MELISSA PAIGE- PARKER
Art Sales/ Consultant
Richmond,VA
Summary
Dedicated and highly-driven art consultant coupled with excellent experience in industry. Possess an insatiable desire to match art with each client. Superior sales are a proven track record of my success. Maintains professional appearance and demeanor and expertly completes and and all tasks with creative focus on quality. Dependable and quick-learning team player.
I am resolute regarding research and experienced professional offering superior expertise in customer service, art history, various forms of medium, and possess unique creativity regarding social media and website building. Independent and highly analytical professional with strong organizational and sales skills. Carefully manages multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy while adhering to time management and pinpointing the crucial details. Excel in a diverse and fast-paced environment.
I posses a BA in Art History, have extensive experience in studio art, installations, and have participated in three art-related internships at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. I enjoy painting and creating art in my spare time- I must have a creative outlet.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Executive Assistant High-Profile Art Collection-
Remote Art Collection
Washington, DC
01.2010 - 01.2023
- Screened calls and emails and initiated actions to respond or direct messages for managers.
- Used advanced software to prepare documents, reports, and presentations.
- Managed mail and both incoming and outgoing correspondence, mail, email and faxes.
- Developed and maintained automated alert systems for important deadlines.
- Handled confidential and sensitive information with discretion and tact.
- Aggressively reasearched and analyzed data to provide detailed reports on various business topics such as art collections, upcoming auctions.
- Actively performed weekly searches on Sotheby's and Christie's for upcoming art auctions that interested the principal's aeastics.
- Processed travel expenses and reimbursements for executive team and senior management group.
- Updated and maintained confidential databases and records.
- Created and managed office systems to efficiently deal with documentation regarding art acquisitions, and their basis upon purchase.
- Volunteered to help with special projects of varying degrees of complexity.
Personal Assistant to Gallery Owner
JACK Associates
Palo Alto, CA
09.2002 - 01.2009
- Kept detailed track of office/gallery inventory and schedules.
- Oversaw personal and professional calendars and coordinated appointments for future events per Gallery President.
- Provided multifaceted services to career professionals by running errands, managing mail, scheduling appointments, and arranging transportation in addition to logistics in transporting works of art.
- Displayed absolute discretion at handling confidential information.
- Maintained appropriate filing of personal and professional documentation.
- Provided general administrative support including scheduling meetings, making travel arrangements and managing documentation.
- Experienced with productivity tools such as Slack, Zoom, Google Docs and Sheets, ClickUp and Asana.
- Coordinated international and domestic travel logistics including flight itineraries, hotel reservations and car services.
- Provided multifaceted services to career professionals by running errands, managing mail, scheduling appointments, and arranging transportation.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Art History, Criticism, And Conservation
Salem College
Winston-SalemSkills
- Advanced MS Office Suite Proficiency
- Superior knowledge of the arts
- Conflict Management
- Proper Phone Etiquette
- Voracious ability to sell
- Highly-proficient in Points of Sale
- Schedule Planning
- Independent and highly efficient in Remote/Virtual work environments
- Event Calendar Management
- Special Event Projects
- Discretion in all capacities
- Travel Arrangement Management
- Resourceful Research abilities
- Social Media Knowledge
- Schedule Management
- Artistic abilities
Work Availability
monday
tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Quote
How many ideas have there been in the history of the human race that were unthinkable ten years before they appeared?
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Timeline
Executive Assistant High-Profile Art Collection-
Remote Art Collection
01.2010 - 01.2023
Personal Assistant to Gallery Owner
JACK Associates
09.2002 - 01.2009
Bachelor of Arts - Art History, Criticism, And Conservation
Salem College
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