Mackenzie Hammer

• Manages the accurate settlement of assigned auctions, working closely with key stakeholders in the Commercial Office and Specialist departments to ensure that complex financial deals are properly executed
• Oversees the credit checking and approval of all clients registering to bid above $75,000 in assigned sales, liaising with internal contacts and clients directly to obtain necessary documents and information
• Negotiates special payment terms for clients with Specialist departments, and relays the cashflow impact on the business to finance managers

• Drafts seller and consignment agreement contracts and communicates with clients at all pre-sale levels to obtain essential facts and information
• Develops user traffic reports using Google Analytics and recommends targeted marketing actions based on findings
• Composes and shares buyer and seller reports with specialists for strategic auction planning
• Assists in the appraisal and pricing of art works for auction utilizing Artnet's Price Database
• Curates artwork layout for monthly online auctions
• Plans and conducts department-wide meetings to review and assess property for upcoming auctions

• Catalogues a minimum of fifty lots per month, including developing and researching sales-oriented descriptions, editing images, and completing condition reports
• Develops and maintains Excel spreadsheets with details, pricing, and images of all works slated for upcoming online sales
• Provides a comprehensive overview of the buying and selling process to new users

• Drafted descriptions, researched provenance and exhibition history for lots for auction
• Created a system to track competing auctions that went

used by other interns and staff

• Responsible for composing posts for the Artnet social media channels

• Assistant in all areas for the Fund for the Met, the museum's principal fundraising campaign
• Utilized Tessitura and Pledgemaker donor software and Microsoft Excel to maintain donor profiles
• Responsible for the cataloguing and updating of donor named spaces throughout the museum