Trainee showroom & logistics coordinator

Closing date for applications: Friday 26th September at 11.59pm

Salary: £24,570

Hours: 09:30 - 18:00, Monday to Friday

Start date: As soon as available

Duration: 12 months

Step into the world of luxury merchandising with this 12-month traineeship. From fashion and footwear to fine jewellery, you'll learn how to coordinate showrooms and present collections at a global communications agency.

PURPLE is a global lifestyle communications agency with offices in Los Angeles, Miami, New York, London, Hong Kong & Singapore.

For more than two decades, PURPLE has been the leader in culturally connected, results driven brand communications. With the original founding team still leading the business, they bring together cross-generational and diverse personal networks globally to connect people and brands, build strategy and drive commercial success.

PURPLE's in-house talent pride themselves on their international networks, working collaboratively across luxury and creative industries to deliver game-changing earned media campaigns that are always bespoke, non-traditional and often provocative. Understanding the world of luxury and the ever evolving possibilities to lead in the space, PURPLE offers connected services across Communications, Events, Social Media, Partnerships, and VIP & Talent.

As the trainee showroom & logistics coordinator, you will work closely with the operations manager to ensure the smooth operation of the UK showroom. You will oversee a team of interns and play a key role in managing the movement and presentation of collections across fashion, accessories, footwear, eyewear, watches and fine jewellery clients. You'll also get the chance to support internal teams by ensuring all merchandise is accounted for, well-presented and ready for editorial, stylist, influencer and VIP appointments.

Key activities

• Maintaining sample archive and off-site inventory logs ensuring all product is easily located and accessible
• Pulling sample and logistics reports as required to support the wider fashion team
• Maintaining a polished and orderly showroom environment that is client ready at all times
• Accurately packing, labelling and documenting all outgoing shipments, both domestic and international, in line with PURPLE protocols
• Working with the Operations Manager to maintain stock of necessary showroom and office supplies
• Support showroom set-up for UK Press Days and other brand activations

What you will learn

• How to oversee the receipt, processing and tracking of all client samples using Fashion GPS (Launchmetrics)
• Supervise and support interns with unboxing deliveries, checking in samples and preparing items (e.g. steaming) for restocking
• Ensure timely communication of all sample activity to relevant internal and external stakeholders
• Coordinate end-of-season sample returns and shipments to clients
• Keep the dispatch area neat and functional to promote a safe and efficient working environment
• Assist the wider team with ad hoc tasks and ongoing projects as needed

What we are looking for

• A natural flair for merchandising
• An interest in the creative sector, fashion or public relations
• A professional organiser that enjoys detail and loves finding solutions
• An understanding of the importance of 100% confidentiality
• Passionate about ensuring all PURPLE employees have the support they need to flourish in their roles
• An interest in diversity, equity and inclusion is desirable
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Proficient with Microsoft suite
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proactive and independent with the ability to take initiative
• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines

To apply

• Log in to your Creative Access account or register today to apply for this opportunity
• Upload your CV and cover letter as one document (applications without a tailored cover letter will not be accepted)
• Once submitted, you can no longer amend your application, so proof-read carefully
• Do not contact the company directly
• Please email any queries about this role to Creative Access at this address: recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk

This opportunity is open to individuals from groups that are under-represented in the creative industries. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals who identify as Black, Asian, or from other ethnically diverse backgrounds, or people of any ethnicity who belong to the following under-represented groups: disabled people, people with the characteristic of gender reassignment, individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, carers and asylum seekers.

The successful candidate for this opportunity will also participate in a Creative Access support programme that sits alongside workplace training. This includes a programme of induction training, monthly masterclasses, wellbeing support, buddying / mentoring and more.