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Office Assistant

About us:

We are a young rapidly growing brand, that is known as the ‘cult’ Bag and Accessory label for cool Millenial parents. We launched 2.5 years ago and in that time have become the best-selling changing bag brand at Selfridges, we have collaborated with a multi-door High-street brand, and have expanded worldwide into the USA, Australia and Mexico and our bags are regularly seen on the arms of stylists, models, influencers and pop stars. Creativity and innovative thinking are the basis of our brand DNA. We regularly collaborate with artists, graphic designers and influencers on our products.

https://www.tibaandmarl.com/about/

What we need:

We are recruiting for the role of a Studio Assistant/ Buyers Admin Assistant. The TIBA + MARL team consists of Anna and Lydia (the co-founders), a Creative Director, a freelance wholesale consultant, a customer service manager and a part-time Merchandiser. We also work closely with a Fashion PR agency, and a Facebook advertising agency that we may need the applicant to liase with and provide assets/ information and generally assist with related admin. We are looking for a proactive, fun and enthusiastic individual who will use their initiative to ensure the smooth running of the studio, and is happy to help with various ad hoc duties, and has a friendly laid back approach. Admin tasks include: supporting our wholesale consultant by entering orders and liasing with our warehouse (we have software called Zedonk for all our wholesale admin), helping with customer relations and answering daily emails from customers, posting samples/ organising samples, helping to send packages/ Post office trips and collecting parcels, sending samples to journalists/ stylists, sourcing and returning clothes for fashion shoots etc etc. Creatively there is the opportunity to assist with our look book shoots (on location/ styling/ generally assistance), as well as organising fabric libraries, compiling mood boards, and we aways encourage creative feedback on our ranges and ideas!

Where:

We have a private office in a really cool shared work space in White City, called ‘Huckletree’. The space offers a really inspiring atmosphere filled with aspiring entrepreneurs/ brands and tech start-ups, so provides a great opportunity for networking. Huckletree hosts multiple events every week, i.e talks from well known entrepreneurs, weekly power breakfasts, members drinks every Thursday, keep fit events etc that the candidate would be welcome to attend.

Hours:

We are looking for someone for 10-15 hours a week, ideally based at our office two mornings a week for around 3 hours each visit, and the remaining hours can be worked from home. We try to support flexible working where we can! Having your own laptop would be helpful but not essential. On occasion (i.e photoshoots/ press days/ events) we may ask for additional support and hours.