Advertising and Partnerships Lead (London)

The role

The Advertising & Partnerships Lead will grow strategic partnerships across the global art ecosystem. This revenue carrying role involves selling advertising offerings and cross-selling products to galleries, museums, art fairs, and art-adjacent businesses.

What you will do

• Build and grow partnerships with galleries, museums, art fairs, and art-adjacent businesses.
• Leverage existing network within the art world to create commercial opportunities.
• Own the full sales cycle from prospecting to negotiation, closing, and renewal.
• Develop strategic, consultative relationships with senior stakeholders.
• Identify cross-sell opportunities across the product suite.
• Shape how brands are positioned to partners and cultural institutions globally.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years experience in advertising sales, digital media partnerships, or sponsorship sales.
• Established network within the contemporary art world.
• Ability to engage senior decision-makers across leading galleries, museums, and fairs.
• Comfortable operating in a metrics-driven environment with revenue accountability.
• Understanding of how brand storytelling, audience engagement, and visual identity contribute to advertising partnerships.
• Entrepreneurial and self-directed.
• Ability to communicate with credibility and confidence across creative and commercial stakeholders.
• Experience using Salesforce and sales analytics tools.
• Currently authorized to live and work in the UK.

Nice to have

• Experience within the art, luxury, culture, or lifestyle sectors.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity
• Flexible time off
• Private healthcare & benefit options including medical and dental
• Enhanced parental leave
• Pension Plan
• Life assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme featuring free mental health support and physio
• Professional development including mentoring, lunch & learns, and regular training
• Internal programming including happy hours, holiday parties, and global All Hands meetings
• Attendance to art world events

Before you apply

• Must be currently authorized to live and work in the UK.
• Submit application directly through the careers website; email applications are not accepted.

About the company

Artsy and Artnet have joined forces, bringing together the art world’s two most important online destinations. Together they attract over 7 million monthly visitors across 190+ countries.