Richard James would like to offer work experience at the studio and head office in Savile Row to WSA students.<\/p>\n
A placement here would a good opportunity for students to connect and learn, first-hand, the workings of a top Savile Row brand. \u00a0The role will be varied and very hands-on.<\/p>\n
Places are available from February 2017, on application, after an informal interview process. This is a short-term placement, working on the SS18 collection.<\/p>\n
Students will be taken on under a placement student contract, and we will support and care for them to the best of our abilities.<\/p>\n
Job description<\/strong><\/p>\n Studio assistant – you will mainly be working as a studio assistant and help the designer, studio manager and production manager with their tasks:<\/p>\n \u2022 Managing the archive Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n Looking for a student with good attention to detail and works neatly, has good technical skills, be able to work on own initiative, hard working, good knowledge and enthusiasm of fabrics and cut. Some Illustrator and Photoshop skills would be ideal as well, not essential.<\/p>\n Job details<\/strong><\/p>\n This is a short-term placement on a part time basis \u2013 starting from 2 \u2013 3 days a week. Days might vary and increase depending on the time of the season.<\/p>\n We cover students with \u00a330 per day for transport and food expenses.<\/p>\n Applications<\/strong><\/p>\n Please send covering letter and CV to Irene, via Irene@richardjames.co.uk, with subject ‘Studio Assistant – WSA’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Richard James would like to offer work experience at the studio and head office in Savile Row to WSA students. A placement here would a good opportunity for students to connect and learn, first-hand, the workings of a top Savile Row brand. \u00a0The role will be varied and very hands-on. Places are available from February…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58090,"featured_media":1448,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6099],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58090"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1447"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1450,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1447\/revisions\/1450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/wsaopps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Research and sourcing
\n\u2022 Producing swatch books
\n\u2022 Creating visual online content
\n\u2022 Working with samples and other showroom duties
\n\u2022 Assisting in photo shoots
\n\u2022 Various admin tasks
\n\u2022 General upkeep of the studio and work place<\/p>\n