Advertising & Partnerships Lead (Art)

Location: London, UK, with 3+ days per week in the office. The role is part of a global hybrid team.

Salary: £45,000–£65,000 base per year, plus commission, equity, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global and Artnet are online art destinations combining art discovery, collecting, journalism, auctions, transactional data, and market intelligence, reaching more than 7 million monthly visitors across 190+ countries.

What you will do

• Build and grow advertising and commercial partnerships with galleries, museums, art fairs, and art-adjacent businesses.
• Use an established contemporary art network to create partnership opportunities and accelerate revenue growth.
• Own the full sales cycle, from prospecting and relationship development through negotiation, closing, and renewal.
• Develop consultative relationships with senior stakeholders across the art ecosystem.
• Identify cross-sell opportunities across advertising, intelligence tools, subscriptions, and new products.
• Help shape commercial frameworks and the go-to-market playbook for hirify.global and Artnet.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in advertising sales, digital media partnerships, or sponsorship sales, ideally in art, luxury, culture, or lifestyle.
• Established relationships with senior decision-makers at galleries, museums, art fairs, and related institutions.
• Experience balancing relationship-driven sales with pipeline, revenue, and performance accountability.
• Understanding of brand storytelling, audience engagement, and visual identity in advertising partnerships.
• Experience with Salesforce and sales analytics tools.
• Currently authorized to live and work in the UK and able to work from the London office at least 3 days per week.

Nice to have

• Experience in the contemporary art, luxury, culture, or lifestyle sectors.
• Experience developing new business functions and commercial processes.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible time off and a culture based on trust and empowerment.
• Private healthcare, dental coverage, enhanced parental leave, pension plan, life assurance, and mental health support.
• Professional development through mentoring, training, lunch-and-learns, regular management support, and open feedback.
• International, diverse, and collaborative working environment with offices in New York, London, and Berlin.
• Competitive salary, commission eligibility, and meaningful hirify.global equity.
• Internal global programming and opportunities to attend art-world events.