As an Entry Level Sales professional, you will meet with pre-qualified customers, deliver engaging sales presentations, and benefit from elite training and mentorship in a supportive environment.
Cruise Ship Art Sales Associate-Auctioneer Apprenticeship | Worldwide
📜 Description
- Engage guests and guide them through the art-buying experience
- Support live art auctions and host vibrant gallery events onboard
- Set up beautiful exhibitions and collaborate with a high-energy team
- Deliver polished guest service in a fast-paced, multicultural setting
- Follow a growth path from Associate to Gallery Director to Auctioneer
🛠️ Requirements
- Strong English communication skills
- Ability to lift and move framed artwork up to 50 lbs
- Willingness to stand/walk for extended periods
- Valid seafarer's medical approval required
✨ Benefits
- Engagement is Independent Contractor (through third-party staffing agency); contractors manage their own taxes/insurance. Full terms provided upon selection. No candidate fees.
Full job description
Launch your sales career at sea
Turn your passion for art and people into a career at sea with Park West Gallery, the world’s largest art dealer. Step into a paid, apprenticeship-style career track that grows your career from Art Sales Associate → Shipboard Gallery Director → Art Auctioneer. You’ll learn live-event selling, build stage presence, and lead gallery operations—while traveling the world. No art degree required. Training & mentorship provided.
What you’ll do
- Engage guests and guide them through the art-buying experience
- Support live art auctions and host vibrant gallery events onboard
- Set up beautiful exhibitions and collaborate with a high-energy team
- Deliver polished guest service in a fast-paced, multicultural setting
Your growth path
Associate → Gallery Director → Auctioneer (our highest-earning role), with coaching, real stage time, and clear performance milestones.
Compensation (Independent Contractor)
- Contract minimum guarantee: $1,400 USD per onboard month (during initial active shipboard assignment). Each month you earn whichever is higher: your performance pay or the $1,400 USD/month contract minimum (amounts aren’t combined)
- Uncapped performance pay (commissions + bonuses after 30 days)
- Initial earning potential: $50,000–$80,000 USD; Earning potential with experience: $100,000–$300,000+ USD
- Engagement is Independent Contractor (through third-party staffing agency); contractors manage their own taxes/insurance. Full terms provided upon selection. No candidate fees.
Work conditions & disclosures (at a glance)
- Multi-month (3 to 6 months) shipboard rotations with international travel.
- Ability to lift and move framed artwork up to 50 lbs (≈23 kg) and stand/walk for extended periods with or without reasonable accommodation. A valid seafarer’s medical, post-offer, approved by our cruise line partners in conjunction with MLC regulations, is required.
- Travel documents: passport (or ability to obtain) and visas as needed for embarkation.
- Post-offer screenings: with your consent and in accordance with POPIA and applicable law, we may conduct a background check via an approved vendor; for shipboard roles, a post-offer maritime medical fitness assessment is required through approved providers.
- During assignments: onboard accommodations and meals are provided through the cruise program. This is an independent-contractor engagement; no traditional employee benefits are provided.
- Must meet cruise-line embarkation policies by start date (details provided during hiring).
- Strong English communication — shipboard operations are conducted in English.
- All roles are engaged as Independent Contractors through Caribbean Staffing Solutions.
Apply now to reserve your seat and start your path to Auctioneer. Bring your energy, professionalism, and passion for art to the world stage.
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Equal Opportunity & Accessibility
We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, gender, sex, pregnancy, marital status, ethnic or social origin, colour, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, language, or birth, and we provide reasonable accommodations for candidates during the recruitment and selection process upon request.
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