contemporary art market

  • Fluency in English; additional languages are an asset

  • Flexibility for additional hours around exhibitions and art fairs

  • UK Work eligibility

Desirable

  • Existing collector network

  • Experience with international shipping, consignments, and art-fair operations

  • Working knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, Canva

  • Experience writing exhibition texts.

Job Responsibilities

  • Lead sales strategy across exhibitions, art fairs, and private placements

  • Build and maintain relationships with collectors, advisors, and institutional clients

  • Manage the full sales cycle including outreach, negotiations, invoicing, shipping coordination, and after-sales follow-up

  • Oversee day-to-day gallery operations, ensuring professional presentation of exhibitions and client-facing spaces

  • Coordinate exhibition logistics and installation schedules with artists and technicians

  • Maintain CRM systems, sales reports, and collector databases

  • Support participation in art fairs including planning, staffing and on-site sales

  • Contribute to exhibition interpretation and communications, drafting texts, press materials, and sales narratives where required

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Job Overview

  • Job Title: Sales Lead & Gallery Manager
  • Salary: £30k-£40k
  • Hours: Full time
  • Artform: Visual arts
  • Role: Creative
  • Contract: Permanent
  • Closing date: Sun, 15 Mar 2026
  • Location:
    London
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Job: Sales Lead & Gallery Manager

Job: Sales Lead & Gallery Manager

Organisation: SETAREH

Postcode: W1K 3PA

How to Apply

Please submit your CV and a brief cover letter outlining your relevant experience to [email protected] and [email protected], quoting “Sales Lead & Gallery Manager” in the subject line.
The deadline is 15 March 23:59 hs. However, we are reviewing submissions daily and scheduling interviews on a rolling basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible to maximise your chances.