Art Handler Technician

Role: Art Handler Technician
Salary: Depending on skills and experience
Location: London N17
Hours: 40 hrs per week

At Cox London we design and fabricate individual pieces and limited-edition collections for interior decorators, collectors and private clients. By nurturing, inspiring and enriching our relationships with our artisans & craftspeople, our clients, the communities we support and our partners, our vision is to help shape remarkable interior beauty.

The Job

This role requires meticulous and skilled individual responsible for the careful packing, handling and transportation of high value and delicate artwork and furniture. You will

therefore need to have practical skills for the building of protective support structures such as export crating and able to assist with the installation of such items in residential homes as well as show rooms.

This role will at times be client facing so you will need to be customer focused and able to communicate calmly & effectively. You will need to hold a full and clean valid driving license.

You will be supporting a busy manufacturing and dispatch schedule. Previous experience from within the packaging and transporting of fine art, furniture or custom lighting is required as are excellent team working skills, integrity and attention to detail.

Role and responsibilities

• Careful packing, labelling and condition reporting of client orders for UK or Export
• Building of wooden export quality crating for the safe transportation of delicate and heavy items
• Delivery and installation on site of furniture, lighting, and fine art objects
• Supporting the design and manufacturing team with all logistics and photography
• Monitoring stock and essential consumables required for the role
• Supporting and carrying out on-site installations, including occasional international installation projects as required

Skills and Behaviours (essential)

• Respectful to others.
• Committed to working with and learning from others.
• Continually develops technical skills and craft
• Looks for better or more efficient ways of doing things.
• Open to new ideas and challenges.
• Delivers work on time with accuracy, efficiently and cost effective.
• Deliver work to the highest standard ensuring client’s expectations are met.
• Listens carefully to ensure instructions are carried through and fully understood.
• Full clean UK driving licence.

Knowledge and Experience (Essential)

• Experienced packaging, logistics and installation technician for export shipping of delicate lighting, furniture and/or fine art logistics.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills.
• Integrity, focus, reliability and professionalism.
• Able to deliver on time with accuracy.
• Produces work to the highest standard exceeding client expectation.
• Excellent client communication and team skills.

Qualifications (desirable)

• Foundation degree or higher national diploma; BA or BTEC certificate or similar qualification.

Please apply with your updated CV and cover letter as soon as possible.

Expected start date: ASAP

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Referral programme
• Transport links

Application question(s):

• Please confirm your notice period
• Please confirm your salary expectations

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person