Gallery Manager

MSP is a multidisciplinary curatorial space in the West Village, offering acquisition advisory services for rare and collectible automobiles to a select group of collectors around the world. We premiered our 3,000 square-foot location with a launch exhibition Unsafe At Any Speed curated by Kenny Schachter in March 2022. Our most recent exhibition was a three-month performance by Greg Anagnostopoulos and Daniel Arsham entitled Art is the Process. Our programming will continue to platform artists, designers, institutions, and automobiles from around the globe.

We are looking for a multi-talented person with experience in start-up/small-team environments to manage day-to-day Gallery Ops at our West Village space. This means supporting sales, registrar, and administrative activities, as well as overseeing the visitor experience. This position requires an energetic and outgoing personality, with a focus on operationalizing many silos of our business. Our hope is to see this role become the organizational hub for our growing enterprise.

Duties entail but are not limited to the following:

• Responding quickly and sympathetically to visitor, client, and colleague inquiries; providing a high level of hospitality and visitor experience, as well as ensuring any information presented is accurate and helpful
• Work closely within sales, operations, and curation/programming teams to discuss project planning, onsite and offsite requirements, and devise plans for project delivery
• Full financial management of project budgets from start to finish. Using the internal systems to track all costs and oversee raising accurate invoices in a timely manner
• Manage exhibition programming and other special projects as needed
• Supervise the recruitment, mentoring, development and training of new company hires
• Supporting delivery of internal and external gallery events
• Develop organizational strategies to unify efforts of the different business units
• Offer assistance with administrative tasks (e.g. confirming travel arrangements, taking messages)
• Handling incoming and outgoing mail, email, booking vehicle logistics, and monitoring outside work
• Recording data and collecting qualitative feedback, including compiling statistics and reports
• Liaising with outside vendors for photo shoots, research, and purchases.
• Supporting bookkeeping and other internal financial practices.

Requirements as follows:

• 2+ years experience in an operations focused role
• 2+ years gallery experience preferred 
• 1-2 years experience in a front of house role
• Experience in the world of collectible automobiles is desirable but by no means essential—however, a strong interest in learning is key!
• Approachable and adaptable to changing demands and deadlines while also maintaining professionalism
• Ability to multitask with shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Exceptional customer service skills
• Ability to work in high-energy, high expectation and project oriented global culture
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Progressive learner, with strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability and confidence to take initiative and break new ground
• Able to build rapport, trust and excellent working relationships with colleagues and clients alike
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and Apple Mac systems
• Organized, detail-oriented and resourceful with excellent time management skills

Morton Street Partners