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SalaryBased: Current Location: White City, London
Duration: 1 Year
Start Dates: Monday 1st July 2024
Application Deadlines: roles are filled on a rolling basis
Annual Salary: £22,000 per annum
When you walk into a department store and are greeted by the very beautiful and inviting beauty counters, you’re seeing the work of the Retail Design teams. The L'Oréal intern in this department has a ‘roll up your sleeves’ attitude and is ready to get stuck in!
When we have a brand new store opening or a retailer is having a beauty hall re-fit it’ll be your job to assist the Retail Design Managers in delivering a counter that is making the best use of the space, conveying an exciting and interactive customer journey whilst being in line with the International Brand Guidelines.
Please note you will be asked to share a portfolio of your design work PRIOR to as assessment
You will...
You will assess the varying customer journey across our brands as well as our competitors and up the game. It’s a busy and fast-paced role, but seeing your designs, planning and organisation come to life is super rewarding.
Day-to-day you may be...
- Supporting the Retail Design team with preparing and planning for new counter installations
- Partnering with different business functions to organise a successful counter launch
- Taking on your own projects and building up an in-depth expertise of Retail Design
- Work closely with the visual merchandising team to ensure a 360 approach
- Liaising with logistics on tester orders for new counter installations
- Attend installations out of hours to support on snagging and merchandising the new counters.
- Work on implementing latest brand furniture and strategizing the implementation of new launches
- Regular in-store visits to track competitor activity and launches across retailers, gathering photos, details on materials and structures to create a monthly report for presentation to the Marketing Team and General Manager
- Attending trade shows and supplier fairs on behalf of the team
You have...
In order to be successful in this role you will have:
- Have strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Have a good eye for detail and an awareness of current Retail Design trends
- Able to work autonomously with great organisational and time-management skills
- Experience in PowerPoint, Photoshop, Sketchup and Excel would be an advantage but not prerequisite.
We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and disabled candidates as they are currently under-represented in our organisation. We are signatories of the Race at Work Charter led by Business in the Community and are committed to improving employment opportunities for people of colour across the UK. We also welcome applications from LGB and Trans and non-binary candidates.
You are...
- In your second year at University on a course which enables you to take an Industrial Placement Year (unfortunately if you are graduated you are not eligible).
Next steps...
Once you click apply you will be asked some questions to check you are eligible for this role. These will be questions around your current situation, whether you’re happy with the salary, location etc.
If you are eligible to apply, you will then be sent a link via email to ‘Step 2’ of the application process; the online assessments. Keep an eye out for this (it might even land in your spam folder!). Although there is no deadline for completion, the quicker you submit your answers the quicker we can continue to move you through the process!
Once we have your results, our recruiters will conduct a final review of your entire application and if successful, invite you to an Assessment Centre. Please be patient with us as we receive a high volume of applications and want to spend time going through each of them.
Our Assessment Centres this year will mostly be in person, they will be running from when applications open until the roles are filled. These Assessment Centres are specific to function, so please be patient if you don’t get invited straight away – it might just be because your function’s Assessment Centre date isn’t until later on in the recruitment period!
Please note, if you apply for more than one role you will be put forward for the one we deem most suitable for you. If you have a strong preference, please only apply to that one role to ensure you are considered for the correct role.
- You can apply to up to three jobs within a rolling 30-day window.
- You cannot withdraw your application once you applied, so please make sure to choose a job that matches your dreams.
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