Student Placement (Buying, Merchandising, Print Design, Garment Technology and Fashion Marketing)

Salary £23,000 pa
Location Peterborough Head Office
Contracted Hours Office Based, 37.5 hours a week - Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
This is a temporary, full-time vacancy that will close in 3 months at 23:59 GMT.

The Vacancy

What Is The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for students studying a relevant degree to join us for a placement year. The role will be varied with the opportunity to experience a busy, growing, Fashion focused office. The role will support the departments with effective management of the department administration and gain a knowledge, understanding and first-hand experience to help put theory into practice.

Current placement opportunities across all our brands will suit individuals interested in the following areas:

• Buying
• Merchandising
• Garment Technology
• Print Design
• Fashion Marketing

What you will do

Specific responsibilities will be dependent on the area and can vary. We aim to give placement students as much experience of the working environment as possible and you will get involved in varied tasks throughout the placement year as well as day-to-day admin duties.

More details of the key responsibilities for the specific roles will be given to the applicant when the role they are applying for has been identified and they are invited for interview. Please specify which of the 5 areas you are interested in applying for (you can apply for more than one).

What you will bring

• A passion for fashion particularly in the nonstandard sizing market
• Good communication skills both verbal and written
• The ability to work as part of a team as well as on own initiative
• Good time management & organisational skills
• A self-motivated and proactive approach to completing given tasks
• A willingness to learn & the ability to work under pressure
• Strong attention to detail
• A commercial outlook and a keen business sense
• A proven record of good attendance & flexibility
• The ability to adapt to frequent change in a high pressure environment.
• Commitment to behaving with integrity and professionalism at all times
• For Print design roles, ability to provide a portfolio of print work and competent user of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator

The Company

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.

The Benefits

• 50% Discount on all of our brands
• Enhanced Holiday allowance
• Pension & Life assurance
• Bonus scheme
• Employee wellbeing and assistance programme
• Retail discounts