On how she got here: I worked in hospitality for 10 years and for my last role I managed a pub in Birmingham for 18 months. Eventually I felt it was the right time to move on, and I joined Castle Fine Art as an online art consultant working as part of a team of three. At the time, the website wasn’t the integral part of the business model that it is now. Since then, we’ve grown the team and our e-commerce function has become a vital tool for our buyers. Many of our loyal customers make their purchases online and we have collectors all around the world. On her daily routine: I’ll usually get up at around 6:30am, and I try to have breakfast before I go to work if I have time. I start every morning by checking my emails to see if anything urgent has come in overnight and then get on with planning my day. Most days are spent in the office and I typically work from 9am until 5:30pm. If we have a big collection launching I’ll work until around 8pm. The first thing I do every day is distribute tasks to each member of my team so they know what they will be working on. I also check which orders came in from the day before. Some days I’ll try to be healthy and bring in my own lunch, but we’re a very social team and will often go out to get something to eat together.
We always do a welcome lunch for people who have newly joined.
There’s never a dull moment in the office. From the daily ‘pop quiz’ to klaxons sounding every time we hit an objective, and not to mention the ongoing debate about the ‘correct’ way to make a Pot Noodle, healthy competition is always rife. On unwinding and switching off: When I get home from work I put something together for dinner and chill out with my husband Shane and our pet parrot Frankie. Shane works as a chef on a private yacht and can be away for months at a time, so when he is at home we like to spend as much time together as we can. After dinner I try to completely switch off and love to play mindless games like Candy Crush, where I don’t need to think too much about anything. I used to be a night owl, especially having spent a long time working in pubs, but now, unashamedly, I often go to bed before 10 o’clock.
18 FINE ART COLLECTOR SPRING 2019
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