In my final month at Saatchi Yates, I helped with a few things internationally for Art Basel Miami. For example, I sourced canvases for Slawn’s Miami show and shipped general office supplies to the gallery space in Miami. I also visited the warehouse to pack and ship the 1,000 canvases.
This month was much slower than I was used to, so I started to help with the gallery’s decks to send to clients/institutions. This is all done on Adobe Creative Suite, which was a way to add to the knowledge I gained at university. I also started to do condition reports on the Solf artworks. I asked to get paid for that month, not just expenses. I was a significant asset to the team, and I found what I had done for them deserved to be highlighted. It was awkward to ask to be paid, as I had never done this before. I felt very worried about asking; however, they took my opinion board and paid me for that month. This was a great moment because I was being acknowledged for my work.
At satellite, it was also a quiet month. During that month, I mostly did the print and online reports events list, but I also got to help send out press releases via MailChimp. It was a great experience to learn the software and see how the publicists write press releases. Before the winter holiday, I had chats with two different publicists to get more insight into what they do daily and how they got into it. It was a very informative session and allowed me to gain more of an understanding of the business.