Work With Us!
We have a number of exciting roles currently available at Sweetpea & Willow: -
1. Internship – Product Writer/Uploader & Customer Service/Admin Support
2. Permanent Sales Advisors (Senior & Junior) Required Immediately
3. Warehouse Support / Driver / Drivers mate – All required!
4. Magento/PHP Developer Immediately Required
1. Internship – Product Writer/Editorial
Hours: 40 hours per week, Mon-Friday (Very occasional Saturday's)
Starting Salary: Up to £15000 per annum based on experience (pro rata)
Annual Leave: 20 days per annum (pro rata)
Term: 6 month fixed-term contract (with huge potential)
Location: Unit 15, The Metro Centre, Isleworth, Middlesex, TW7 6NJ
Due to recent expansion we now have lovely new showrooms and offices and require additional people with flair and creativity to come in and contribute to our beautiful website content. The candidate would be gaining experience in the furniture and interiors industry, experience with using ‘Magento’ on a day-to-day basis (probably the biggest and fastest growing Ecommerce system today), and will of course gain invaluable office experience.
Main Duties
- Upload and update images and specifications of online products
- Creatively write descriptions for new and existing products
- Undertake research on literature relevant to any new suppliers and products
- Liaise with suppliers and manufacturers to gain additional information when required
- Photograph new products
- Proactively organise a schedule of new products to upload and liaise with the team for ideas and trends
- Update and maintain all areas of the website
- To undertake any additional duties as requested by the Office Manager
- To assist the customer services team
Essential Skills, Qualifications and Personal Qualities
- Degree in History, English Literature, or any relevant Bachelor of Arts degree, or someone who has a successful portfolio of working within a similar role
- A high level of literacy and writing skills
- Interpersonal and communication skills to conduct effective working relationships with the team
- Good IT skills, in particular Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop and some experience with Ecommerce
- Ability to prioritise and plan ahead
- Willingness to update and acquire new skills and knowledge
- Ability to work on own initiative without close supervision
Desirable
- Good experience and knowledge with using 'Magento' or similar Ecommerce platform
- Knowledge of photography - Use of DSLR Camera, lighting equipment and a keen eye for a great photo
Please do not phone - Please send your CV and a covering letter highlighting why we should interview you!
Please send it to - cv@sweetpeaandwillow.com
We look forward to receiving your CV and brief covering letter as soon as possible.
Sweetpea & Willow reserves the right to change and amend this job description/person specification in accordance with the changing requirements of the organisation.
2. Permanent Sales Advisors (Senior & Junior) Required Immediately
Location - Based in West London, TW7 6NJ
Benefits - 20 days holiday, commission, company Smart Car, staff discount
£ Salary and Commission will be competitive - based on your experience
This is an amazing opportunity. Sweetpea & Willow are considered to be the UK's largest distributor of French Style Furniture.
Due to recent expansion we now have lovely new showrooms and offices and require additional sales people both (Senior and Junior), to join our expanding team in assisting in closing and following up prospects, as well as on-going sales and development of the company. This is a genuine career opportunity.
The roles are based in our friendly offices with showroom appointments plentiful. Highly organised with excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential. Candidates with previous/current experience in this sector should certainly apply.
- There is NO cold calling required
- Previous 'proven' sales experience is required, and you must be goal and target driven
- You will be required to manage your own diary, conduct showroom appointments (to both the trade and public), be highly organised as you will receive plenty of emails and calls, and ultimately be enthusiastic and friendly!
- Experience in MS Word/Excel is favourable
- An appreciation of 'beautiful' furniture is a must – after all you will be selling it!
- A good basic, commission structure and a company Smart car are all up for grabs!
- Alternate Saturday work 9.30am to 4.30pm is necessary
In summary - A friendly company, lovely products, and a good career are on offer here
Please do not phone - Please send your CV and a covering letter highlighting why we should interview you!
Please send it to - cv@sweetpeaandwillow.com
We look forward to receiving your CV and brief covering letter as soon as possible.
Sweetpea & Willow reserves the right to change and amend this job description/person specification in accordance with the changing requirements of the organisation.
No CV’s or calls will be accepted by agencies/recruitment consultants.
3. Warehouse Support / Driver / Drivers mate – All required!
Due to continued expansion our busy warehouse based in Isleworth TW7 6NJ seeks physically fit individual(s) to assist in the day to day workings of the warehouse internally and externally with deliveries. You will report directly to the Warehouse Manager and work with the rest of the team Monday-Friday 8am to 5pm.
Most of our gorgeous furniture is made using mahogany wood, and as such some of our items are very heavy!
This varied role will enable you to gain experience in the quality controlling of items, the re-organising of our showrooms, and also be involved in carrying out deliveries. Reliable candidates need only apply.
This is an excellent opportunity. The daily rates are negotiable and will be based on industry experience. Moving forwards, we are also happy to review the successful candidates after a 3-6 month probationary period, with a view to promotion.
Due to strict insurance restrictions, applicants for the delivery driver positions will need to be over 25 years of age and ‘preferably’ carry a full and clean UK Drivers licence.
Please kindly send us your CV immediately if any of the positions above sound exciting!
*We shall in no event be accepting calls or CV’s from recruitment agencies or associated companies*
4. Magento/PHP Developer Immediately Required
This is an exciting role for an experienced candidate who continually strives to keep on top of the game and wants to bring new ideas forward. Your key responsibility will be to maintain and keep our website(s) up-to-date, clean, efficient and fast. This is an excellent opportunity to work with a leading company in the industry and will require your input on both the front and back end.
The role offers a vibrant and social workplace for an ambitious, creative, confident and self-motivated team player that is extremely passionate about what they do. This is an excellent opportunity for you to make a real difference in this dynamic and fast-paced sector in this already high-achieving organisation.
It would be great if you have most or all of the skills below!
• Advanced experience in PHP5 development and MySQL, experience with MVC frameworks such as Zend would be a plus
• Extensive experience with all sorts of Magento installations
• Latest HTML5 and CSS3 standards
• Good knowledge of jQuery, Prototype and JavaScript
• Valid and accessible coding to W3C and WAI standards
• Cross-browser testing on all major platforms and browsers
• Magento Developer Certification would be an added bonus
• Experience using LAMP developer environment and version control
• Agile project management methods and skills
• Experience to a moderate level with all server commands using SSH and general Linux server administration
• Good knowledge and web design skills using Photoshop with attention to detail
• User Experience (UX) / Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) skills
• Ability to write well-structured and well-commented code with documentation
• Other desirable skills include Sage, XML, XSLT, Semantics, Mozenda (highly desirable), WordPress, Drupal, SOAP, REST, APIs in general and ERP/stock management systems
• Excellent communication skills
* No calls or CV's will be accepted by recruitment agencies or any other related parties *
