Artist Partnerships – Portfolio Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Drive the growth, development, and commercial activation of the Studio E/L artist portfolio.

• Source, evaluate, recruit, onboard, and manage relationships with artists.

• Develop and maintain a national pipeline of prospective artists across priority markets and portfolio gaps.

• Oversee artist agreements, licensing documentation, approvals, portfolio records, communications, launches, and performance discussions.

• Assist in portfolio planning, collection strategy, collection launches, portfolio refreshes, and artist activation initiatives.

• Assess portfolio performance and gaps across regions, customer segments, subject matter, styles, and sales channels.

• Create artist presentations, portfolio resources, curated collections, and recommendation packages.

• Enhance awareness and utilization of Studio E/L artists and collections across Healthcare, Workplace, Hospitality, Senior Living, Wholesale, and Print-on-Demand channels.

• Collaborate with Sales, Art Consulting, Marketing, Wholesale, Print-on-Demand, Business Development, and leadership teams.

• Support customer presentations, proposals, RFP responses, strategic pursuits, portfolio showcases, and trade events.

• Monitor customer, competitor, design, and industry trends to identify portfolio opportunities.

• Maintain precise records of artists, agreements, licensing, approvals, portfolio, and CRM data.

• Track artist activity, collection launches, portfolio performance, utilization, adoption, and geographic representation.

• Provide monthly reporting and portfolio insights to leadership.

• Coordinate recruitment, onboarding, collection development, approvals, activation, and launch workflows.

• Implement process enhancements and resolve issues related to artists, licensing, documentation, and portfolios.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over seven years of experience in artist relations, portfolio management, licensing, account management, marketing, business development support, or a related field.

• Strong skills in relationship-building and communication, capable of effectively interacting with both creative professionals and business stakeholders.

• Excellent organizational abilities and project management skills.

• Capability to manage multiple priorities, projects, and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

• Commercial acumen with the ability to align portfolio decisions with customer and business needs.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to interpret performance data and translate it into actionable portfolio recommendations.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, CRM systems, and project management platforms.

• Ability to work independently while effectively coordinating across teams in a remote setting.

• Preferred experience in art publishing, hospitality, healthcare, workplace design, licensing, or another related creative industry.

• Preferred experience working directly with artists, creative professionals, or licensing programs.

• Preferred experience collaborating with Sales, Marketing, Art Consulting, or other customer-facing teams.

• Preferred experience assessing market trends and identifying portfolio or product opportunities.

• Strong presentation, storytelling, and visual communication skills.

• Familiarity with Monday.com or similar project management tools.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement.