This website uses cookies
We, and third parties, use cookies on our website. We use cookies to ensure that our website functions properly, to store your preferences, to gain insight into visitor behavior, but also for marketing and social media purposes (showing personalized advertisements). By clicking 'Accept', you agree to the use of all cookies. In our Cookie Statement. you can read more about the cookies we use and save or change your preferences. By clicking 'Refuse' you only agree to the use of functional cookies.
At Catawiki, every day brings the extraordinary! Whether it’s Daniel Ricciardo’s Formula 1 Car, a Woolly Mammoth’s Skeleton, Lady Gaga's Jumpsuit or Usain Bolt’s running shoe, we encounter exceptional objects every day.
We’re a one-of-a-kind marketplace for buying and selling special objects. Each week, more than 110,000 unique items are auctioned, all carefully curated by our passionate in-house experts.
Having sold over 25 million unique objects, our mission is to become the world’s most popular destination for special objects. As a growing, diverse and sustainable scale-up, we proudly live by three core values. If these values resonate with you, we’d love to explore how you can join us.
- Taking ownership and driving impact
- Being open to change and feedback
- Being passionate about our mission and our customers.
As an Expert at the Primary Market (Direct from the Artist) team, you will be closely involved with finding and onboarding new artists and screening the artworks from existing artists from your core market yet not limited to. You will as well publish auctions weekly. Using your contemporary art expertise and commercial skills, you will be responsible for making artists successful in their development at Catawiki.
Catawiki strives to keep user transactions as transparent and fair as possible, and your honesty and experience play a large part in maintaining this standard; you know better than anyone how exciting and important it is to support artists to sell their works in a dynamic, transparent and trustworthy way.
You will find new sources of supply for the markets you will be focusing on and you will work closely with artists in those regions to support them growing their businesses at Catawiki. You will work with other Experts and the Sales team to identify, maximize and align on artists submissions and their sales. You will also be looking for growth opportunities in these markets, through potential partnerships.
What You’ll Do
- Find new supply sources & create Artists leads in the core markets, in line with our quality guidelines.
- Onboarding of Artists through visiting them in their studios or fairs
- Screen (approve or reject) artworks from these markets and support other Experts in their screening when required
- Guide Artists in their performance at Catawiki: whether it is for existing artists to grow or new artists to scale up.
- You will be monitoring performance of the Artists and the markets through dashboards, analysing data on excel sheets.
Who You Are
- You are an Curator/ Expert in Contemporary Art
- Strong Sales negotiation skills
- Artist management experience
- Strong in analyzing data
- Excellent English communication, and native in Spanish or French.
- Additional language required: Spanish, French, Romanian or Dutch.
- Team player and thrive in a diverse team environment
- Great computer skills necessary
- Responsible, good at coordinating and giving operation support
- It will be highly valued previous experience in auction houses or online platforms.
Where You’ll Be
The role is based in Spain or France with a fully remote work-from-home arrangement.
Why You'll Love Working with Us
- Create a visible impact by working at scale in a global organisation serving millions of customers across 80+ categories. In our flat structure, every role has a broad scope and directly impacts both our customers and the business.
- Learn and grow through our Learning & Development initiatives, including clear development plans and mentorship programmes to support your career progression.
- A culture of connection defines us. We’re a passionate, diverse team of 800+ Catawikians representing 60+ nationalities. We foster an inclusive and queer-friendly environment where everyone is encouraged to bring their full self to work.
- Celebrate life’s moments with us. You’ll receive a €100 Catavoucher when you join, a €50 Catavoucher on your birthday, and an extra day off each year to “Pursue Your Passion”. We also offer additional leave for key work anniversaries and important life events. Benefits may vary by location.
Our Offices and Way of Working
Our vibrant offices in Amsterdam, Paris and Lisbon are designed to inspire collaboration. Most Catawikians operate in a hybrid setup, combining office-based and remote work, with a minimum of two days per week in the office, unless a role is explicitly stated as fully remote or fully office-based.
Interested?
Apply with an English CV and Cover Letter. By applying, you agree to Catawiki’s Applicant Privacy Policy. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
We’re continually incorporating hybrid elements, while employees choose how they split their work between the office and home.
We strive to be an employer where your impact is meaningful, visible and rewarded.
