Artist Lead, Avant Arte

The role has three main areas of focus:

1. ARTIST RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (ARM)

Act as the primary contact for a roster of artists, building trusted, long-term relationships with artists, studios, managers and galleries.
Understand each artist's ambitions, market positioning, career trajectory and practice to shape effective collaboration.
Drive engagement across content, promotion, collector referrals and project delivery.
Become an expert in each artist's market, sharing insights internally and advocating for artist needs while balancing business priorities.
Strengthen relationships through studio visits, introductions and profile-building opportunities.

2. PROJECT MANAGEMENT & DELIVERY

Own projects end-to-end, ensuring milestones, deadlines, budgets and artist experience are managed to a high standard.
Develop long-term strategies and release plans with Marketing, Creative Production and Sales to grow artists' reputations, collector bases and commercial value.
Lead pricing research, project scoping, contracts, artist budgets and commercial planning, ensuring projects are data-led and commercially viable.
Coordinate cross-functional teams, project trackers, artist/studio communications, content requirements, production and launch plans.
Provide artists with pre-launch sales updates, timely post-release breakdowns and payments.
Lead post-launch reporting, retrospectives and future editions roadmaps.

3. PITCHING, REPORTING & LEARNING

Develop and deliver pitches for new projects, leading concept reviews, pricing research and commercial analysis to recommend concepts, pricing and edition sizes.
Lead pitch deck creation and meetings, coordinating input from Creative Production, Sales and wider teams.
Track pitch activity, status and projected revenue in Airtable, reporting against weekly and quarterly targets.
Analyse performance to identify what is working, what is not, and continuously improve the approach.