Overview
Work History
Education
Leadership Experience
Additional
Timeline
Generic

Sosi Mehren

New York

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Sale Coordinator, Indian and Southeast Asian Art

BONHAMS
10.2023 - Current
  • Facilitating art auctions as the lead sale coordinator between New York, London, Paris, and Hong Kong offices
  • Producing proposals for prospective consignments, assisting with valuations, market analysis, and designing all external materials
  • Acting as the primary departmental contact for international clients and stakeholders throughout the sale cycle, tasked with promptly answering all client inquiries
  • Cataloguing property, responsible for writing entries to be published in our sale catalogues, proofing and editing all external materials before publishing
  • Assisting with the design of the department's gallery layout during sale season
  • Managing all property, facilitating the handling of art and assisting operations team as needed
  • Supervising and proofing all in-house catalogue photography, assisting with photo editing and catalogue layout, coordinating materials with publishing
  • Directing interns to organize property and client documents



Client Service Administrator

BONHAMS
10.2022 - 10.2023
  • Addressed client queries face to face, by telephone, and email to ensure optimal service outcomes pre and post-sale
  • Assisted with sale administration, providing support during live sales and in the post-sale process to facilitate operational ease
  • Worked in a fast-paced environment to provide service for international clients daily, leveraging my adaptability, fast-thinking, and intercommunication skills to drive client satisfaction and retention through strong customer service.

Social Media Coordinator

ASIA WEEK NEW YORK
01.2021 - 05.2022
  • Took leadership as the Social Media and Content manager for an international membership based arts organization, working with top dealers, galleries and auction houses on aligned marketing initiatives
  • Designed and managed content across multiple social media platforms leading to a 400% increase in followers over a 6 month period
  • Developed web content, leveraging experience and knowledge of art curation and HTML

Education

University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
07.2022

Leadership Experience

  • ARMENIAN STUDENTS CULTURAL ASSOCIATION, Ann Arbor, MI

Social Chair, 09/2020 - 06/2021, Participated in monthly fundraisers that collectively raised $15,000+ to support charities including Kooyrigs and ArmeniaFund, Planned and directed the annual HyeHop Fundraiser, raising over $2500 for displaced Armenian women

  • BLACK ELK COOPERATIVE, Ann Arbor, MI

Social Chair, 09/2019 - 06/2020, Organized workshops and guest speaker sessions that assisted in the advancement of members' professional skills including team collaboration, and career development, Integral to assistance in member recruitment, and acted as a liaison between the executive board and new associate members

Additional

Google Analytics, Microsoft Office Suite, HTML, Drupal, MailChimp, Arabic

Timeline

Sale Coordinator, Indian and Southeast Asian Art

BONHAMS
10.2023 - Current

Client Service Administrator

BONHAMS
10.2022 - 10.2023

Social Media Coordinator

ASIA WEEK NEW YORK
01.2021 - 05.2022

University of Michigan
Sosi Mehren