We currently have exciting seasonal opportunities within our retail store at our Elgin site.
Do you have a passion for working with luxurious, beautifully crafted products? Would you thrive in a customer orientated environment? Are you interested in representing the Johnstons of Elgin brand and values? Can you make connections with visitors from near and far?
Roles include -
- Sales Consultants
- Tour Guides
We have opportunities working a minimum of 16 hours a week from April to September 2025.
Rate of pay is starting from £12.42 per hour, £12 per for under 18’s, dependant on experience.
This is what we’re looking for in our ideal candidate:
- Have exemplary customer service skills and an understanding of luxury retail
- Have a keen interest in craftmanship and authentic Scottish textile manufacturing
- Preferably have previous experience within a fast-paced, customer facing environment
- Be a team player
- Have a pro-active approach and can-do attitude
- Have excellent communication skills
- Be able to stay calm under pressure
- Have high attention to detail and drive high standards on the shop floor,
- Have strong commercial awareness and keep up to date with the latest fashion trends
Whilst previous experience is beneficial, we are more interested in finding personable individuals with diverse skillsets, capable of undertaking in-house training to learn the role. You may be skilled in languages, have a great sense of humour, a vivacious personality, fabulous customer service skills or the ability tell an amazing story…the list goes on.
If you are an individual who wants to join a people organisation and enhance what is already a fantastic experience for customers and visitors, this is an opportunity not to be missed.
About Us
Founded in 1797, Johnstons of Elgin is an innovative, luxury clothing brand celebrating 225 years of experience in working with the world’s finest fibres. Across three centuries, our family-owned company has carefully sources cashmere and fine woollen fibres from around the world, applying the latest technology and highest quality craft expertise in our very own vertical Scottish mills. Employing over 1,000 staff, our valued employees and communities are at the heart of everything we do, producing unique, high-quality designs that are made to last. Our brand is focused on sustainability, working with natural, renewable, and biodegradable fibres and we are committed to maintaining a minimal environmental footprint.
Johnstons of Elgin is proud to be an equal opportunity employer wholeheartedly supporting the principles of equality and diversity to build an inclusive workforce. Our aim is to embed diversity and inclusion in everything we do to create an environment where our employees feel safe to be their whole authentic self without having to downplay or change parts of their identity. We celebrate diversity in all its forms, which goes beyond those characteristics protected by law to include everything that makes us unique, from our backgrounds and experiences to our personalities and ways of thinking.
We endeavour to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities and encourage any candidate who requires assistance to contact us at hr@johnstonsofelgin.com.
Don’t meet every requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single requirement or qualification. At Johnstons of Elgin, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role but think your experience doesn’t align perfectly with the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
Please note all applicants must be able to provide evidence of their right to remain and take up paid employment in country job is based.
Closing date – Friday 7th March 2025
