Assistant Showroom Manager – Luxury Retail
Notting Hill, London
£28,000 – £34,000 per annum (DOE)
Full-time | Start Date: ASAP
Are you a passionate and experienced luxury retail professional looking to elevate your career?
Do you thrive in a fast-paced, boutique environment where no two days are the same? Are you confident managing eCommerce, international orders, and social media alongside delivering exceptional in-store experiences? If so, this is an outstanding opportunity to join a highly respected, independently owned luxury brand with a loyal global following.
About the Retailer
This is a rare opportunity to join a high-end, independently owned boutique based in West London, known for its beautifully curated showroom, exceptional product quality, and discerning international clientele. The business blends luxury retail with a deeply personal customer experience, offering a unique and refined approach that sets it apart from traditional retail environments.
With a strong online presence and loyal following, the brand is experiencing a period of thoughtful growth, making this an ideal time to join and contribute to its evolving story.
About the Role
As Assistant Showroom Manager, you'll work closely with the Showroom Manager to lead a small, dynamic team, delivering world-class customer service both in-store and online. You’ll be a key player in driving sales, enhancing digital presence, and maintaining the impeccable standards our client base expects.
Key Responsibilities:
Support the day-to-day management of the showroom, ensuring a seamless, luxury experience
Drive team performance and uphold exceptional customer service standards
Manage and grow social media channels, creating engaging content and responding to global audiences
Oversee eCommerce operations, ensuring timely and accurate order fulfilment
Handle international sales, queries, and logistics with precision and professionalism
Act as a brand ambassador—elegant, knowledgeable, and service-led
Build lasting relationships with VIP and high-net-worth clients
Uphold company policies and visual merchandising standards at all times
What You’ll Bring:
Proven experience in a luxury retail leadership role (Assistant Manager or Senior Supervisor level)
Confident with social media strategy and content creation
Previous experience with eCommerce platforms and international order processing
A polished, client-first approach with strong communication skills
Excellent attention to detail and a proactive, can-do attitude
Commercially savvy, with a passion for fashion, lifestyle, and boutique retail
Why Join?
Be part of a renowned, design-led brand with international recognition
Enjoy a collaborative, close-knit team environment
Work in a beautifully curated Notting Hill showroom
Competitive salary of £28,000 – £34,000 + bonus potential
Genuine opportunity to influence both retail and digital growth
Apply now to be part of something truly special in the world of independent luxury retail.
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Technical Support
Provide first-line technical support to staff and students, assisting with general IT issues.Support in maintaining and updating school devices including desktops, laptops, printers, projectors, and tablets.Assist in managing user accounts, access permissions, and passwords under supervision.Prepare IT equipment and resources for lessons, meetings, and school events.Install and test hardware/software, and assist with rolling out software updates.
Systems & Administration
Assist in maintaining accurate inventories of hardware and software.Log, track, and respond to IT support tickets in line with the school’s service level expectations.Contribute to maintaining the school’s website and digital platforms (e.g. Office 365) under guidance.Training:Working towards a Level 3 Information communications technician apprenticeship standard.Training Outcome:ICT support technician
Network ManagerEmployer Description:Burnage Academy for Boys is a hard-working and energetic school, and we are currently at a particularly exciting point in our history.
It is important to nurture a supportive team right across the school, helping colleagues to deliver the highest quality education for our pupils.
Working in education is incredibly rewarding. Many of the benefits of a career in the sector cannot be measured, such as the satisfaction of helping a pupil reach their potential, or the pride in being part of a strong team that consistently goes the extra mile. However, we recognise that it is not without challenge, and staff wellbeing is incredibly important to us at Burnage Academy for Boys. Staff here enjoy a range of benefits, including:
- Wellbeing days (one per term) in order to support staff mental health and work life balance.
- Access to counselling, financial, legal and personal advice through our free Health Assured Employee Assistance Programme, including confidential 24-hour support.
- Supportive CPD-focused appraisal process, led by the appraisee.
- A comprehensive in-school mentoring programme for PGCE, ITT and ECTs.
- Access to final salary pension scheme.
- All Staff Christmas Shopping Day.
- EV Car Leasing and Cycle to Work schemes, through a salary sacrifice programme.
- Access to BAFB Employee Benefits Platform, giving discount at a range of shops and supermarkets (both online and in-store).
- Discounted gym memberships.
- Staff Social Events and Treats.
- Wellness Services
- Flu Jab Vouchers
- Free on site parking.Working Hours :Monday to FridaySkills: Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Team working,Initiative....Read more...
Provide general teaching laboratory support including the setting up and clearing away of equipment, consumables and reagents
Prepare materials and reagents (e.g. stock solutions, agar plates etc.). This will require the accurate use of measuring devices such as balances and pH meter and sterilisation equipment such as serialisation ovens and autoclaves
Assist in the preparation of more complex reagents and biological materials
Recording and signing out materials and equipment for student loan
To be responsible for ensuring that equipment is accurately calibrated prior to classes starting and that all requirements are in place
To complete equipment function tests, maintenance and calibration. Equipment may include water baths, rotary evaporators, pH meters, microscopes, data loggers, electrophoresis equipment etc.
To identify simple faults and troubleshoot equipment during classes
Setting up of IT equipment
Receive deliveries (equipment, consumables and hazardous substances) and delivery documentation. Ensure deliveries are safely unpacked and that hazardous substances are stored according to regulations and that temperature sensitive deliveries are stored in appropriate fridges/freezers
Assist with the organisation and housekeeping of storage rooms, this may involve bringing equipment required for the day’s classes to the front of the store for easy access etc.
Carry out specified techniques, tests or experiments as directed
Identify simple problems and resolve and recognise when to refer issues to your manager
Maintain accurate records and draft routine documentation related to your duties
Ensure the health, safety and cleanliness of immediate work area, by encouraging staff and students to comply with all basic University/College Health & Safety policies and reporting any issues to your line manager, technical manager, laboratory manager or College Safety Advisor as appropriate
Confirm that all required assessments are in place, approved and up to date
Carry out regular maintenance processes as appropriate and ensuring records are maintained
Report any breaches or non-compliance with health and safety procedures to the Line Manager, Technical Manager, Laboratory Manager or College Safety Advisor
Ensuring waste disposal is carried out correctly for laboratory, recycled and general waste
Adopt a proactive attitude to assisting with and implementing carbon reduction and energy saving measures
Assisting with stock level control and informing Line Manager when replacements are required
Receipt and correct storage of consumables and chemical reagents
Reporting any problems with equipment or services to the line manager or colleague as appropriate
You will treat everyone with dignity and respect, supporting equality and valuing diversity
You will complete any other duties as may be reasonably required by either the Line Manager or Technical Managers
Training:You will undertake a Level 3 Laboratory Technician Apprenticeship with an Ofsted rated 'Outstanding' training provider, CSR Scientific Training, which will include:
Fully recognised apprenticeship qualification - Level 3 Laboratory TechnicianOn-the-job competency trainingTheoretical knowledge - BTEC Level 3 Applied Science (if required)
The majority of your learning will be completed online once a week with some face-to-face practical sessions/exams in Birmingham (if BTEC is included).
Upon successful completion, apprentices can apply for professional registration as a Registered Science Technician, RSciTech, with either the Institute of Physics, Royal Society of Chemistry or Royal Society of Biology.Training Outcome:On completion of this apprenticeship or further in your career, you may be able to progress into one of the following roles:
Specialist technician
Technical assistant
Teaching Laboratory Technician
Research Laboratory Technician
Workshop Technician
Senior Technician
Team leader
Technical Support manager
Employer Description:A world top 100 university and part of the prestigious Russell Group, the University of Birmingham makes important things happen. Delivering groundbreaking research and excellent research led teaching.
People are at the heart of what we are and do.
The University of Birmingham is proud to have been a part of the City of Birmingham and the wider region for over 100 years, and we are equally proud to be recognised as a leading global university. We want to attract talented people from across the city and beyond, support them to succeed, and celebrate their success.
We are committed to helping the people who work here to develop through our sector-leading Birmingham Professional programme which provides all professional services staff with development opportunities and the encouragement to reach their full potential. With almost 5,000 professional services jobs in a wide-range of functions in Edgbaston and in our campus in Dubai, there are plenty of opportunities for you to be able to develop your career at the University.
We believe there is no such thing as a typical member of staff and that diversity is a source of strength that underpins the exchange of ideas, innovation, and debate. We warmly welcome people from all backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where diversity is at the heart of who and what we are, and how we work.
Supporting our people to achieve a healthy work/life balance is important both to our employees and to the success of the University and, depending on the role, we offer a variety of flexible working arrangements. We therefore welcome discussions on all forms of flexible working. In addition, you will receive a generous package of benefits including 40 days paid holiday a year, one paid day a year for volunteering, occupational sick pay, and a pension scheme. We also have three high quality subsidised day nurseries.
The University is situated in leafy Edgbaston and there are excellent transport links to our beautiful campus, including main bus routes and a train station on site. On campus we have a state-of-the-art sports centre with pool, shops, places to eat and drink, our own art gallery, museum, and botanical gardens.Working Hours :Monday to Friday - typically 9am - 5pm, but they will be required occasionally to support activities outside these hoursSkills: Communication skills,IT skills,Attention to detail,Organisation skills,Customer care skills,Problem solving skills,Logical,Team working....Read more...
