Sotheby's Associate Marketing Manager

About Sotheby's

Sotheby’s is an auction house founded in London in 1744. Its specialists work across fine art and collecting categories including jewelry, watches, handbags, wine, design, and classic cars. The house connects collectors through live and online auctions, private sales, and fixed-price purchases. Its work spans specialist research and cataloging, client services, marketing, technology, finance, and operations, supporting the preparation, sale, and movement of objects across its international network.

Role & Responsibilities

• Create and execute 360° multi-platform marketing campaigns for online sales across Luxury categories, including sports memorabilia, jewellery, watches, wine and spirits, to build awareness, reinforce positioning, acquire new clients and engage existing clients.
• Brief the Creative Studio on marketing assets requiring design and storytelling, including advertising, collateral, content and exhibition materials.
• Track marketing campaign budgets for assigned auctions and sales.
• Maintain and update the marketing activity calendar, project timelines, media plans and email and communications schedule.
• Collaborate with Press, Proposals, Creative, Special Events, Content and Growth colleagues to plan, locally execute and strategically promote campaigns from start to finish, including live and virtual events, exhibitions, collateral and digital marketing, in line with global guidelines and programme parameters; ensure deadlines and budgets are met.
• Conduct and maintain ongoing competitive analysis, identifying key trends in luxury-industry programming, including auctions, events and exhibitions.
• Provide ad hoc project support as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 2–3+ years of work experience in a marketing agency and/or an in-house marketing department.
• Background in the luxury goods industry strongly preferred.
• Experience planning and executing marketing campaigns.
• Solid understanding of KPIs and campaign performance metrics across online marketing channels.
• Balance strategic and creative thinking with strong analytical skills.
• Unwavering attention to detail and uncompromisingly high standards, with a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Excellent verbal, written communication and presentation skills, and strong interpersonal skills.
• Solutions-oriented, with strong process and project management skills.
• Ability to collaborate in a team environment and work independently.
• Ability to prioritize across multiple varied projects in complex, fast-paced environments and meet tight deadlines.
• Highly motivated, organized, proactive, creative, enthusiastic and resourceful.
• Proficiency in Outlook, Word, PowerPoint presentation development, Excel and web analytics.
• Fluent English and French; knowledge of other European languages is ideal.

Skills

Experience

2–3+ years of work experience in a marketing agency and/or an in-house marketing department.

Education

Bachelor's degree required.

Culture

Sotheby’s describes its culture in terms of client service, specialist knowledge, curiosity, collaboration, and ethical conduct. Its careers materials emphasize working across disciplines and encouraging employees to explore internal opportunities.

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