Goals we would like to achieve, together with you, over the next 2-3 years:
- Strengthen the home base: Turn our gallery at Katong into a winning concept, growing in client engagement, impact, and financial sustainability.
- Bless our clients: Cultivate a best-in-class client experience – from online touchpoints to offline exhibitions, to delivery, packaging & client education.
- Bless our artists: Grow our artist base and help emerging Asian artists jumpstart/develop their careers through marketing, collaborations & sales growth.
- Push the boundaries: Grow the value of our artists’ Intellectual Property (IP), by partnering with hotels, lifestyle & consumer brands to adapt art to new mediums.
e.g. Move beyond paintings, to NFTs, masks, apparel, merchandise, brand and property developer collaborations.
We are looking for:
- Depth of thought: Seeking substance, not superficiality, in the featured artworks,
copywriting, events & human relationships.
- Execution-focused.
- Get things done with respect for process & detail.
- Empathy & Engagement: Drive value by seeing through the eyes of the customer,
artists and partners.
- Looking for a passionate, hands-on leader keen on building an impact-driven and future-oriented visual arts & culture business with us.
- Prior experience with the arts is not necessary.
- Training will be provided for domain-specific topics.
Preferred skills/experiences:
- Experience in one or several of these functions: Product management/marketing, startups, corporate partnerships, experience design, BD/sales.
- Excellent communication & writing skills, ability to use Canva/Adobe suite to design baseline marketing materials.
- Digitally savvy; willing to be hands-on.
- Able to lead a team & manage stakeholders.
How We Work:
You will work closely with Galven, co-founder of Sound of Art, on these areas:
1. Venue Management & Marketing (i12 Katong)
- Ensure operational excellence & plan/execute monthly artwork refreshes of the exhibition space.
- Progressively enhance the visitor journey & interactive elements for impact & sales growth.
- Plan/execute the marketing & events calendar in close partnership with mall management.
2. Business Planning, Marketing & Sales
- Create & execute a commercial strategy to guide pricing, sustain sales growth & guide overall marketing efforts.
- Plan, execute & scale online & offline marketing channels, campaigns & collaterals to build the marketing funnel. (website, social media, chat, physical activations, video series)
3. Stakeholder Development (Artists, Clients & The Life Art)
- Work with artists to grow their careers, and plan featured artworks & marketing efforts.
- Maintain close relationships with clients, seeking to meet their long-term needs, educate & bless them.
- Collaborate with charities & The Life Art to run #artforgood community programs, co-create art with beneficiaries & raise funds.
4. Partnerships, Tech & New Business
- Explore regional merchandising opportunities with fashion, consumer & lifestyle brands (masks, apparel, packaging, events); partnership opportunities with hotels.
- Explore opportunities in NFT art & be ‘salt & light’ in the metaverse.
- Launch new exhibition spaces with malls & venue owners to broaden our impact & make art accessible.
- Partner with interior designers to recommend artwork to clients.
Work arrangements:
- Full-time employment; remote work with weekly in-person team meetings.
- Flexible work hours: We focus on outcomes, not hours.
- Holistic mentorship & training provided.
Ultimately, we want to see our artists and clients blessed, and for Sound of Art to be a world-class, global art & cultural platform to promote art that speaks of faith, hope & love. Click “I’m Interested!” if this sounds like an opportunity you can’t miss!