Paid Internship

Emma Scully Gallery promotes contemporary design through conceptual programming. We commission, collect, and curate design work that is experimental and research-oriented, advocating for an academic framing in a commercial context.

We are located at 16 East 79th Street, New York, New York.

Emma Scully Gallery is looking for a gallery intern, two days a week in person at 16 East 79th Street. The role will be assisting with clients and visitors to the gallery. Applicants should be comfortable with sales duties. Will assist the principal on an as-needed basis with sales communication as well as facilitating logistics. Applicants should be detail-oriented, hardworking, and reliable. Strong communication skills are a requirement. The ideal applicant is a current graduate student in a relevant field who could begin asap and resume in the fall.

Applicants without prior full-time work experience will not be considered and are asked not to apply.

Detailed breakdown of tasks as follows:

Gallery Maintenance

• Prepared with materials on the current show and works on the floor to hand to visitors
• Be on time and present in the gallery for gallery open hours
• Ensure the gallery phone is charged and calls are answered during work hours
• Ensure the gallery stock of water and sparkling water
• Awareness of and preparedness for ingoing and outgoing shipments
• Ensure printer is working and ready to go – ink in stock – paper in stock
• Awareness of light gallery maintenance – smudged work should be cleaned, and the desk clean

Sales / Marketing Support

• Support sales and PR by providing requested tear sheets and photography  
• Speak to visitors to the gallery and provide information

Please email a cover letter and resume to [email protected]

06/01/2025