Jobs at Sotheby's

Owns and drives the roadmap for internal workflow products, partnering with stakeholders, design, engineering, QA, and business teams. Responsibilities include defining requirements, prioritizing work, conducting user research, using data to guide decisions, communicating product impact, and driving adoption. The role requires translating complex business logic into efficient solutions while aligning near-term product plans with broader company strategy and understanding the art auction market.

Supports Sotheby’s Books and Manuscripts Department by evaluating and researching works, preparing valuations and auction catalogues, coordinating consignments, maintaining property and client records, and assisting with sale production. The role includes client correspondence, catalogue writing and proofreading, exhibition support, bidder inquiries, auction administration, photography, and pre- and post-sale coordination. Weekend and overtime work may be required.

Manage partnerships with global brands, execute marketing deals, develop pitches, and compile reports while supporting the global team and overseeing invoicing.

Manages compensation strategy, salary structures, incentive plans, benchmarking, market analysis, job evaluations, and workforce analytics. Partners with HR, Finance, and business leaders on compensation planning, acquisition integration, executive reporting, and Compensation Committee materials. Develops data-driven recommendations, supports sales incentive programs, ensures regulatory compliance, and leads strategic compensation projects and annual planning processes.

Paid, onsite 10-week summer internship for undergraduate students interested in fine art, luxury markets, auctions, and related corporate, operational, business, technology, or specialist departments. Interns complete meaningful projects, receive mentorship and training, collaborate with teams, attend networking and educational events, and present a final capstone project. Applicants must meet academic, communication, leadership, and availability requirements and submit required essays.

Leads a distributed engineering team across hiring, development, performance, delivery, and retention. Partners with product management on roadmaps, balances feature delivery with technical investment, and establishes standards for quality, observability, reliability, testing, and incident response. Manages cross-team dependencies, delivery ceremonies, operational issues, and engineering-wide initiatives while providing mentorship and career growth opportunities.

Supports the preparation, validation, quality control, and delivery of valuation reports. Maintains valuation data, databases, templates, and digital workflows; resolves discrepancies; generates production metrics; and supports system enhancements, testing, automation, and AI-enabled process improvements. Provides technical guidance and training to colleagues while ensuring accurate, consistent, and timely documentation.

Designs, delivers, and improves learning programs across onboarding, professional skills, manager and leadership development, career development, mentorship, and compliance training. Manages LMS administration, learning vendors, partnerships, budgets, calendars, communications, and program logistics. Partners with HR and business leaders to assess development needs, tracks learning metrics, evaluates program effectiveness, and recommends improvements.

Provides comprehensive administrative and business support to two Contemporary Art Vice Chairmen. Responsibilities include calendar and travel management, correspondence, meeting preparation, expense reporting, client and consignment coordination, auction and sale support, relationship management, research, and administration of corporate systems. The role requires discretion, strong organization, client-service skills, and flexibility for evenings, weekends, and extended hours during marquee sales.

Manages global, cross-functional initiatives across real estate, security, and facilities. Translates strategic priorities into project plans, coordinates stakeholders, tracks milestones, budgets, dependencies, risks, and operational readiness, and resolves execution barriers. Prepares leadership updates, maintains governance and reporting tools, facilitates meetings, monitors KPIs, and develops repeatable processes to improve project delivery and accountability.

Leads Sotheby’s preferred client development strategy, cultivating high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth relationships, expanding influential networks, managing the relationship pipeline, and converting introductions into sustained engagement. Partners with events and client services teams to deliver targeted experiences, oversees CRM practices, and leads a high-performing client development team with emphasis on discretion, follow-through, and commercial results.

Provides execution and administrative support for art-backed lending transactions, including loan setup, closing, funding, collateral diligence, portfolio servicing, documentation, inspections, and reporting. Coordinates internal and external stakeholders, tracks outstanding requirements, maintains transaction records, supports credit and client reviews, and improves team processes. The role requires strong organization, analytical and financial skills, attention to detail, communication, and proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint.

Leads Sports cataloguing research and writing for auction lots, developing engaging, accurate content about players, teams, games, records, provenance, and collectibles. Reviews and edits team materials, establishes research and quality standards, improves workflows, and produces sale pages, editorial features, press materials, website content, and social copy. Collaborates with specialists and cross-functional teams while inspecting property and preparing condition reports.

Leads Sotheby’s Watches private sales business by sourcing and executing high-value transactions, building relationships with ultra-high-net-worth clients, developing revenue opportunities, negotiating deals, and partnering across global teams. The role represents the Watches division, provides market and collecting expertise, manages strategic client relationships, supports growth initiatives and events, and strengthens Sotheby’s presence in the luxury market.

Researches, writes, fact-checks, and proofreads sports auction catalogue content, including lot descriptions, provenance, authentication details, and condition reports. Develops engaging stories about sports memorabilia and supports editorial, press, website, social, and sale content. Collaborates with specialists and cross-functional teams, inspects property, maintains accurate supporting research, and meets catalogue and publication deadlines while learning Sotheby’s cataloguing standards.

Responsible for designing, deploying, configuring, monitoring, securing, and supporting regional network infrastructure across WAN, LAN, SD-WAN, VPN, firewalls, routers, switches, and related systems. The role troubleshoots production and end-user issues, coordinates vendors and global IT teams, supports auction events and regional offices, manages network projects, establishes infrastructure standards, and presents updates to senior leadership. Travel and extended hours may be required during sales and upgrade activities.

Supports SEO audience growth for Sotheby’s Luxury Division by tracking keyword performance, maintaining Adobe Analytics dashboards, optimizing landing pages and content, writing keyword-focused copy, conducting competitive analysis, and preparing performance updates. The role collaborates with content marketing stakeholders, applies AI tools, monitors SEO trends, and translates analytics into actionable recommendations for increasing organic traffic and audience engagement.

The Commercial Manager will grow Sotheby’s global Event Business by developing commercial strategy, originating and converting venue rental opportunities, managing pipelines, negotiating agreements, and closing deals. Responsibilities include pricing, proposals, forecasting, revenue management, client relationship development, and coordinating with local and cross-functional teams to ensure successful event delivery. The role targets luxury brands, corporations, cultural institutions, agencies, and private clients across Sotheby’s global venue network.

Manages transformation projects and concurrent workstreams across Global Business Development and partner departments. Responsibilities include intake and prioritization, project planning, risk tracking, stakeholder coordination, surveys, executive reporting, change management, KPI and cohort analysis, dashboards, AI-enabled workflow automation, business-case development, and process documentation. The role supports technology enablement, function optimization, cross-departmental initiatives, and strategic growth opportunities.

Provide transactional legal support for art-backed loans and consignor advances: draft, review and negotiate loan, credit and security documents; conduct due diligence and closings; advise on cross-jurisdictional structuring; develop playbooks and templates; train business partners; partner on process improvements and manage outside counsel and counterparties.