NY | How to Navigate Recruiting in the Art World

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ArtTable’s professional empowerment series invites experts to share their professional experiences, knowledge and skills. Each session presents an opportunity to engage with and learn more about a topic, issue or skill that directly impacts the professional lives of our members. Past sessions topics have included, Art Market Legal Basics with Katie Wilson-Milne and John Koegel, Public Speaking with Michaela Ablon, Everything You Wanted to Know About Social Media But Were Afraid to Ask with Robin Cembalest and many more!

Session 10: How to Navigate Recruiting in the Art World with Sarah Murkett, Founder of Murk & Co

What we’ll be discussing:

• The definition of recruiting and the tools of recruitment
• For Employers:
  • What employers need to think about when starting a search
  • Why an employer would want to use a recruiter
  • Fee structures
  • What employers should be thinking about to attract and retain top talent
• For Candidates:
  • How the relationship between a candidate and recruiter starts
  • What recruiters look for in a candidate
  • Interview preparation
  • Salary expectations and contract negotiations

Sarah Murkett:
Founder and principal of Murk & Co, an executive search firm providing staffing solutions for the art world, Sarah Murkett has over 20-years of experience in the field.  Sarah began her art career at Marlborough and PPOW galleries after which she worked as a development and marketing consultant to art organizations and individuals in the creative industries including NADA, Socrates Sculpture Park and Atelier 4. She joined Armand Bartos Fine Art in the fall of 2007. As Director, she was instrumental in launching the prestigious gallery and its exhibition program, which presented two historical exhibitions a year until the gallery closed in April of 2011.  Murk & Co began that year as a business dedicated to buying and selling artwork with a focus on Post-War and Contemporary Art, providing advisory services for both beginning and seasoned collectors, and curating projects with a focus on art historical themes of the 20th Century.  Before turning her focus to recruitment, Sarah served as an advisor to both the Artist Pension Trust (APT) and MutualArt, helping to initiate sales programs for both companies and leading to the first financial distributions to artist members of APT in August of 2016.

Sarah is a member of PAIAM, POWarts, and Art Table, where she served as co-chair of the New York chapter’s programming committee from 2011-2013.

Thank you to Bonhams for providing breakfast and generously hosting the Optimizing Success: Professional Empowerment series. Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world’s largest and most renowned auctioneers, offering fine art and antiques, motor cars and jewellery. The main salerooms are in London, New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong, with auctions also held in Knightsbridge, Edinburgh, Paris, San Francisco and Sydney. With a worldwide network of offices and regional representatives in 22 countries, Bonhams offers advice and valuation services in 60 specialist areas. For a full list of forthcoming auctions, plus details of Bonhams specialist departments, please visit bonhams.com.

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