Retail ManagerLocation: Oxford, OX1 1BPHours: Full timeContract: PermanentSalary: £26,000 per annumOur client is one of the UK’s most exciting and influential contemporary art organisations, renowned for its bold and ambitious artistic programme that promotes diversity and internationalism and celebrates contemporary art as a progressive agent of social change. This summer, they have undergone large redevelopment projects which include a new look and location for their shop.

They are looking to hire a passionate and proactive Retail Manager to work with the Commercial Manager to oversee all aspects of their shop including product research, ordering stock, visual merchandising and sales.

Person Specification

Essential skills and experience

• At least two years’ experience of working in a retail environment at a management level.
• Evidence of visual merchandising and display skills.
• Excellent customer service skills with a strong sales focus.
• Excellent communication skills, experience of telephone and email enquiries.
• Strong organisational skills and ability to priorities duties.
• Evidenced experience of managing an online shop.
• Excellent computer competencies, preferably on Apple computers.
• EPOS till systems.

Desirable skills and experience

• Experience of working in a gallery environment.
• InDesign, Canva or Photoshop experience.
• Experience of using social media for marketing.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus eight public bank holidays.
• Employees are entitled to up to a 25% discount in their Shop and Café.
• Employee Assistance Programme through Gemelli.
• Cycle and Home & Tech schemes available via BHN extras.
• An auto-enrolment pension scheme is in place with Legal & General. Under pension auto enrolment legislation, the employee will pay 5% (before tax relief) and the employer will pay 3% of qualifying earnings to the Legal and General plan.

Application deadline 29/07/2024

APPLICATION PROCESS:

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Notes

They are one of the UK’s most exciting and influential contemporary art organisations, renowned for its bold and ambitious artistic programme that promotes diversity and internationalism and celebrates contemporary art as a progressive agent of social change.

They welcome more than 100,000 visitors each year with 10,000 attendances in creative learning and participation activities. The organisation’s digital content reaches 450,000 through their digital channels annually. Through a wide range of high-quality content creation and programming, they aim to make contemporary art accessible and engaging to the widest audience and to promote creativity in all of its visual forms. Over the last 50 years they have brought some of the world’s most important artists to the city, and the UK, and has developed an international reputation for pioneering emerging and under-represented artists.

They are a registered charity and rely on core funding from Arts Council England and Oxford City Council, and the generous support of individuals, trusts and foundations, sponsors, and friends.

No agencies please.