Do you love fashion? Do you like giving presents? Are you ambitious and focused?

If so, come and join us here at JOY!! As one of the UK’s fastest growing independent fashion and gift retailers, we are always on the look for retail savvy superstars!
Working for JOY is all in its name! If you thrive for the diversity that working in retail brings, and are passionate about working for a great brand, with a fantastic product and a reputation for excellent customer service, we’d love to hear from you.
All we ask is for glowing skills and someone who loves JOY as much as we all do. Slick back the sentimental tear that we just made you produce and check out our current vacancies below to become part of the family. 

If you're already excited and want to find out what to do next then send your C.V today to: careers@joy-ful.co.uk

Current Vacancies

We are currently looking to recruit the following:

• Visual Merchandising Coordinator

• Design Assistant Womenswear/Menswear

• Louche Sales Manager

• PR Manager

• Marketing Manager

• London Sales Manager

• Marketing Assistant

• Style Advisors

• Supervisors/Assistant Managers - Russell Square and Edinburgh

• Store Managers

• Internship: Web Programmer

Hurry on down below to find out more about your dream job!

Visual Merchandising Coordinator

We are currently looking for a passionate and talented Visual Merchandiser with a proven background within a high street fashion brand to take responsibility for the visual representation of our 22 UK stores. As a successful candidate you will have proven commercial merchandising experience combined with a natural ability for creative visual display, have great communication and organisational skills and be able to liaise effectively with different stores and departments. You must be creative, self-motivated, with a passion for high street/high fashion retailing.

 Requirements:

Design Assistant Womenswear/Menswear

Joy is currently looking for Womenswear/Menswear Design Assistants to work in our head office on exciting new range developments. The successful applicant will be working in a close-knit team – where interacting with design, buying, marketing/ PR departments, visual merchandisers and the new web content team will give a well-rounded experience of how a dynamic fashion business is operated. We are looking for an enthusiastic designer with a 4 year design degree in Fashion Design and a minimum of 1-2 years experience in the industry. A good design eye, sense of colour, style and new trends is essential. The successful candidate will be bubbling over with new design ideas!

Requirements:
A minimum of 2 years experience as a Visual Merchandiser Additional experience of high street retail Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel

Skills required: Design: -

-Advanced CAD skills to draw up garments in adobe illustrator is essential

- Photoshop skills – for lay out and graphic design of mood boards for the season

- Production experience - experience liaising with manufacturers in the Far East and trouble shooting - a sound knowledge of garment construction, technical terms and fit - Spec sheet creation – providing full measurements for garments - researching and creating reports on new trends and looks happening at the high end and on street level

Please send a CV together with examples of work including Illustrator CAD samples to: elise.slater@joy-ful.co.uk

Louche Sales Manager

New boutique fashion label, Louche is looking for an experienced Sales Manager to help take our brand to the next level and expand our customer base. We are looking to expand our wholesale accounts through the UK and abroad, and the successful candidate will bring with them live contacts with independent boutiques through Britain and experience in promoting boutique labels. We are looking for someone with a passion and experience in womenswear fashion who will represent our brand values and see the product cycle through from sample sign off through to production.

Skills required:

-At least 2 years sales experience with a strong sales track record with figures to back up your experience

-Good contacts with independent boutiques through the UK and abroad and strong account management skills

-A sound commercial knowledge of the womenswear market – competitors, pricing, and the identification of new wholesale and concession opportunities

-Drawing up critical paths to ensure garments are shipped on time in the required design and quality

- Experience working with far east production is an advantage

- Monitoring orders through to delivery, so all lab dip and bulk fabric approvals,test reports, setting up and working to critical paths to ensure orders were delivered on time

-Negotiating prices with the factories and customers

-Good communication skills – both with the clients and internally with the design and buying to express clients needs

-Self-driven, confident, with a passion for fashion and our label 

Full time permanent position - salary negotiable depending upon experience Applicants must be eligible to live & work in the UK.

Apply today with an updated CV to careers@joy-ful.co.uk & elise.slater@joy-ful.co.uk

JOY are looking for an experienced PR manager with a solid background in high street fashion to join our team.

You will be:

-  Experienced in managing a press office, implementing effective strategy’s with a creative approach.

- Maintaining strong relationships with existing media partners and seek out new PR opportunities.

-Building celebrity relationships Developing online press opportunities working with the E-Commerce teams.

-Managing any charity partnerships and event activities.

-Creating and launching any associated branded promotional material.

-Working with the marketing team to support any brand partnerships.

-Successful candidates will need to have previous management experience combined with a proven track record in high street fashion PR.

JOY is one of the UK’s fastest growing independent fashion and gift retailers.
We currently have an opportunity for a progressive, creative and talented marketing professional to take up the post of Marketing Manager for JOY. This role is pivotal in ensuring the JOY Brand Values are maintained across the marketing mix and the wider JOY business through visual and written communication.
Reporting directly to the JOY Managing Directors, a key objective is to create powerful, compelling and unique marketing campaigns that drive brand differentiation and maximum profitability. The role is one of leadership and involves all aspects of managing and leading people as well as working in a cross-functional team with other members of the Joy team.
There are lots of exciting developments this year and the marketing manager will be at the heart of many of these. In this role you will be the Creative Manager of fashion advertising shoots, press shows, supporting the messages around our business strategy. This role requires a dedicated and talented individual who can multitask and bring a considerable amount of knowledge and personality to our brand.
The Marketing manager is responsible for development of marketing planning and execution of the full marketing mix: creative direction, campaigns, advertising, media buying, web development, press office & external supplier management, exploration of third party partnerships, event organisation and market research.
Please reply with your CV and why you think you would be a perfect addition to the JOY team. Apply now!!

Internship: Web Programmer

Think that you can improve our site? We're looking for interns who are passionate about JOY and keen to have a real hands-on role during a 3 month placement in our head office. With the possibility of an excellent reference at the end of your placement or if we're really impressed, a full-time job at JOY; we're confident that this placement can open up a host of opportunities to aspiring web programmers.

Marketing Assistant – Head Office, Brixton

Our marketing team is constantly on the move and need a marketing assistant that is able to run around as fast as them! A JOY marketing assistant would be an epicenter of ideas and efficiency, as you will help organise and attend promotions and events to promote the JOY brand, stores and products so looking sharp and stylish would be a massive bonus!

JOY marketing have a sharp eye for creativity and want a sprite guy or gal to develop campaigns that drive sales into stores and will assist with writing and producing all marketing and promotional copy.

You will help to ensure that the production of all printed marketing material including catalogues, POS, graphics, and packaging runs smoothly and provide general admin support to the Marketing team.

So if you have the skills to pay the bills then don’t hesitate and apply now!

Store Managers – Nationwide

Are you keen to progress and take that next big step up you retail career ladder? Are you enthusiastic, ambitious and dress to impress? Perhaps you are a supervisor or assistant store manager waiting to make that big jump? If so, come get some JOY in your life!
We will offer help, support and guidance in making the transition up to store manager but will also give you the freedom to make the store your own.
Our managers at JOY inspire and challenge their teams every day, it’s part of their manager-nomics to motivate and inspire their team of fashionistas. No one day is ever the same so we want someone who is hot on their toes and ready for anything!
We are looking for individuals who have a strong approach to retail management, have excellent peoples skills and understand the importance of motivating their team to deliver exceptional levels of customer service.

Supervisors/Assistant Managers - Brunswick, Edinburgh

Do you love fashion? Do you like giving presents? Are you ambitious and focused? If so, come and join us here at JOY, one of the UK’s fastest growing independent fashion and gift retailers.
Joy is looking for Supervisors to work within their stores. You don’t necessarily need to have experience, just a passion for fashion and customer service. You will possess strong commercial and visual skills and be able to manage a team to deliver results. You will be customer focused and be looking for the opportunity to develop in a growing business.
Joy offers a competitive salary, staff discount on the best clothes in town and a performance-related bonus, as well as a chance to work in a fun environment, with the best customers in the UK!
If you think this is for you, do not hesitate, apply today!

Style Advisors – Everywhere!!

Joy always needs fresh, enthusiastic and fashion loving sales advisors to help make us sparkle!
So if you know your fashion dictionary inside out and can decipher the style faux pas to the on-trend faux pro’s then you are the person we want to meet!
We like to be good to our staff so Joy offers a competitive salary, staff discount on the best clothes in town and a chance to work in a fun environment, with the best customers in the UK!

 Key Result Areas

1. Accountable for sales across the stores
2. Implementation of all company tools and initiatives designed to improve sales performance within all stores
3. Ensure that each store manager has a current and ongoing plan to improve sales performance, and that these plans are subject to regular review
4. Analysis of all relevant information & reports provided to ensure that sales are maximised
5. Coaching of store management teams to develop commercial understanding and decision making
6. Having the appropriate controls in place, monitoring and following up to deliver wages within budget

People
Leadership – Provide clear direction and leadership to teams, give open and honest feedback to all

1. Motivate teams to provide the best service and exceed their targets
2. Communication – Delivering strong effective communication daily across the Area either in written or verbal format
3. Inspire challenge and stretch individual performance coaching all team members to reach their full potential. Identify future capability and successor training
4. Team Spirit – Motivating, coaching and encouraging creativity. Give every team member the confidence to take part
5. Promote the need for a continuous learning and development culture reinforcing the clear competitive advantages which this approach brings


If any of the above tickle your fancy, don’t hesitate, apply today with an updated CV to careers@joy-ful.co.uk.