Designer Exchange is looking for a Senior Styling & Product Coordinator to join the team in Knightsbridge, London.

Responsibilities

Core:

• Oversee daily e-commerce operations, ensuring a consistent representation of the Designer Exchange concept through styling and product coordination.
• Manage and prioritise multiple styling and product coordination projects simultaneously.
• Support company-wide e-commerce and creative photoshoots.
• Follow Photography Studio processes to ensure seamless image asset delivery.
• Clearly communicate workflow status to studio teams and relevant departments: Admin, Logistics, and Product Analyst.
• Identify and resolve production challenges, including last-minute changes.
• Support ongoing and temporary projects as assigned.
• Mentor and train junior styling team members, ensuring they meet performance expectations.
• Maintain and organise working areas and toolsets; advise on repairs, restocking, or orders needed for styling equipment.

Coordination:

• Products waiting to be shot:
  • Keeping the rails organised (eg.: new stock, flat-lay, menswear, seasonal, etc.)
  • Keep separated the stock according to subcategories
  • Separate priority and non-priory stock.
  • Store stock
  • Ensure items needing reshooting are available and correctly located.
  • Pre-prepare stock aligned with weekly shooting schedules.
• Ensure items needing reshooting are available and correctly located.
• Move stock to and from the studio, relieving photographers of this task.
• Ensure surplus stock is always available for photography needs.
• Implement processes to streamline product coordination and internal communication.

Daily Product Preparation:

• Detag products and refresh tags and check Entropy certificates.
• Check product condition (clean, ready to shoot).
• Item preparation: Steam clothing, clean and stuff handbags, clean shoes and small leather goods, polish accessories and jewellery.
• Return each product to the correct section after shooting.
• Verify product codes and descriptions before e-commerce shooting; report discrepancies.
• Report multiple product codes to the photographers.
• Report and email the following website issues:
  • Photography: missing images
  • Pricing: incorrect names and categories

Ecommerce Styling:

• Dress and style garments on the mannequins.
• Style products in flat-lay (clothing and scarves).
• Maximise productivity with good time management to reach the KPI.
• Styling for Creative Shoot Support
• Assist in creative still-life studio shoots.
• Responsible for selecting outfits for creative shoots in collaboration with the Marketing team.
• Responsible for on-site styling during castings, fittings, and creative shoots.

Creative & Quality Control:

• Support the Senior Photographer and Head of Department in QC of daily e-commerce images when needed.
• Monitor images on the website for quality issues.
• Maintain and update styling guidelines and design item folders in the Drive.
• Stay informed on current photography trends and emerging styling technologies.
• Planning & Workflow Support
• Develop daily shooting plans under the supervision of the Senior photographer and the Head of Department.
• Build collections and manage stock for creative photoshoots.
• Collaborate with photographers, stylists, and marketing teams to achieve creative goals.
• Support the Head of Department in organising daily studio workflow.

Visual Merchandising:

• Develop colour palettes, item lists, and styling concepts for store displays and window installations.
• Dress and style mannequins in Brompton Road store during hours determined by the needs of the company (from 7 a.m.), ensuring brand consistency and campaign alignment.
• Pick up items and bring them to the Brompton store manager for transfer out the store
• Bring items to Logistics to transfer in the studio
• Create list of items and share it with Logistics for transfers from the Studio to the Store
• Provide guidance and support to store teams on visual merchandising standards.