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Assistant Stylist (Internal-Only Opportunity)

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Assistant Stylist (Internal-Only Opportunity)

Job Introduction

Are you an existing Selfridges Team Member looking for a new opportunity that gives you the chance to use your passion for styling as an Assistant Stylist within our in-house Photo Studio? Keen to further your career and start a new role in which you can support the Styling team on shoots to create innovative and creative ecommerce imagery? Looking to join a fast-paced and collaborative team in a busy environment?

 

If the answer to all of these questions is ‘yes’ then you’re just the kind of person we’re looking for!

Role Responsibility

As an Assistant Stylist, you will report to the Senior Stylist – Digital and assist the Stylist’s in all areas of the Online Photo Studio process. Your role will involve collaborating with Stylists, Online Styling Manager and Online Assistant Styling Manager to continually strive to improve shoot quality and broader studio productivity and efficiencies. You’ll also have the opportunity to style mannequin shoots taking direction rom the Production Manager Stills when required.

 

  • To maintain and encourage a positive ‘can do’ atmosphere in the studios which is conducive to high production levels and excellent quality of work.
  • To ensure excellent knowledge of the Selfridges Style Guides in order to maintain visual quality and consistency across all images taken for the website.
  • Responsible for prepping all product to shoot on set each day including; steaming garments, de-tagging and re-tagging of products, dressing models where necessary and making sure the products are moving through the studios systematically and product is not damaged or misplacing, returning and collecting shoe picks.
  • Responsible for briefing freelancers who come in on the Stylist Assistant role and ensuring they follow procedure.
  • Ensuring consistency of processes and imagery as well as output of each set. 
  • Continually work with the Stylists to come up with any styling improvements that can be made within the studio, which could improve the images or the shoot efficiencies.
  • Making sure products are handled with care throughout the entire studio process and in line with Stock on Loan.
  • Good brand and competitor knowledge.
  • Ensuring Styling operations are continuously updated and maintained (steamers, dry clean, consumables etc.)
  • Work closely and maintain good relationships with studio team, including photographers, freelancers and product handling team.
  • Build relationships with sales associates in order to ensure best possible styling picks.
  • General studio assisting (castings etc.)
  • Lead and inspire, living the Selfridges values.

The Ideal Candidate

This role requires a person with a good mix of organisational skills and attention to detail while also having thorough brand knowledge and a strong Creative eye.

 

  • Fashion/Arts Degree, or, some experience within industry, such as Fashion Assistant in magazine/editorial/commercial, or Styling, or comparable ecommerce/ photo studio support experience
  • Good communication skills and able to take direction well
  • Attention to detail
  • Good knowledge of designers, brands, trends and competitor knowledge
  • Strong organisation skills, with a pro-active ‘can do’ attitude
  • Good time management within a busy and pressured environment
  • Works flexibly and takes initiative

Nurturing and developing our People is incredibly important to us at Selfridges and we strive to give Team Members opportunities to enhance their skills and grow their career. Please note, this is an internal-only opportunity and, as such, we are only currently able to consider applications from existing Selfridges Team Members.

About the Company

We are a shop run on imagination: a place where the world’s most covetable brands combine with the most extraordinary spectacles, events and ideas for an experience like no other.

 

We have challenged the rules of retail from day one, whilst demonstrating our unwavering commitment to sustainability.  In 2016, we were the first to be awarded with recognition for the ‘World’s Best Sustainability Campaign by a Department Store’ at the IGDS Global Department Store Summit, in-line with its focus on buying better and inspiring change. We are also recognised as the Best Department Store in the World (2010, 2012, 2014 & 2018) underlining our place at the forefront of retail. In 2018 we were recognised as a LinkedIn Top Company to work for.

 

Our vision is to be the destination for the most extraordinary customer experience, and our people are central to us achieving this.  As an employer we are committed to making Selfridges an exciting, inspiring and fun place to work

 

Selfridges

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