Fashion Assistant

We’re seeking a tenacious and enthusiastic Fashion Assistant who thrives in a fast-paced environment and loves bringing ideas to life. **About the Role** As a Fashion Assistant, you'll play a vital role in supporting divisional Editors, content teams, and fashion departments across all channels. This is a fast-paced and multifaceted role that blends creativity, coordination, and collaboration. You’ll work closely with internal teams, external brands, freelance stylists, and PR agencies to bring editorial visions to life. From sourcing products and pulling stock to coordinating photoshoots and managing digital assets, no two days will be the same. This role is deeply embedded in the fashion industry, requiring a keen eye for trends and strong organisational skills. Key responsibilities: - Sourcing press samples, liaising with PR agencies, and managing product call-ins and returns. - Coordinating photoshoots, including securing products, organising logistics, and assisting with styling. - Managing the fashion cupboard, tracking shipments, and maintaining an organised database of key industry contacts. - Assisting with Fashion Week scheduling, brand relationships, and freelance stylist coordination. - Staying ahead of industry trends, attending buyer meetings, and supporting creative direction for shoots. This role is fully on site, working 5 out of the 7 days a week. **About You** You thrive in a fast-paced, high-energy environment and have a proactive, "can-do" attitude. You’re highly organised with exceptional attention to detail, bringing enthusiasm to every task, whether it's a high-profile fashion shoot or the meticulous management of product samples. Your deep passion for the fashion, beauty, and lifestyle industries drives you to exceed expectations and deliver exceptional work. You will also have: - Previous experience working in a fashion cupboard - Background experience in luxury editorial, publishing / experience working in the fashion industry, with a strong understanding of PR agencies, brands, and external stylists [ideal]. - Strong organisational and multitasking abilities, ensuring seamless execution of projects, including maintaining an efficient fashion cupboard. - Excellent communication skills to liaise effectively with teams, brands, and freelance creatives. This is a very fashion-focused role, perfect for someone looking to immerse themselves in the industry and grow their experience in fashion production, styling coordination, and editorial content creation. **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. 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 food hall and restaurants), and a season ticket loan. **Uniquely You** Whilst 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 can demonstrate the majority of skills and strong experience to thrive in this role, we would encourage you to apply.