Creative Placement

We are now hiring for a 4 month Creative Placement, we are looking for a passionate and enthusiastic individual to join our welcoming and close-knit Harrods team in our creative department.

 As we celebrate this momentous anniversary year, now more than ever, it’s an exciting time to join the Harrods Team. Whether you’re a recent school, college or university leaver, or you’re looking to restart your career in an exciting new field, at Harrods we firmly believe in offering exciting career opportunities.  

About the Role

Our Creative placement opportunity is a great opportunity to develop the skills to start your career with one of the most well-known luxury department stores in the world. Working full time  throughout our creative departments to develop your skills before you graduate from university with a creative degree. 

Spread across 4 months, you’ll experience all different types of the creative world at Harrods depending on your creative background, there will be opportunities to cross collaborate with different creative departments whilst learning how to take your creative background from university into the world of your career from Visual Merchandising to Graphic Design.

Role Responsibilities Include:

• Create a retail environment that appropriately represents the Harrods brand, mission statement and goals
• Implement eye catching product displays in order to attract and inspire customers and elevate sales
• work collaboratively with models, photographers, studio coordinators, content managers, producers and creative directors
• develop strong, up-to-date knowledge of designers, brands and trends, proofread to produce accurate and high-quality work.
• demonstrate illustrative skills with rough sketches and work on layouts ready for print
• work as part of a team with printers, copywriters, photographers, stylists, illustrators, other designers, account executives, web developers, and advertising and marketing specialists.
• set up, manage and archive accurate artwork files and supply to relevant stakeholders.
• manage and update an in-house image library
• keep up to date with the latest design trends
• and much more!

About You

You may or may not have experience within a working creative environment, as we will invest in your development to fill in any of the gaps and give you the tools needed to succeed. You must be passionate about creativity, Harrods and going above and beyond to create moments of delight.

You will also:

• Excellent proficiency in all facets of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, and Indesign especially)
• Excellent layout skills, great typography and retouching knowledge
• To successfully understand a brief in order to interpret business needs and develop a concept to suit its purpose
• To think creatively to solve the problem the overall brief proposes; whilst being innovative within constraints of cost and time (Time management and prioritisation skills)
• Choosing the most suitable style and techniques based on the brief and brand guidelines
• A strong eye for detail
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment, and can multi-task

About Us

Harrods is one of the world’s leading luxury department stores and we’re becoming a destination for top designers and the most sought-after brands from around the globe. Our combined mission is to make visiting our iconic Knightsbridge store one of the world’s most inspiring shopping experiences.

Our Promise to You

Help us make the impossible possible for our customers and we’ll do something remarkable for you. As well as offering a friendly environment to inspire your best work, we provide abundant opportunities and support to build an exceptional career across the varied specialisms of our business.

You’ll enjoy a package that includes a generous salary (and access to a competitive bonus or commission scheme), a company pension, 22 days’ holiday and your birthday off, up to 33% Harrods discount (including across our Foodhalls and restaurants), and a season ticket loan.

Uniquely You

At Harrods we believe the personality and authenticity of our people sets us apart.  We celebrate and invite applications from all cultures, backgrounds, tastes, and experiences and are proud of our culture where people from all walks of life can grow and thrive. What makes you unique makes us exceptional.

While our job adverts outline the ideal qualities, skills, and prior experience for the role, we believe in the potential for growth and value individual strengths. If you do not meet every desired criteria but feel you have the skills and experience to thrive in this role as well as a genuine interest in working for Harrods and you can demonstrate an alignment with our values, we would encourage you to apply.

If you want to know more about our people and our culture, search #TogetherHarrods on LinkedIn, Facebook or follow @togetherharrods on Instagram