What you'll do

As an Antiquarian Books Expert, you will be closely involved with evaluating and arranging lots submitted by our users. Using your expert knowledge and extensive network, you will be responsible for creating attractive lot listings every week. 

Catawiki strives to keep user transactions as transparent and fair as possible, and your expertise and experience play a large part in maintaining this standard; you know better than anyone what items are of interest to our users. You will review lot titles, descriptions, and pictures, and provide users with an estimated value based on this information. If you need to reject a submission, you do so in a professional and courteous manner. 

We are looking for a candidate with clear expertise in Antiquarian Books and a strong network of dealers who are already selling online and are looking to expand their buyer market to Europe. This may include people from within the industry, such as dealers, galleries, curators, bookshop owners, or passionate collectors.  

What you'll bring:

Experts will commit to a full-time engagement. We do not necessarily require any diplomas or experience in similar functions, however, we do require:

• Expert knowledge in Books, ideally within the antiquarian realm. 

• Generalist knowledge in Publications is a big plus

• Professional trading experience on leading platforms such as Catawiki, 1stDibs, Ebay, Yahoo! and Book and Antiquarian fairs;

• Understanding how to optimise auction strategies (reserve price, sell rate, cash flow);

• Good analytical skills, monitoring auction performance and guiding sellers on trends;

• Ability to extract insights from data sets, always striving to improve the auctions you will be responsible for; 

• Strong commercial acumen;

• Excellent communicative skills;

• Good computer skills;

• Strong research skills and a good sense of who are important players (sellers and experts) in your field;

• Good command of English, Dutch and French;

Where you'll be:

As an expert in the Books department, you can be based in the Netherlands and will work with a work-from-home arrangement.