Apprentice Registrar

Company:

WHITE CUBE LIMITEDWHITE CUBE LIMITED

Address:

144-152 Bermondsey Street ,London ,SE1 3TQ

Hours per week: 35

Salary: £ 21000 peryear

Working week: 10am - 6pm Monday to Friday - 1 hours paid lunch

Closing Date: 01/05/2026 12:00 am

Description:

Overview –

Are you enthusiastic, motivated and passionate about art and creativity?

White Cube are looking for an Apprentice that will be a key employee adding to their existing experienced and professional workforce. This is a rare and fantastic opportunity for the right person to begin a career in a company that are at the leading edge of what they do.

Key responsibilities:

Client Services Support –

Assist Client Services Registrars as required – with estimates requests, checking and filing paperwork, assisting on exhibitions and gallery consols, responding to general enquiries in a timely fashion.
Laise with sales team set up jobs and shipments on the Inventory, liaise with Warehouse, Technical and Reception to coordinate condition checks and release. Work with a range of shippers..
Certificates of Authenticity – record keeping, dispatch and queries, preparing templates.

Loans & Exhibitions Support –

Support Loans team with smaller loans to and from White Cube.
Create and maintain clear documentation for loans from start to finish including, but not limited to, artwork lists, checklists, condition reports, loan cost estimating and invoicing.
Work with the Associate Director Loans, Project Coordinator and Loans Registrar to maintain and update documentation / information relating to White Cube loans.
Support team with estimating, communication and coordination on elements of White Cube Artist Exhibitions and Inside White Cube Exhibitions.
Monitor Loan and Exhibition records in the collections database and action any updates to it as required, maintaining and communicating house style in the process.

Input –

Field requests from different teams in the gallery ensure that requests are dealt with in a timely fashion.
Observe style guidelines as well as artist-specific style preferences.
Quick response time while maintaining accuracy.

Organisation of Weekly Shuttle –

Field requests from different teams in the gallery check artwork locations/packing/condition.
Prepare request list for Fine Art Agent
Work flexibly to accommodate requests and manage priorities.
Occasionally arrange additional transport and off-site packing and checking.

General –

Attend staff meetings and exhibition openings
Booking couriers and taxis as required
Create Purchase Order Numbers for suppliers
Ad hoc task when required to support wider team

If you want a career in a fantastic leading edge company then apply now.

Requirements:

GSCE Grade C / 4 or above

Skills required:

Communication skills, Attention to detail, Organisation skills, Presentation skills, Number skills, Analytical skills, Initiative, Team working,

Training to be provided:

Registrar (Creative and Cultural) Level 6 Apprenticeship Standard

A Registrar operates behind the scenes to enable access and enjoyment of cultural heritage by public and other audiences now and in the future. They may work within a museum, art gallery or similar organisation whether public or private which has a stated remit to promote, collect, manage, preserve, interpret and/or display works of art, historic stories, customs, practices, places, artistic expressions, values, specimens and artefacts of unique and often irreplaceable artistic, historic, cultural or scientific importance, commonly referred to as collections or objects.

The Registrar is responsible for:

Identifying and managing the provision of protection to the organisation from financial and reputational risks and ensuring the protection of objects/collections from physical risks.
Managing the logistical, legal, practical and technical aspects of caring for, moving, recording and installing the objects/collections in the organisation’s care.
Safeguarding collections and ensuring that legal and ethical standards are maintained.

Registrars:

Organise acquisitions, loans, exhibitions, displays and shipments of objects to enable their organisations’ programmes.
Develop, implement and use collection management policies and procedures.
Give expert advice to internal/external colleagues on all collections, loans and exhibition activities taking place nationally and internationally.
Correspond with lenders/borrowers/owners regarding objects/loans.
Review and negotiate contracts and legal agreements.
Procure and arrange transport, casing, insurance and indemnity.
Work with Conservators and Museum and Galleries Technicians to prepare objects for movement or display; travel may be involved with objects to other locations which may be international.
May work hands-on with objects e.g. condition checking or packing objects.

For further information please visit – https://skillsengland.education.gov.uk/apprenticeships/st0590-v1-0

Things to consider:

This is a Level 6 Registrar (Creative and Cultural) Apprenticeship Standard that is 24 months in length and requires someone that understands what the role entails, with possible previous experience as a Junior or Volunteer in the sector.

The location is Bermondsey Street, London, therefore you have to be in a commutable distance.

Future prospects:

The opportunity to gain full time employment at one of the world's leading contemporary art galleries - White Cube.

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