A Hunt for more Art Advisors

Talk about a speedy trail! Last week we opened applications for Art Advisors.

Over the course of 1 week, we received almost 70 applications…shit!

Emily (Kollecto’s Chief Art Advisor) & I were super impressed by the candidates, some of whom had experience at companies like:

• Sotheby’s– one of the world’s largest brokers of fine art
• Christie’s– one of the world’s largest art auction houses
• Frieze– one of the world’s largest contemporary art fairs
• Gagosian gallery– one of the most famous contemporary art galleries
• Artsy– an awesome online search engine & database for art
• & more!

While we considered resumes in our decision, we put a greater emphasis on our case study assignment!

To apply, each candidate had to review a sample client profile.Then, they had to find 3 pieces of art for the client & curate a short write-up for the client about the art.

 So our decisions were based on:

• 25% resume
• 35% curation/ write-ups
• 40% awesome art picks for the client

We also asked candidates to fill out a survey about WHY they applied to Kollecto. Almost half the candidates filled it out & I was amazed by the results.

Interesting, right? 

We closed applications on Wednesday & gave people answers about next steps on Thursday. I consider that to be pretty darn fast! You know those companies that never respond then you apply for a job… Well, we decided not to do that.

In my next post, I’ll introduce our new group of Art Avisors & show you the awesome art they picked!!