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Gallery Associate

artsforla on September 2, 2025

Position: Part-time Gallery Assistant
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Schedule: Part-time, Thursday – Saturday
Reports to: Founders

About the Gallery:
DON’T LOOK Projects is a contemporary art gallery based in Los Angeles.

Job Summary:
DON’T LOOK Projects seeks a part-time Gallery Assistant to join our team. The Gallery Assistant is responsible for a cross-functional range of front-of-house, organizational, and administrative duties that support the day-to-day operations of the gallery and its exhibitions.

This position is integral to maintaining a professional and welcoming atmosphere and is the first point of contact for visitors and clients. Candidates must be resourceful self-starters, highly organized, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. Excellent communication, discretion, and the ability to work collaboratively and independently are vital to the role.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Front Desk & Operations:
Greet and interact with visitors, offering information on exhibitions and artists.
Field walk-in and phone inquiries, directing them to the relevant parties.
Maintain an organized and presentable setting, including replenishing gallery materials and office supplies.
Manage incoming and outgoing mail and packages.

Exhibitions & Events:
Provide support to the gallery team on various aspects of planning, organizing, and managing exhibitions, openings, and special events.
Assist in preparing research and talking points on exhibitions and artists.

Administrative Support:
Draft correspondences and presentations for the gallery team.
File project expenses and maintain project-related documentation.
Maintain and update gallery databases and contact lists.
Assist with other administrative assignments as needed.

Qualifications

Required:
Passion for contemporary art and a strong knowledge of the gallery sector.
Prior experience in a gallery or arts institution.
Proficiency with Mac and PC environments, including Microsoft Office Suite and Google Suite.
Strong communication and writing skills.

Preferred:
A Bachelor’s Degree in a field related to contemporary art.
Prior experience in customer service or visitor services.

Salary: $20/$25 hourly 

Benefits: Paid sick leave, Workers compensation insurance
Family leave (unpaid)

Education requirements: High School Degree

Deadline to apply: September 30, 2025 

Documents required to apply: Resume 

How to apply: To apply, please submit a resume to gallery@dontlookprojects.com with the subject line “Part-time Gallery Associate.”

Education Coordinator

artsforla on September 2, 2025

The Craft in America Center seeks an Education Coordinator to manage its education program with local underserved K-12 students, Craft in Schools, and to help maintain and manage the small museum’s operations with a multitude of other projects.

Craft in America is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the exploration, preservation, and celebration of the handmade and its impact on our nation’s cultural heritage. The Center is a museum and programmatic space with a library located on West Third Street in the heart of Los Angeles. The Center generates rotating contemporary craft exhibitions (physical & virtual), research, lectures, education outreach, publications, and hands-on art workshops. Craft in America produces a Peabody Award-winning and on-going PBS documentary series. Visit www.craftinamerica.org
for more information about the organization.

The Education Coordinator is articulate, proactive, disciplined, outgoing, and organized. The Coordinator will have experience teaching students at various grade levels and an understanding of standards-based art education practices. Knowledge of contemporary crafts is a plus. An undergraduate degree in art history, museum studies, art education, studio art, or a related field is required. The Coordinator should have strong verbal and written communication skills and design abilities. The Center has a small team and the candidate must be hardworking, detail-oriented, strategic, excellent at multitasking, tech savvy, resourceful, and flexible. The nature of the position involves various additional aspects of museum operations including but not limited to: library management, collections management, grant writing and reporting, budgeting, public engagement, community building, and exhibition planning and implementation.

Regular tasks and responsibilities include:
– Developing, writing, and facilitating standards-based lesson plans for site/virtual visits and workshops
– Administering virtual meetings and webinars with students and public
– Forging relationships with external partner schools, teachers, administrators, artists & stakeholders
– Coordinating logistics, scheduling, and communicating with artists, educators, administrators and transportation companies
– Creating and implementing hands-on activities for children
– Managing administration and operations for education programs
– Assisting with event/program management and planning
– Interacting and engaging with in-person visitors
– Writing and posting social media and website content
– Assisting with exhibition logistics including loan agreements and shipping
– Assisting with deinstallation and installation, packing and art handling
– Maintaining contact and library databases
– Planning and implementing library-related programming and management

This is a part time position that entails:
– working some Saturdays each month
– intermittent travel to participating local school sites
– moving/lifting up to 40 lbs. of weight

Salary: $20/$25 hourly 

Benefits:Paid time off, sick leave

Education requirements: Bachelor’s Degree

Deadline to apply: October 25, 2025

Documents required to apply:Resume, Cover Letter

How to apply: Please submit a cover letter stating relevant experience & interest along with a cv to: center@craftinamerica.org

Art Gallery Sales Associate

artsforla on August 29, 2025

The Gallery Sales Associate will be responsible for sales, sales leads, working directly with collectors, artists and other galleries. They will work closely with our team to support sales, logistics, and client relations.

*Experience leading gallery sales. Outreach, cultivation, negotiation and closing.
*Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
*Polished with an all around good attitude.
*Collaboration skills with other team members.
*Highly organized and proactive, with superior management of client follow-ups, and tracking sales activity.
*Support the sales process end-to-end: inquiries, documentation, and post-sale logistics.

Compensation is a base plus commission on sales. Excellent room for growth. Working with a team of spiritual minded colleagues, with a deep commitment to putting art into the world.

Salary: $75,000 – $125,000 annually 

Benefits: Working with a phenomenal team of human beings with exceptional growth potential.

Education requirements: None 

Deadline to apply: April 7, 2026 

Documents required to apply: Resume, Cover Letter, References, Other

How to apply: Send us an email with your resume, cover letter, references, photograph and instagram.

Please include “Sales Associate” in the subject line of your email.

Artist Mentor

artsforla on August 27, 2025

SEEKING CONTRACT ARTIST MENTORS

Theatre Of Hearts/Youth First (TOHYF) is seeking Professional Working Artists in the following disciplines;

· Visual Arts (drawing/painting, mural making, mixed media/3d)

· Dance (cultural, hip-hop, ballet)

· Theatre (scene studies, improvisation, scriptwriting)

· Creative Writing (poetry, narrative fiction, blogging)

· Music (percussion, choral)

The artists will get to mentor youth in our Youth First Artist-In-Residence workshops in Juvenile Detention Centers, schools sites, and community sites.

**Note: This is a CONTRACT Position. Meaning, we work with sites that are in need for programming which can vary in location, length, and time of year.*

Residencies are custom-designed and standards-based, and typically consist of 1-2 hour workshops conducted sequentially once or twice per week for 13-15 weeks, culminating in a Work-in-Progress presentation. The majority of workshops will be held in person. Candidates who are bilingual, have previous teaching experience, and/or knowledge of the VAPA and Common Core State Standards are a plus. All artists must provide their own vehicle, a valid driver’s license, proof of a negative TB test and be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. You will also be required to obtain and pass a background check at an agency designated by TOHYF.

Pay typically ranges from $55.00-$66.00 an hour depending on the CONTRACT.

Please submit a cover letter, current Professional Resume/CV (please include exhibitions, awards, etc), links to professional website, and a sample lesson plan if you have one. Dance, Music, and Theatre artists, please send video reels or video links of previous work. Interested candidates should review our website prior to applying (www.theatreofhearts.org) email all materials to:

admin@ theatreofhearts.org

TOHYF will review submissions and contact suitable candidates for an interview.

Due to a high volume of submissions, applications must submit all the documents requested. TOHYF will review submissions and contact suitable candidates for an interview.

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE

ORGANIZATION INFORMATION: The mission of the TOHYF Artist-In-Residence Program is to prevent and intervene in youth violence by involving underserved, low-income youth and their families in extended, high-quality, standards-based, multidisciplinary arts educational workshops. TOHYF works with at-promised youth ages 4 to 18 at schools, libraries, probation facilities, and community-based sites throughout Los Angeles County. Since 1992, our Youth First Artist-In-Residence Program has successfully provided over 102,500 youth with an environment that allows them the freedom of self-expression. By conducting workshops through TOHYF, professional artists will help underserved youth learn important skills extending beyond the arts.

Please review our website to learn more.

Salary: $55/$66 hourly

Benefits: Flexible Schedule

Education requirements: Bachelor’s Degree

Deadline to apply: 10/01/25

Documents required to apply: Resume, Cover Letter, Work Sample/Portfolio

How to apply:

Please submit a cover letter, current Professional Resume/CV (please include exhibitions, awards, etc), links to professional website, and a sample lesson plan if you have one. Dance, Music, and Theatre artists, please send video reels or video links of previous work. Interested candidates should review our website prior to applying email all materials to:
admin@ theatreofhearts.org

TOHYF will review submissions and contact suitable candidates for an interview.

HR & Operations Coordinator

artsforla on August 26, 2025

Reports To: HR & Operations Director

Location: P.S. ARTS Office; Los Angeles, CA

Schedule: Office Hours 9AM – 5PM, must be able to work some nights & weekends

Designation: Full-time; Non-exempt

Pay Rate: $30 per hour

Start Date: September 2025

OVERVIEW

The HR & Operations Coordinator (“Coordinator”) provides admin and logistical support to the HR and Finance departments, as well as full coordination of P.S. ARTS’ daily office operations and IT. The Coordinator works under the guidance of the HR and Operations Director to implement office and HR-related policies and procedures, provide employee support, and contribute to department goals.

A successful Coordinator is organized, has a great attention to detail, and is proactive and collaborative in a people-focused environment. They will be familiar with maintaining day-to-day office operations, including office-based technology and have a basic foundational knowledge of human resources. And as one of the primary points of contact for P.S. ARTS, the Coordinator is expected to be responsive and efficient in a teleworking environment.

The Coordinator’s primary responsibilities include the following:
– Reception – oversee mail, screen & relay incoming calls and correspondence, etc.
– Secretarial – calendaring, meeting minutes, supply orders, coordinating travel, etc.
– Coordinate logistics for staff events*
– Coordinate and manage in-office and off-site P.S. ARTS storage
– Implement and enforce office protocols
– Oversee office equipment and tech + provide or facilitate tech support
– Maintain office supply inventory
– Support cyber security initiatives*
– Prepare invoices, payments, reimbursements, and expense requests*
– Credit card reconciliations*
– Track incoming revenue and prepare biweekly income logs*
– Support maintenance of QuickBooks Online (QBO)
– Recruitment – postings, screeners, scheduling interviews, events, etc.*
– Compliance tracking for P.S. ARTS employees (trainings, clearances, etc.)
– HRIS support (document scanning/uploading, data entry, etc.) *
– Assist with creating HR documents, collateral, and procedures*
– Participate in P.S. ARTS special projects, programs, and events as needed*

Please note this description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change in response to organization need at the discretion of the CEO.

✽ A criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship on these identified job responsibilities potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment. Additionally, per California Education Code § 45122.1, § 45125.1, and § 44237, criminal history restrictions apply.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
– 2+ years of experience working as an office manager or related position
– 2+ years of experience providing HR-related support
– Knowledge and experience with office tech and providing tech support
– Strong written and verbal communication skills
– Ability to tactfully recognize and handle sensitive and confidential information
– Proficiency with MS Office, QuickBooks, HRIS systems, Adobe, and Macs
– Familiarity or interest in the Arts
– Bilingual in Spanish/English preferred

Working Conditions:
– Lift, push, pull, or carry supplies, equipment, instruments or furniture up-to 40lbs.
– Bend, twist, reach, stand and/or sit for long periods of time.
– View LCD screens for long periods of time.
– Potential work with video equipment and a comfort with recording and/or being recorded.

Salary: $30/hourly 

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life

Education requirements: None 

Deadline to apply: 10/09/25 

Documents required to apply: Resume, Cover Letter

How to apply: Email a cover letter and resume to jobs@psarts.org
Subject Line: HR/Ops Coordinator

Please no hardcopies or phone calls.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 09/10/2025

Phone and in-person interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis.

Program Director

artsforla on August 19, 2025

Job Title: Program Director
Reports to: Deputy Director of Policy & Programs
Supervises: Program Manager
Classification: Full-time, Exempt, Hybrid

POSITION SUMMARY
Create CA seeks a dynamic and strategic Program Director to lead our statewide advocacy capacity-building, drive youth engagement initiatives, manage collaborative programming, grow our network, and align community-focused work with statewide policy and collective impact initiatives. The Program Director will be part of the senior team and co-lead the advancement of systems change through programming that centers equitable access to arts education for all public school students in California.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Advocacy Capacity Building & Community Engagement
– Develop and oversee statewide programs, including Arts Now, that build capacity among students, educators, parents, and local community members to effectively advocate for quality arts education in their schools and districts.
– Enlist specialists to co-design and deliver trainings and develop resources to increase community knowledge and engagement in advocacy, policy and promising practices to increase access to arts education.
– Facilitate strategic partnerships with organizations and school districts to grow Create CA’s grassroots network, increase our reach and strengthen collective impact efforts.

2. Youth Leadership & Campaign Development
– Manage and support a statewide Youth Advisory Council, guiding them in the creation and execution of youth-led student engagement campaigns.
– Facilitate youth leadership development opportunities throughout the organization’s work and foster a collaborative, inclusive culture among the Youth Advisory Council.
– Develop strategies to engage youth through our programs and initiatives.
– Lead the planning, coordination, and execution of Student Arts Advocacy Day(s), including logistics, outreach, programming and speaker recruitment. Ensure the events center on student priorities and advance arts education policy priorities.
– Identify potential partners and explore collaborations with youth-serving organizations that share our commitment to youth empowerment to amplify impact, develop collective actions and strengthen statewide youth advocacy.

3. Legislative & Policy Advocacy
– Work closely with Create CA’s Deputy Director and contracted lobbyist to support legislative tracking, analysis and strategy development.
– Work with the Deputy Director on developing and activating the annual policy and legislative agenda.
– Coordinate youth and community participation in legislative actions, hearings, meetings with lawmakers, and public comment opportunities.
– Contribute to developing policy briefs, testimony, and communications that clearly articulate Create CA’s arts education policy agenda.
– Translate complex policy information into accessible materials and talking points for use by advocates across the state.
– Work with the Deputy Director to convene, design, and facilitate Policy Council meetings, and lead all related administrative functions.

4. Collective Impact & Strategy Alignment
– Work with the Deputy Director to ensure alignment on programming and broader strategic initiatives.
– Work with the Deputy Director to gather regular input and feedback (through surveys and focus groups) from program participants, Policy Council members and field leaders to improve and inform our work.
– Contribute to Create CA’s collective impact work and provide long-term strategy and evaluation input, including helping update core strategic documents that guide collective work.
– Contribute to the communication strategy and develop strategies for local partners to advance the goals of Create CA’s public will campaign.

5. General Duties
– Major decision-making related to all aspects of the programs, including strategy, design, budgeting, evaluation, reporting, meeting coordination and contractor management.
– Provide direction, supervision, and support to the Program Manager.
– Report program activities, accomplishments, challenges and needs.
– Represent Create CA to the public and effectively work with constituents, including Board members, Policy Council members, nonprofit arts organizations, independent contractors, vendors, and the general public.

QUALIFICATIONS
1. Required Experience and Knowledge
– Minimum 5 years of experience in education policy, advocacy, arts education, community organizing, or program development.
Proven track record in advocacy and coordination with lobbyists or policy consultants.
– Strong understanding of California’s education system, arts education, policy landscape and key decision-making bodies.
– Experience working with diverse populations and employing culturally responsive, equity-driven approaches.
– Familiarity with collective impact strategies or cross-sector collaboration frameworks.
– Strong interpersonal skills and ability to provide strategic direction, supportive feedback and coach direct report(s) for success.
– Bachelor’s degree in Political Science, Public Policy, Public Administration, or related field preferred; significant relevant experience may substitute for formal education.

2. Key Skills
– Program design and implementation.
– Strong public speaking and meeting facilitation skills.
– Legislative and policy analysis.
– Strategic communications and policy writing experience (e.g., memos, op-eds, campaign messaging).
– Ability to analyze and communicate complex policy issues to non-expert audiences.
– Excellent strategic planning and project management abilities.
– Proficient in building and sustaining networks and coalitions.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
– Occasional evening or weekend availability may be required.
– Travel within California for events and meetings.
– Primarily remote, with the option to work in our Pasadena office; must be able to travel to the office as needed.

Salary: $91,000 – $105,000/annually 

Benefits: Benefits offered include medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(K) plan with company match, professional development stipends and paid vacation and holiday time.

Education requirements: None 

Deadline to apply: September 15, 2025 

Documents required to apply: Resume, Cover Letter, Writing Sample  

How to apply: Please send a cover letter, resume, and writing sample (blog, news article, research paper, or policy-related piece) to the Deputy Director at hr@createca.org with the subject line: Create CA Program Director Application—[Your Name].

Annual Fund Coordinator

artsforla on August 19, 2025

LA Opera is seeking an Annual Fund Coordinator to join our team and play a vital role in supporting our Development department’s cultivation and stewardship of LA Opera’s donor base. This position is responsible for ensuring accurate and timely data entry, coordinating donor acknowledgments, supporting benefit fulfillment, and providing administrative support across a variety of fundraising functions.

This is a full-time, overtime-eligible administrative staff position based out of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles. Presently there is some remote work flexibility, with the ability to work remotely up to twice a week in many weeks. The anticipated range for the starting base annual rate of pay is $49,920 to $54,080. This position requires some evening and weekend work related to performances and other donor events, in addition to regular office hours.

Examples of key responsibilities
• Accurately enter daily contributions into the donor database and maintain meticulous donor records.
• Process donor acknowledgments, including generating reports and executing mail merges for timely thank-you letters.
• Pull targeted lists for mailings, events, and solicitations.
• Track and process departmental invoices, monitor expenses, and maintain financial records in coordination with Finance.
• Coordinate the Donor Dress Rehearsal program, including communications, RSVP tracking, and onsite support.
• Track VIP subscription purchases and assist in coordinating subscription seating meetings.
• Respond promptly and professionally to donor inquiries via phone and email.
• Provide staffing support for the Allegro donor lounge during some performances and other donor cultivation events.
• Provide other administrative and event staffing support to the Development department.
Qualifications/requirements
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook); ability to quickly learn new systems and adhere to cybersecurity protocols.
• Collaborative team player with a proactive attitude and excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and accuracy in both data entry and written communication.
• Strong organizational and time management skills; ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and professionalism.
• Experience with donor management systems such as Tessitura is a plus.
• Demonstrated analytical skills and comfort working with data is preferred.

Salary:$49,920 to $54,080/annually 

Benefits:This position is eligible to participate in LA Opera benefit programs, including medical, dental, and vision insurance; life and long-term disability insurance; 403(b) retirement savings plan with a company match; cell phone stipend; Employee Assistance Program; subsidized parking or public transit reimbursement; and complimentary and discounted tickets.

Education requirements: None

Deadline to apply: September 30,2025 

Documents required to apply: Resume, Cover Letter 

How to apply: Apply via link

Call for art

artsforla on August 19, 2025

Full link to open call: https://tinyurl.com/j3f262SW

OBJECTIVE
BLUE COLLAR CRIME, as a show, produces work that highlights working class solidarity and seeks out humor, invention, pleasure, and irreverence in the instability of our current moment. The exhibition is borne out of a recognition that corporate interests operate by a different set of rules and profits at the expense of our collective well being. Private industry’s failure to contribute their share of taxes, destruction of the environment, stagnation of wages, monopolization of industry, and so forth. In short, their white collar crime has produced an increasingly precarious world with which our only response can be blue collar crime.

The exhibition BLUE COLLAR CRIME distinguishes itself from the existing connotations of blue-collar crime as less sophisticated or more violent than white collar crime. BLUE COLLAR CRIME learns its lessons as the bastard step-sibling to white collar crime; it is subversive, furtive, unpredictable, conspiratorial, and fugitive. It delights, confuses, and surprises; it is the absurd born from the absurd. Through the exhibition, we define BLUE COLLAR CRIME and a language of possibility from a place of uncertainty.

GUIDELINES
Artists may submit works of any medium that:

-Reimagines blue collar crime (for example, defying hostile architecture, starting an illegal garden in an abandoned plot, disrupting ATM’s, or even memes that uses humor to encourage dissent)

-Represents blue collar joy, and/or class solidarity

-Responds to white collar crime, or the history of white/blue collar crime

-Responds to the categorization of different colored, collared crimes

-Responds to any part of the objective

Artists may submit multiple works of any medium.
All artwork submitted must be ready to hang or install.
Artists outside of Los Angeles should be prepared to cover the cost of shipping.
Artists working in new media, film, or video may be required to use your own equipment for the exhibition.
Extra consideration will be given to pieces that are mischievous, fun, critical.

Salary: Not applicable 

Benefits: Selected artists will be included in a group exhibition titled BLUE COLLAR CRIME debuting in December 2025, presented by a gallery in Los Angeles (details will be provided for artists who are invited to participate in the show).

Education requirements: None 

Deadline to apply: November 15, 2025

Documents required to apply: Work Sample/Portfolio

How to apply: Visit our website

Fill out Google document

Communications Intern

artsforla on August 15, 2025

Do you love to write, and want to improve your storytelling skills? The Levitt Foundation, a national social impact funder at the intersection of music, public space, and community building, is seeking a dynamic Communications Intern that will write, curate, and publish inspiring content for a national audience. This is an incredible opportunity to hone your published writing chops while gaining first-hand experience at a leading arts foundation!

The Communications Department shapes and implements the branding, marketing, and communications strategy for the Levitt Foundation. The Communications Department also provides communications support for its grantee partners, a national network of Levitt venues and Levitt Music Series locations across the country.

The Communications Intern will support internal and external communications for the Levitt Foundation—curating and creating original blog, web, and social media content to help share the multiple layers of Levitt impact in communities.

The Levitt Foundation Communications Intern is an excellent opportunity to gain valuable experience in the internal and external communications of a national organization, work alongside a dedicated team of professionals, and develop project management, collaboration, and communications skills.

Responsibilities
• Research and write stories about music, arts access, and creative placemaking for the national Levitt blog
• Conduct outreach and interviews with Levitt communities, grantees, and partners
• Help create engaging brand-building content to populate the Levitt Foundation’s various social media platforms; creating custom graphics and/or videos, as needed
• Assist in updating the levitt.org website, as needed
• Help promote, monitor and track Levitt’s national #MusicMoves campaign
• Support Levitt network media coverage monitoring, as needed
• Support internal departmental databases for the Levitt Foundation, including but not limited to: (i) artist archive, (ii) photo library, (iii) video library, (iv) music library, (v) public speaking opportunities
• Perform other related duties, as assigned

Qualifications
• Current undergraduate junior/senior, graduate student, recent graduate, or equivalent experience
• Excellent writing skills, both with a knack for finding a story’s arc and hook as well as attention to detail
• Enrolled in a degree program in Journalism, Creative Writing, Communications, Digital Media Studies, Marketing, Nonprofit/Arts Administration, or a related field of study or if not enrolled in a degree program, a career path in one of these areas or related field
• Experience in graphic design, video editing, and/or photography a plus
• Tech-savvy and well-versed in current social media platforms, tools and trends a plus
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and listening skills with a friendly, upbeat demeanor and a people-first attitude
• Passion for the Levitt mission of building community through music

Salary: $18/hourly 

Benefits: College credit possible, please check with your academic advisor to make arrangements.

Education requirements: None 

Deadline to apply: September 14, 2025 

Documents required to apply: Resume, Cover Letter, Writing Sample

How to apply: To apply, upload your resume, cover letter, and writing sample to the website. A writing sample is required, which can be attached as part of your resume. A link to a portfolio of your creative work is optional, though a plus.

Gallery Assistant (temporary position may be considered)

artsforla on August 15, 2025

Perrotin Los Angeles seeks full-time Gallery Assistants to join our team.

The Gallery Assistant is responsible for a cross-functional range of front-of-house, organizational, and administrative duties which support the day-to-day operations of the Los Angeles gallery and its exhibitions, events, and activities. The Gallery Assistants are part of a front desk team integral to maintaining a professional and welcoming atmosphere in the gallery. They are the first point of contact for visitors, guests, and clients; they must be familiar with Perrotin’s global program of artists and activities in order to provide the proper information to visitors on exhibitions and artists, and redirect press and sales enquiries.

Candidates will be strong team players, resourceful self-starters, highly organized, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, multicultural environment. Attention to detail and ability to exercise sound judgment, anticipate needs, problem-solve, and meet deadlines are vital to the role; as are excellent communication and writing skills, an engaging manner, tact, discretion, poise, and the ability to work collaboratively and independently.

This in-person position is based in Perrotin’s Mid City gallery but may occasionally require work from other locations. The work week is five days in accordance with the gallery’s regular opening hours, Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00am to 6:00pm. The new Gallery Assistants will be rostered at the front desk three to four days a week; on the remaining work day/s of the week they will be based in the offices to focus on assignments.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Front desk
– Greet and interact with visitors and guests, promoting Perrotin’s artists and its Los Angeles exhibitions by offering information and walkthroughs
– Field walk-in and phone enquiries, and appropriately direct them to relevant parties
– Handle bookstore merchandise checkouts
– Handle incoming and outgoing mail and packages
– Update price lists and printed materials
– Update the subscribers database
– Maintain an organized and presentable setting, replenishing gallery materials and office supplies
– Collate and prepare reports relating to visitor attendance, auction previews and sales, and various exhibition openings and events in Los Angeles

Exhibitions and events
– Support the gallery team on various aspects of planning, organizing and managing exhibitions, showrooms, art fairs, and events, through, for instance:
– Research and prepare talking points on exhibitions and artists
– Assist in organizing, preparing for, and managing openings, receptions, dinners, parties, and various activities for guests and visitors
– Assist in making guest lists and seating charts, dispatching invitations, tracking RSVP and dietary restrictions

Hospitality
– Make travel bookings for artists and overseas colleagues
– Research and recommend restaurants, cafes, bars, and sights for the Los Angeles gallery’s city guide for out-of-town visitors
– Research, source and organize gifts for various occasions

Bookstore
– Coordinate orders and shipping for Perrotin Store Los Angeles
– Maintain and update inventory records
– Collate and prepare bookstore reports
– Assist in merchandise display and replenish stock

Administrative
– Take notes for internal meetings, draft correspondences and presentations
– File project expenses
– Other assignments

Required:
– Knowledge of / passion for contemporary art and the gallery sector
– Prior experience in a gallery or institution
– Proficiency with a Mac-based environment, including Adobe (Acrobat, InDesign, Photoshop), Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), and Google Suite (Gmail, Calendar, Sheets)

Preferred:
– Bachelor’s Degree in a field related to contemporary art
– Prior experience in customer service / visitor services in the retail or hospitality sectors
– Proficiency with SketchUp
– Proficiency in additional languages

A temporary contract term of four to six months may be considered.

Salary:$20/25 hourly. Salary is commensurate with experience.

Benefits: This is a full-time hourly (overtime eligible) position. The regular working hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 9:45am to 6:15pm. The position requires flexibility for additional hours of work based on the needs of the gallery such as opening events.

Benefits for full-time employees, following a waiting period, include:
– Medical insurance (subsidized)
– Dental and vision insurance (subsidized)
– Paid sick leave
– Paid holidays
– Paid vacation
– Paid office breaks in the summer and at the end of the year
– Participation in a 401k retirement plan (with employer contribution)

Education requirements: Bachelor’s Degree

Deadline to apply: September 7, 2025 

Documents required to apply: Resume, Cover Letter, References

How to apply: Please submit a cover letter, your resume, and the names of two professional references with the subject line “Gallery Assistant” to jobsla@perrotin.com.

Only qualified candidates will be contacted. Phone calls will not be accepted.