Auction Administrator

Role Overview & Responsibilities

Excellent opportunity for an Auction Administrator to join an international auction house. We especially welcome applicants who have experience of working within an auction environment.

Aim of Role: To provide full administration support to the auction team in Spink Collectables

Main responsibilities:

• Registration
• Account merges
• Maintenance of web database and back end database of various platforms
• Client communication – Buyers and Vendors
• Send pre-sale advices and payment instructions to vendors
• Process returned pre-sale advices
• Client statistics
• Create sale and post on internal calendar, website, Spink Live, etc.
• Calendar for Insider magazine
• Checks before upload and going live
• Transmit to printers and checks to be carried out
• Proof reading and corrections for standing pages
• Arrange production of adverts
• Catalogue subscriptions
• Catalogue requests
• Send catalogues to vendors with relevant paperwork
• Generate mailing lists for all categories
• Specialised interest lists
• Combine with Insider mailing list
• Preparation of viewing forms and Auction viewing
• Processing bids
• Operating Spink Live
• Clerking
• Phone bidding
• Sale statistics
• Generate and send invoices and sale results
• Breaking sales
• Packing and sending lots

Essential skills

Previous experience of working in an auction house

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Outlook

An ability to work under pressure

Well organised and tidy

An ability to be flexible

Useful skills

Foreign languages

Other information:

Foreign travel may be required to administrate sales abroad.

Only those with appropriate UK visa/settlement status to work in the UK will be considered.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Salary: £26,000.00-£28,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Private medical insurance
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

• London, WC1B 4ET: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: AUCTION