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We help our clients thrive and evolve through discreet and tailored talent solutions. With flexibility at our core, we adeptly cater to nuanced needs in response to changing market dynamics, ensuring access to top candidates and resources to propel businesses forward.

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TALENT ACQUISITION

Well-versed in the complexities of the industries we service, we pride ourselves on a personal and considered methodology that ensures each search is tailored to the unique needs of our clients and the nature of the roles they are looking to fill.

The combined knowledge and strengths of our consulting and research teams across specific geographies, business functions and role types allow us to go above and beyond simply canvasing the active and immediately visible candidate pools to uncover and engage the most suited, fully-vetted profiles.

This unique position in the market and a company-wide commitment to success ensures clients are presented with high-calibre candidates as part of a seamless and discreet hiring process across all levels.

EXPERT CONSULTANTS

We have an outstanding network of art industry professionals who are available for short term consultancy assignments when a permanent hire is not required.

Clients often use these services during periods of change, for example when there is a need for communications advice, development of a new department or a restructuring.

All of the consultants we recommend have a wealth of experience in the art sector. They are skilled in areas including communications, financial management, collection curation, strategic growth or client liaison and also have expertise in specific geographies, areas of art history and art business.

MARKET INTELLIGENCE

Working from our existing database and with the support of our experienced and specialist research team, we provide our clients with data driven insights to help them make strategic staffing decisions.

Detailed and specific data is mined for each assignment and presented as a directory, offering clients a full overview of any sector in any region with additional criteria added as needed.

MARKET MAPPING
Mapping can be a useful preliminary exercise for any clients addressing gaps in their teams, building out new specialised departments, or expanding into a new geography. Our market maps provide a comprehensive overview of suitable talent and, with a clear understanding of clients’ needs, their fit to brief.

SALARY BENCHMARKING
In a competitive market we understand the importance of staff retention, and many of our clients are prioritising knowledge of market rate salaries and packages to attract and retain the best talent. In addition to our Art Market Salary Report on commercial art world salaries, we offer deep dive comparison and analyses of compensation across specific roles and regions.

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“SML is an essential part of our recruiting process and has been for some time. Their attention to detail, knowledge of the art business, and ability to find the candidates that are the best fit is unparalleled. Along with a CV, each potential candidate is presented to the gallery with a short, and to-the-point assessment of each candidate’s fit with the gallery in general and the role in particular. The CV is standard business practice, but the assessments are really where SML shines. In fact, we’ve come to depend on the fundamental way they contextualize and enrich each candidate’s CV.“
Richard Buckley, Director of Finance & HR at Kasmin Gallery

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“I was delighted with SML’s services. They offer an unparalleled and impressive portfolio of talented PR professionals across all levels. The consultant assigned to our brief was attentive to our specific requirements and quick at understanding our company culture. She was precise, thorough and efficient in her search and delivered beyond expectations, growing our team and contributing to the success of our operations.”

Danièle Reiber, Founder and Managing Director of Reiber PR

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“The expertise and dedication brought to the table was instrumental in helping us secure top-tier talent. SML’s commitment to excellence and personalized service exceeded our expectations, making the entire hiring process efficient and successful. We highly recommend SML to any organization seeking a strategic partner in international talent acquisition. We look forward to continued collaboration in building our exceptional workforce.”
Head of Administration, International Art Gallery

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“We have been through a significant scale up in the last two years and couldn’t have done it so successfully without the help of SML. The team particularly takes the time to really get to know your company’s ethos, what it values, and how team members need to be wired in order to deliver the right people for interview. SML go above and beyond the rest of the recruitment industry in this specialist space and the success both from a business and cultural perspective in the teams we have built is evidence of that.”
Charlotte Stewart, Managing Director of MyArtBroker

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“From the outset, it was evident from the company history, previous appointments, and experience within this field of work that SML were in a strong position to help us find a suitable candidate to join our team during a period of growth. SML developed a detailed and focused understanding of our company’s unique requirements for a highly specialised role…Our search lead and the research function dedicated themselves to the whole processes, displaying exceptional communication throughout. We look forward to working with SML team again in the future.”
Founder, Bespoke and Collectible Design Firm

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“We’ve worked with SML many times over the years and have always found great additions to our team. Their candidates are great and they’re a pleasure to work with.”
Director at Annely Juda Fine Art

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“I had the pleasure of working with the SML team not only as a recruiter, in search of specific candidates, but also as a candidate in a job search process. In both cases, I appreciated the thoroughness of their approach, the speed of responses and reactions but also their deep knowledge of the market. In all instances, our collaboration has been successful and reached the objectives set from the beginning.”
International Managing Director, international Art Gallery

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