The Role
- Style womenswear e-commerce shoots across clothing, footwear, accessories, curated shoot days and occasional elevated galleries, ensuring commercially strong, considered and consistently on-brand product presentation.
- Collaborate closely with the Art Director, Photographer, Styling Lead and Senior Stylist to deliver agreed creative direction and high-quality imagery.
- Prepare and style rack-ups and sets, making confident on-set decisions around fit, proportion, colour, layering, accessories and overall presentation.
- Use weekly bestseller performance, customer profiles, seasonal direction and current trends to inform styling decisions and keep imagery fresh and relevant.
- Contribute to weekly styling inspiration packs, sharing new ideas, industry updates and trend awareness.
- Apply River Island’s visual identity consistently, working closely with the Styling Lead to review and sign off daily output.
- Build strong knowledge of River Island models, including fit, proportions and suitability, making considered decisions on product allocation and hold-backs.
- Work proactively with Buying and Studio teams to ensure samples are received efficiently and products are photographed and live within agreed timelines.
- Review weekly Intake Rails to anticipate upcoming product, allowing time to develop styling concepts, ideas and moodboards.
- Take ownership of styling quality and delivery, proactively identifying opportunities to improve imagery and the customer experience.
- Maintain strong organisation, time management and a professional, collaborative and solutions-focused approach across the wider Studio and Creative team.
What You’ll Bring
- A natural eye for womenswear styling, with a genuine passion for fashion and an understanding of what makes a look feel relevant, desirable and unmistakably River Island.
- A strong commercial instinct, with the ability to translate trends and creative ideas into styling that inspires the customer and brings product to life.
- A collaborative and open approach, working closely with the wider Studio, Creative, Buying and Commercial teams to achieve the best possible result.
- The ability to take ownership of your work, brings fresh ideas to the table and looks for opportunities to elevate the way we style and present product.
- Confident in making styling decisions, with a strong understanding of fit, proportion and the finer details that make a difference to the final image.
- Adaptable, organised and comfortable working at pace, with the ability to respond to changing priorities while maintaining a high standard of styling and delivery.
As part of your application, you will need to provide a portfolio. Unfortunately, we aren't able to consider you application without one.
We’re a much-loved brand with an exciting future. We understand our assignment, take ownership and deliver amazing results. Our people are a diverse bunch of bright, talented people who love working together – and are proud of the work they do. Progression here can take you in all kinds of directions, that’s why we are the ultimate place to work. Winning together is what a career at River Island is like.
This role is based at our Head Office, Chelsea House, in West London.
Check us out here on a map.What we can offer you:
💰 Generous 50% staff discount so you can treat yourself to the latest products, and a bargain staff shop on site!
🛒 Reducing your everyday expenses through discounts, benefits, financial advice, wellbeing solutions and more through the Retail Trust.
🎉 A free onsite gym, subsidised restaurant & café to fill you needs. Various social events to socialise throughout the year.
🤎 Every family is unique, we support with all different family setups enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility treatment. We also work closely with the Retail Trust to create dedicated support for all our Islanders!
💕 Give as you earn scheme, a ‘Giver Island’ day each year and receive matched funding.
🎓 Progression focus throughout Retail & Head Office. Support with upskilling skills through on the job training and qualifications.
💰We contribute toward your retirement and offer a private pension plan.
☀️ 25 days paid holiday, exclusive of Bank Holidays. With the added option to purchase additional holiday twice a year for whatever the need!
We are committed to providing a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. We expect all employees to uphold our values and contribute to a positive working environment.
Our business is made up of a diverse community, where we all belong and feel part of something bigger. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise. ore about this interview process, check out our hiring process below.
