Job Description

Here at Harrods, we have an exciting opportunity for a personable and diligent Production Assistant to join our fantastic Studio team to play a critical role in ensuring the smooth operation of the studio through exceptional organisation and great communication skills.

About the Role

You will work with our Studio team of 100, liaising and coordinating with all our Studio teams, including Stock, Photography, Styling, Copy and Post-Production. You will create daily shoot lists considering business priorities, speed to site, and resource.

You will then be responsible for pulling the product and ensuring that it is ready for outfitting, or on set, each day, being a key point of contact for queries from the on-set teams throughout the shooting day, as well as for the Buying and Trade teams.

This role is Monday to Friday onsite at our City Road location.

In this role you will also be responsible for:

• Coordinating the rapid flow of product for Harrods.com through the photography studio.
• Organising products into daily shoot lists, considering daily and weekly resources, business priorities, and studio.
• Overseeing fast turnaround product, brand launches, and business priorities to ensure images and copy are completed within deadline, and that products are returned at the scheduled time.
• Working with the on-set teams to ensure that product is handled with care and daily targets are met.
• Working closely with the Stock, Styling, Copy, Photography, Post-Production, Buying and Trade teams to ensure everyone has the necessary information.
• Keeping stakeholders updated, proactively managing potential roadblocks.
• Supporting the wider Studio and Creative Content team as and when required.

About You

To thrive in this role, you will ideally have gained some experience within a Studio environment in a coordinator role, no day is the same so you must love solving problems and driving things forward to ensure everything runs smoothly and on time.

You will also be:

• Passionate about our products and what we put out as a brand.
• Able to thrive in a fast-paced environment juggling multiple projects at one time.
• Extremely organised and detail focussed.
• A confident communicator and self-starter.
• Knowledgeable in Excel including the capability to design and implement new reports.
• Passionate about process, efficiency and continuous improvement.
• Happy helping in the background, being a real team player during busy shoots.

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.

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.

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.

If you want to know more about life at Harrods, search #TogetherHarrods on LinkedIn, or follow us on Instagram @togetherharrods.

Additional Information:

Time Type:

Fixed Term (Fixed Term)

Department:

Photo Studio (Lotte Watts-Jones)