Hair & Make Up Artist

Salary: £24,000 - £26,000 DOE

Location: Peterborough Head Office

Contracted Hours: Office/ Studio Based, 37.5 hours a week - Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm

What is the role

Working as part of a small HMU/styling team you will report to the functional lead for this area, collaborate with photographers, retouchers, producers and art directors ensuring that Hair and Makeup is executed inline with brand guideline and brief requirements across a range of ecommerce and creative shoots in the studio and on locations delivering iconic product and creative brand content. Work is primarily studio based, but you will from time to time be required to work on location in the UK and overseas.

What you will do

• Produce consistent, high quality hair and make-up in our state of the art studio daily, within the desired timeframe.
• Maintain professionalism at all times.
• Ability to adapt and change quickly throughout the day to any creative hair and make-up changes.
• Occasional requirement to attend lifestyle shoots on location or in studio with the creative team.
• Be highly organised and have good presentation skills.
• Source high quality materials and order them from trusted manufacturers to maintain excellence and keep the inhouse kit fresh and up to date.
• Producing high standard hair and make-up for all shoots, working at a fast pace whilst maintaining quality and keeping on brand.
• Communicate with studio and creative manager to get direction on job specification.
• To be able to manage and manipulate hair & make-up on set and correct make-up according to lighting.
• To be able to correct fake tan issues/inconsistencies.
• Acquire more knowledge on Hair and makeup by participating in training and workshops to learn latest makeup techniques or practicing/building your portfolio in your own time.
• Suggest skin/hair care routines to our models if they are regularly turning up with bad/irritated skin or hair.
• Work quickly and accurately under pressure.
• Maintain awareness of health and safety issues and legislation.
• Keep your make-up brushes and make-up area clean and tidy ensuring the relevant hygiene routines are followed before and after a shoot.

What you will bring

• Highly motivated and a desire to be the best.
• Proven ability to work well within a team and to use own initiative.
• Proven record of good attendance and flexibility.
• An energy and enthusiasm to succeed.
• Ability to work hard and smart.
• Ability to adapt to frequent change and a high pressure environment.
• Outstanding loyalty and commitment to the business.
• Excellent attention to detail, good communication skills, friendly style.

Yours Clothing is a retailer that provides the best value on the UK high street and internet for curvy customers. Along with our big and tall menswear brand, BadRhino, our Long Tall Sally brand and our most recent addition, PixieGirl Petites, the business is growing at pace to cater for non-standard sizes on the high street and online.

Our continued success comes from our entrepreneurial thinking and listening to our customers to deliver fashion products at the right price. Our environment is fast paced, ever evolving and full of excitement. Yours Clothing continues to expand and become the number one plus size fashion retailer in the UK whilst continuing to develop our brands into new and exciting niche markets both in the UK and further afield.