Description
Set your sights on a career at Heritage Auctions, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with offices in New York, Chicago, Beverly Hills, London, Hong Kong, and other cities. For the past 47 years, Heritage Auctions has been the largest auction house founded in the U.S. and serves more than 50 different auction categories, including Coins, Sports, Comics, Historical, Jewelry, Fine & Decorative Art, Wine, and many more.
SUMMARY: Heritage Auctions is seeking a knowledgeable, driven, and personable Consignment Director of fine and rare Wine to join our team in either New York, Dallas, or Chicago. This role involves identifying, cultivating, and maintaining relationships with wine collectors, consignors, and industry professionals to bring exceptional wine collections to auction. The ideal candidate will have a passion for fine wines, strong industry connections, and a sales and consignment success track record.
Location: New York, NY, Dallas, TX, or Chicago, IL
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage
- Paid time off
- 401k savings plans
- Daily Pay: Access your pay when you need it!
COMPENSATION: Commensurate based on experience. $100-150K
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Evaluate the property and establish auction estimates.
- Acquire consignments through HA and individually generated leads.
- Research, authenticate, and catalog property.
- Proof catalog text and images, press releases, consignment and bidding emails, and advertising copy
- Market lots in auctions to various clients.
- Contribute to the expansion of the client database.
- Answer inquiries before, during, and after the auction.
- Travel as needed to meet with clients and review the property for potential consignment.
- Actively participate in auctions and trade shows
Requirements
SKILLS & ABILITIES:
- The ideal candidate is a go-getter, outgoing, self-motivated, and independent professional.
- Must have excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, high ability to multitask, pay attention to detail, and have a positive attitude with good customer service skills.
- Willingness to learn
- Ability to follow set standards and take direction
- Ability to analyze and propose solutions to problems
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-project, and dynamic environment
- Absolute drive to complete projects on time and in a detailed manner
- Excellent organizational skills: accurate and thorough
- Ability to travel extensively, including weekends
Heritage Auctions welcomes and encourages applications from women, minorities, veterans, mature workers, and persons with disabilities. EOE
