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Our Industrial Placement Programme within Store Concept Design for Waitrose & Partners will make you see retail in a new light. Our unique Partnership difference and approach to business will enable you to get the most out of your placement year. Our placements combine hands-on experience with real projects. You will also receive relevant on the job training.
Within the Store Concept Design role you will create design solutions (including interiors, equipment and graphical solutions) for new in-store developments across all Waitrose Formats (including Core, Convenience, Home, Hospitality, E-commerce and B2B) ensuring the designs are optimised through the quality of the in-store environment created and commercial effectiveness of the store.
The role
- Support the Store Concept Design Team in the creation and maintenance of design standards, details and guidelines.
- Work collaboratively with key colleagues to manifest the above in the delivery of great store environments through the ongoing optimisation of design, planning, space utilisation and cost efficiency.
- Assists Concept Design Managers in the development and delivery of concepts interpreting concept briefs and proposition requirements into design solutions
- Brief internal & external design resources including design agencies, copy writers, equipment/signage suppliers and graphics teams to deliver creative and innovative retail design concepts and signage solutions that are cost effective, scalable and meet the brief
About you
To be eligible for this role, you must be studying an undergraduate degree at university. As part of your degree, you will be taking a year out in industry commencing July 2022. You will also be currently be studying a design related degree.
- Good understanding of the design process.
- Experience in sharing design insight.
- Working experience of AutoCAD, In-design, Sketch Up, Photoshop or similar.
- An understanding of balancing commercial and customer requirements.
Applications
As part of this application, we will need to see your portfolio. Please include a link to your portfolio within your CV, or attach it at the same time as your CV to your application.
- Interviews will take place at the beginning of November.
- The placement will start on Monday 18th July 2022.
- We will only accept one application for any of the Partnership Industrial Placement schemes. If you apply for more than one scheme, we will take the first application we receive. You will then receive an email notifying you of the withdrawal of any subsequent applications.
- Please print off the job outline now, as you will be unable to view it once the vacancy has closed.
- We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we recommend you apply early
The application form consists of a CV upload, an online test followed by application questions. Please ensure you refresh the page each time you complete a task to ensure you complete everything that you need to in time. (If internal, check your Workday notifications and see further guidance on the PDW under "Internal application process").
As a business we encourage flexible working. We have a number of different ways to work flexibly, so at your interview feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you. There are no guarantees, however, examples of how our Partners already work flexibly include part-time, job share, home working and compressed hours.
We positively celebrate Diversity & Inclusion in the John Lewis Partnership. Our aim is to become the UK’s most inclusive business - for our Partners and for our customers, reflecting and connecting with the diverse communities that we serve. We want people from all walks of life to feel valued for their individuality, thrive in our business and share a sense of belonging.
