For growth and expansion, we are always on the look out for new talent to join our team. Whether your skilled within luxury fashion, photography, logistics or ecommerce, Olivia May can offer challenging and rewarding roles in a unique family environment.
You'll find our current vacancies here...
To Showcase Niche International Designers Who Create The Unconventional. Our Commitment Is To Exceptional Customer Service. By Focussing On The Individual Customer, We Ensure Personalised Service At Every Step Of The Way, From Styling To Customer Care Shipping To 185 Countries Worldwide.
Olivia May is a luxury shopping destination providing effortless fashion for the contemporary women. As a small, yet growing business developing a global creative platform of expression, we are always looking for talented and creative individuals that can drive innovation. We grow our team and recognise our people are the core to our success. We are committed to promoting internally while welcoming the best talent from outside the organisation to boost our ever-expanding team.
We value creativity, hard work and loyalty. In return you will receive an opportunity to really make a difference to a growing business and take the next step in your career.
So, whether your interest and expertise lies in luxury retail or ecommerce please get in touch we'd love to hear from you. Simply contact us via the online form to enter your details and send us your CV and cover letter along with the role you are interested in. We look forward to hearing from you.
years in luxury fashion
employees across three locations
designers, from Italian to Japanese
Our e-commerce is key for our global display platform and future growth of the business providing the ultimate customer experience. Through web development, SEO, digital advertising, user experience expertise we aim to create a seamless online journey for our customers from view to delivery.
We manage our long term strategy to drive innovation through smaller project work so organisation skills are a must.
The Olivia May buying team cherry-picks designers and collections from across the globe working 12 months ahead of a season before it even reaches online taking fashion commerciality and highest quality of fabrics and design into account. They manage relationships with our designers, set the product tone for the season and showcase the buys to the wider team.
We travel to key destinations for up and coming designers like London, Paris and Milan to attend the buying shows with our 60+ designers so strong analytical skills, stamina and an eye for detail are key.
The photography team are the ones responsible for creating all our content that fills our product pages, editorial magazines and front of site and social media. There are many stages to the process involving product stock, styling outfits, editing, editorial concept planning and production which takes place in a studio set up across both Cheshire and Oxfordshire.
Each season our photographers drive a quick and efficient process to deliver new products in their best light alongside presenting inspirational content on a regular basis, to deliver top customer satisfaction.
The retail sales representatives ensure the smoothest running of Olivia May's Cheshire Showroom and Oxford Boutique, helping to embed the brand message and maintain the standard of customer service the organisation is renowned for. The team manages daily store operations, stock control, customer relationships and our loyalty program. All customer queries including delivery, fabric, aftercare, size and fit are answered by the team via telephone, email and our online web forms within 24 hours so style knowledge of the luxury fashion industry is essential to provide advice to all customers, from wardrobe updates to ideas on how to put a look together.
We take hundreds of queries each week, and often in multiple languages so a sales drive, ability to work well under pressure, deep understanding of fashion and perfect written English are essential.
The styling team's main responsibilities include providing fashion advice, choosing and co-ordinating outfits for models in photo shoots, social media and videography, choosing accessories and executing the creative direction of an overall final look. They host one-to-one styling appointments, curating pieces that cater to each client's requirements often for seasonal looks or special occasions. The team use their fashion knowledge to create appealing looks that accentuate the designers we present to convey the strongest visual message in a fast-changing environment.
We will always respond to the demands of a client rapidly so a pro-active approach, confidence, collaborating with others, a creative flair and communication skills are key.
The press, events and marketing team drive and develop the communication of Olivia May's key messages globally, ensuring the right location, the right timing, to the right audience and within the correct forum. We connect our brand via direct marketing - this includes digital marketing, traditional print, press announcements, editorial photo shoots, product placements, keynote speakers including bloggers and influencers, news & events about the business as well as designer launches, collaborations and public events to amplify these initiatives.
We run masses of activity all year round so being a team player, with a true understanding of the fashion media landscape, a commercial drive and excellent people, communication and organisational skills is essential.
The operations team manages the movement of stock within the business - from designer and manufacturer deliveries to the stock room, to orders being delivered to over 185 countries and everything in between including customer requested items to store to delivery and distribution of all our printed materials to our +6K customers.
The team liaise daily with our courier suppliers Royal Mail, DPD and DHL to process and quality control the large amounts of items we send out each day. The ability to think quickly, problem solve and think logistically to come up with ways to improve processes and structures is a must.
We are truly passionate about growing talent and future leaders through our internship programme which offers the opportunity to be surrounded by hard-working and creative teams to help train and develop skills and business acumen. As a fast-moving organisation, we aim to give an insight to entry-level roles within a chosen study area.
We offer a personal development plan that develops skills in time management, communication and understanding of the fashion retail industry from beginning to end so entrepreneurial, motivated individuals that drive their own successes will benefit the most.
Becoming part of the Olivia May team will offer you the right setting and tools to continue to reach your potential.