Styling Manager (Multi-Channel)

We're the feel-good fashion brand making style accessible and fun for over 55 years, on our website, mobile app and over 300 stores in the UK.

By living our values - we play to win, customer obsessed, we are one and it starts with me - we deliver That New Look Feeling for our customers and each other.

THE ROLE

You will deliver on brand multichannel styling and seasonal product styling for all New Looks owned channels: Ecommerce, email, social and Retail.

This role is based in our London office, 4 days a week.

WHATS IN IT FOR YOU

• 40% staff discount plus friends & family discounts throughout the year
• Access to our reward platform for external discount and offers
• Profit related bonus scheme
• Option to join our Healthcare Private Medical Scheme
• Virtual GP access for you and your children - it allows you to speak to a doctor at a time and date that suits you
• All employees are covered by our life assurance policy from day one
• Unlock extra leave with our buy more holiday scheme.
• Celebrate YOU! Enjoy an extra paid day off on your birthday each year
• Spread the cost of your commute with interest free season ticket loans
• Do your bit for the environment and save money with our Cycle2Work scheme
• We're proud to partner with the Retail Trust and Fashion & Textile Children's Trust

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

• Delivering on the Design vision you will create styling looks for the season to be used across all channels, working with the Design and VM teams as a wider Dynamic Styling and Product collective.
• Working closely with Design from initial Design presentation to 'final rack up', you have a full knowledge of the key product for each phase across all categories.
• You are a 'go to person' for what's going on product for wider teams such as Brand, Marketing and Ecommerce. Using that knowledge to guide and assist in product pushes and selection. As a key styling member, you know what's going on and will challenge positively to get the right product results.
• Creating 'on brand' commercial looks for each category push and phase in line with the calendar and buying crit paths.
• With the Senior Styling Manager you are responsible for the Styling crit path and its delivery. Ensuring all dates are inputted, key stake holders are aware and styling requests are done with enough time for all parties including styling to be able to deliver.
• Responsible for the booking in of all styling touch point and signoffs in calendars of relevant stake holders with enough time for useable feedback.
• Working with the Creative Director, Head of Design and Senior Styling Manager on the ways to wear shoots and 'virtual' omnichannel Looks book. To be used as a guide for all channels each season. Styling up key items into commercial looks that inspire and delight.
• Work closely with social, Content teams on the planning and execution of content and shoots and other activity.
• Support Design and Senior Styling Manager on Campaign and Seasonal shoots (instore POS and Digital and OOH when applicable.) Working ahead to ensure all planning and timings are workable for all so best product can be used. Delivering 'on brand' inspiring looks across Women's, 915, Men's and Concessions
• Following up on all shoots with product notes for retouch, working closely with head of design and senior content lead.
• Responsible for the product focus of all CRM pushes, collaborating with ecom, brand and Creative on email creation, driving key pushes and imagery selection, both through advance planning and where needed reacting to trade, weather and new trend information.
• Working into briefs and working ahead to deliver product pushes in line with the marketing calendar. Create seasonal style guides to deliver on digital content needs.
• Lead the CRM weekly call to direct the customer emails content in response to CRM's requirements of journey and push.
• Select and decide assets for weekly homepage updates, promo banners, landing page refreshes and Seasonal Site Furniture updates across all departments.
• Responsible for checking stock levels for product pushes.
• Supporting and mentor the Assistant Stylists so that they can deliver and thrive.
• The ability to thrive in a fast paced environment. Its retail things change all the time, and you thrive on it with a problem solving 'can do' approach to things.
• Works closely with product coordination Manager and PCM's assistant to align on key product pushes, and correct intakes.
• Taking the overarching packs from the PCM and able to add to it and build out in real time.

WHO YOU ARE:

• You will have 3+ years' experience in styling.
• Excellent knowledge across the fashion and retail industry.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Team player, ability to collaborate and work alongside peer group.
• Customer focussed. High awareness of trends and ability to forecast.
• Able to read and understand trackers- product intakes, stock charts, and the programmes we use to monitor this.
• Figma optional but able to easily pick up digital platforms as this is where all our creative is done now.
• Knowledge of marketing and CRM.
• Someone that can work cross functionally with brand, digital design, SO and Trade.

Why New Look?

We care about you and the planet and believe fashion should be a force for positive change. We celebrate inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We're proud of our inclusive culture and our talented team members who embrace our shared purpose, behaviours and values.

We prioritise development, offering training to support your progression, so you can be your absolute best and achieve your goals.

We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer, our colleagues work a range of patterns. If you have a specific pattern in mind, we're keen to discuss this with you in line with the output needed for the role.

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