Junior Designer

Harrods presents an exciting opportunity to join the Creative Content Team as a Junior Editorial Designer on a 12-month fixed term basis (September 2024 – August 2025). This role is responsible for delivering high-quality creative work across the full Harrods print publication portfolio (Harrods Magazine, Harrods Man, Home, Estates & various supplements).

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 Junior Designers work in a fast paced team and are self-motivated, articulate and able to manage multiple projects/requests independently. A key part of this role is seeing the magazine process from ideation to print. Delivering high quality design, liaising with the photography/production departments and sub-editing teams whilst coordinating and managing tasks to ensure publishing deadlines are met. This role will sit within the Creative Content division and report to the Art Director.

Other responsibilities include:

• Excellent layout skills and great typography knowledge
• Proficiency with design tools such as InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator is essential
• You will work closely with the art director and senior designer to design and maintain the magazines look and feel on regular features as well as helping with more conceptual layouts 
• You will work across a wide team including section editors, picture editors and the production teams to produce great layouts and adhere to the workflow
• You will update and look after the visual flat plans and the layout wall, keeping pages up to date for other stake holders to use as reference

About You 

As a dedicated Junior Designer, you will bring a passion for design and a meticulous eye for layouts to support the wider team and magazine. You will thrive in dynamic environments where deadlines are paramount. You have a strong genuine passion for the inner operations of a magazine and a passion for print.

 
You'll also have:

• Good knowledge and a passion for magazine design, typography, photography and illustration.
• Previous experience working on a leading publication as a hands-on junior designer ideal.
• Experience of the retail or luxury sector beneficial.
• The ability to think laterally and creatively to come up with great design solutions quickly and effectively in a demanding and challenging environment.
• Extremely strong organisational skills, being good at managing and juggling projects across publications – big and small.
• Natural and proactive problem solving abilities.
• A methodical approach, agile and thrive in a fast-moving environment.
• The skill to think outside the box and solve problems, not just be an artworker. Have enthusiasm about an idea and bring people along with you.
• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal.

About Us

Our 175th anniversary will see the Knightsbridge store become a stage for our legacy of firsts, our house of world-leading brands and our reputation for exceptional. We want you to come and be a part of all this - and help us deliver exceptional service that represents our authority as a long-standing icon, industry-leader and innovator. Inspired by our past, celebrating our present and focusing on our future, you’ll be joining a team with the belief that anything is possible. What makes you different makes us exceptional.

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.

In return you’ll receive an excellent benefits package, including a company pension, flexible working, 22 days’ holiday, and your birthday off, up to 33% in-store 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 us on Instagram @togetherharrods