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Image Assistant Archivist

Gagosian

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Location:
France, Paris

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Category:
Art and Entertainment

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Not provided

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Salary:

Not provided

Job Description:

The Assistant Archivist is responsible for supporting the organization, cataloguing, and maintenance of the gallery’s digital and physical archives, following Gagosian’s archival and imaging standards. In particular the role involves assisting in editing, color corrections, and the preparation of digital files and renderings for archival, exhibition, and publication purposes. You will support the distribution of high-quality images and documents on demand to internal teams. The image archivist will report to the Senior Image Archivist and works in close coordination with the Research, Exhibitions, and Sales departments. This is a highly demanding sales focused role in a commercial gallery environment. The ideal candidate will have the ability to multitask, work both independently and collaboratively, with superb communication and organization skills, and an eye for detail and with archival integrity and confidentiality

Job Responsibility:

  • Supporting the cataloguing and digital filing of image and document archives, ensuring metadata is complete and standardized across systems
  • Quality controlling incoming image assets from artist studios, freelancers, and in-house photographers
  • Monitoring project management systems to ensure imaging projects are on schedule Ingesting new assets into the gallery’s digital asset management system
  • assigning known metadata
  • Fulfilling internal image requests, for example: creating to-scale digital art mock-ups, exhibition model chips, and poster facsimiles in Photoshop
  • coordinating photography
  • Advancing digital workflow tools, and production procedural guides
  • Creation of digital pdf presentations to present exhibitions as a commercial tool (InDesign skills required)
  • Submitting invoices and maintaining expense reports ad hoc projects as assigned managing external publication requests
  • Perform high-quality image rendering and post-processing for archival and production use
  • Generate pdf invitations and or presentations
  • Ensuring rendered assets meet technical and aesthetic standards

Requirements:

  • 1–2 years’ experience working with digital or physical archives, image libraries, or in an arts-related environment (gallery, museum, publishing, or photo agency) preferred
  • graphic design course and knowledge preferred
  • Ability to work on multiple projects at any given time whilst always bearing in mind the importance of prioritizing and keeping to deadlines
  • Knowledge of artist’s copyright and image rights preferred
  • Willingness to work longer hours when necessary and under your own initiative in order to meet deadlines
  • Ability to work calmly and efficiently and able to recognize and prioritise what’s most important under pressure
  • Previous commercial gallery exposure highly advantageous
  • Fluency in French and English is required

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 08, 2025

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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