ARTFORUM: Artguide Administrator

ARTFORUM: Artguide Administrator

As the magazine of record for the contemporary art industry, Artforum delivers the highest level of critical discourse about contemporary visual culture to a diverse international audience and is often the first to identify artists whose work comes to define eras.

The Artguide Administrator at Artforum oversees the day-to-day operations, content, and functionality of the Artguide platform. The role manages the platform’s back end, submissions, listings, partner communications, customer service inquiries, and sales outreach while ensuring that Artguide remains an accurate, current, and leading international resource. 

Through strategic outreach and engagement, the role strengthens Artguide’s content, visibility, and venue participation while identifying opportunities to expand and enhance the guide.

Artforum values in-person collaboration and team cohesion, employees work onsite 4 days a week and 1 day remotely with a focus on maintaining a vibrant and inclusive culture.  

Responsibilities:

Platform and Content Administration:

• Approve and process new membership requests.
• Maintain venue listings worldwide, adding new venues, removing closed venues, and updating gallery and museum listings and exhibitions.
• Prioritize listing updates for highly trafficked cities, locations hosting art fairs, and venues covered by formal partnerships and advertising agreements.
• Manage the Artguide inbox, responding to troubleshooting requests and assisting with membership-related inquiries.
• Update and circulate weekly exhibition opening and closing lists to Artforum staff.
• Conduct regular outreach campaigns encouraging venues to update and maintain their listings.
• Provide monthly and ad hoc analytics.
• Curate featured content, including pinning listings, updating site graphics, and uploading editorial content in collaboration with the editorial team.
• Monitor platform functionality and work with developers to identify and resolve bugs and improve the user experience.

Sales and Outreach

• Oversee regular outreach to Artguide account holders, encouraging conversion to premium memberships in coordination with Artforum and ARTnews sales teams.
• Serve as a resource and point of contact for the sales team on Artguide functionality and premium membership benefits. 

A good faith estimate of the salary range is $66,500 - $70,000 upon hire.  Factors that could be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, years of experience and comparison to current employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range. If you have more or less experience than specified on this job posting, please apply and list your salary expectations.

If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors).

It’s all About You…

PMC's comprehensive benefits package is thoughtfully designed to support every aspect of your life, empowering you to thrive both personally and professionally. We offer PMC-Paid Healthcare with no employee paycheck contributions on medical, dental, and vision for you and your family. PMC also offers Flexible Spending Accounts (Healthcare, Dependent Care & Commuter), an Employee Assistance Program, Life Insurance, Short & Long Term Disability, Paid Parental Leave, and a 401(k) Retirement Plan with an Employer match. Employees are also eligible to take advantage of company discounts and perks including Pet Insurance, Home & Auto Insurance, Mortgage discounts, and a variety of other savings on wellness, lifestyle, and financial essentials. As part of PMC's dedication to consistently meet employee’s needs, we have launched a new Flexible Vacation Policy.

At PMC, we believe working in a highly collaborative, office-first environment fosters real-time communication, spontaneous idea sharing, and stronger interpersonal relationships that drive innovation and team cohesion. PMC prioritizes in-person collaboration and does not offer remote-only roles.

About ARTFORUM:

Artforum is the magazine of record for the contemporary art world, delivering the highest level of critical discourse to an international audience. Established in 1962, it has become an institution unto itself and has long served as the foremost tastemaker in the industry.

About Penske Media Corporation (PMC) 

Penske Media Corporation (PMC) is a leading global media and information services company whose award-winning content attracts a passionate monthly audience of more than 500 million people.  Since 2004, PMC has been a pioneer in digital media and owns over 300 live events, while reaching audiences across all screens. Penske Media is recognized, as one of the Top 100 Private Companies in the United States and North America. 

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