Job Introduction:

Selfridges has always been much more than a shop. We’re a social space where everyone is welcome and feels a sense of belonging, a creative playground where culture and commerce collide, and an experimental hub where you can discover the most innovative and sustainable ideas in retail. We’re here to help make the world brighter. And you can be an important part of this. We’ll talk more about the role below, but before we get to that, let’s share with you the good stuff…

Rewards and benefits

Life at Selfridges is dynamic, exciting, and always evolving. As well as working with some of the most cutting-edge, iconic and boundary-pushing brands, designers and creatives, we also offer our team members opportunities to help make a positive difference through our network of communities, both within and outside Selfridges. Here are just a few of our rewards and benefits that help make our team experience that bit more extraordinary.

• Flexible working options to benefit you, your family and your wellbeing that can include part-time, flexi-time, job sharing or hybrid working
• Generous annual leave that increases with length of service
• Up to five paid volunteering days – from beach cleans to co-ordinating food and clothing donations
• Family leave that suits your set up including Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental leave policies
• Defined pension contribution scheme 
• Generous bonus and/or commission scheme 
• Enviable team member discount including sale previews and double discount days
• Exclusive local discounts on a range of restaurants, bars, beauticians and entertainment
• Subsidised gym memberships 
• Annual travel pass and cycle-to-work schemes 
• A sustainable car salary sacrifice scheme
• Several internal communities to get involved in from our Diversity Board and Green Warriors who are leading the charge on D,E&I and sustainability, to the Wellbeings who are always thinking of new ways to champion healthy minds, bodies and routines for our team members
• Workplace Options, our confidential team member assistance programme for when life gets tricky or you need a little guidance
• Access to a wide range of training programmes to help your career development

Read on to find out how you can play your part in Reinventing Retail…

Role Responsibility

The Fashion Direction department are collectively responsible for the execution of advertising and editorial tier imagery, as well as broader agenda setting across the digital business.

The department is currently looking for an experienced Fashion & Lifestyle Coordinator, to support the workings of the Fashion & Lifestyle edit team that sits within the department. This role will be managed by the Senior Fashion Editor, and support their day-to-day workings, alongside the Fashion Market Editor.

This is an excellent opportunity for those with a passionate interest in editorial fashion/style and it’s place in the digital sphere, to begin building towards a career in styling / editing.

Role responsibility:

As a Fashion & Lifestyle Coordinator, you will assist the department in the creation of key fashion and broader style category messaging through the organisational, administrative and research based tasks required for photo shoots and additional digital feature outcomes. You will especially assist the Fashion Market Editor with the establishment of their best product curation workflow practices, enabling efficiencies, and meeting their definition of the highest Selfridges standards.

• Own sample requests and returns from brands/Prs, arrange DC transfers, and do direct shop floor product pulls and returns.
• Ensure all samples and stock are handled with extreme care on site, on set, and returned in the condition and packaging in which they arrived.
• Maintain fashion direction styling area, including kit, equipment, and basics / underpinnings wardrobe.
• Assist on shoots, managing sample, stock and fashion equipment logistics leading up to the shoot day, dressing of models / talent on set according to style-out plan given by the Editors – both in-house, and occasionally freelance.
• Help oversee and source freelance junior fashion assistants on large scale projects.
• Assist in retrieving key information for site fulfilment from the Buying and Buying Admin teams in B&M, including collating order information, essential for product call ins.
• Assist in close communication with our production team to make sure we remain in budget on various styling production expenses, and filing of inventory reports.
• Own product credit lists for circulation across the business.
• Assist the Editors with reference research – runway & broader arts / cultural.
• Assist in regular communication with the E-commerce photostudio on key product discussions for elevated e-comm executions.
• Assist with admin required for the Fashion Market Editor’s steer contribution on product carousels and edits.
• Own ticket requests for the team’s Fashion Week attendance.

The Ideal Candidate

Ideal candidate:

• Excellent communicator: you will be able to handle fast paced comms both on set, and during shoot preparation periods. This must include clear and concise responses to steer, and strong email skills/ etiquette, essential for dealing with brands.
• Experience: you will have strong experience at both junior and mid level Fashion Assisting ideally for both commercial and editorial outcomes.
• Knowledgeable and enthusiastic: you will have a deep passion for fashion, broader style, and it’s surrounding /adjacent culture, be in tune with current trends, general industry developments, and have a broad knowledge of brands at mid level, luxury, and independent / emerging levels.
• A Selfridges expert in the making: you will have some understanding of Selfridges customer spectrum / USPs, to build upon, and will be keen to develop a deep knowledge of our store and .com brand offer.

Though not mandatory, there is the option to include a portfolio upon application.

About the Company

Everyone is welcome

Selfridges is a place where we want everyone to feel a sense of belonging. We embrace every self and are committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive working culture. We are leading with purpose to not only increase the visibility and recognition of under-represented talent within our organisation, but the wider industry too. Here at Selfridges, everyone is welcome – irrespective of race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, age or disability, we stand by equal opportunities for all.

Our awards cabinet

We’re not ones to brag, but since you asked...Selfridges has won the award for The World’s Best Department Store an unprecedented four times at the IGDS awards, with an additional award for the Best Sustainability Campaign. We were also recognised as a ‘Best 25 Big Company to Work For 2020’ as awarded by The Sunday Times.

Salary: Competitive plus benefits
Contract Type: Permanent
Job Category: Creative
Location: London, United Kingdom

Additional Requirements

• broad knowledge of brands and luxury trends
• Excellent communicator