Posting End Date: January 26, 2025 Join John Lewis or Waitrose today If you've ever stepped through the doors of a John Lewis or Waitrose shop, shopped online, or seen any of our adverts, you'll know there's something unique about us. That unique proposition is our Partners. As co-owners they have a say in our business and receive a share of the profits, so they put time and effort into making it work. Our Partners are the reason we're the success we are. They're our secret sauce; the opportunity for us to differentiate. Job Summary: As a Home Design Stylist, you’ll work with and inspire customers to find the perfect home decor they'll fall in love with. Helping to drive sales and profit across our home departments and deliver the very best, personalised shopping experience expected of the John Lewis brand. Job Description: Due to working regulations, applicants must be 18 years or over to apply. Key Responsibilities You'll be working on a number of different customer projects at any one time and your daily responsibilities will include: - Take full ownership of every new project that comes your way, providing a special and personalised experience for every customer. - Building rapport with your customers to really understand their needs and taste's and using your expert knowledge of home design to create and inspire stunning home decor for their homes. - Following trends and keeping up-to-date with the latest design concepts and themes. - Supporting the wider team to deliver an excellent shopping experience, helping customers and performing general shop keeping tasks. - Using your knowledge of home design to coach other Partners which, in turn, helps create a unique shopping experience that can only be found at John Lewis. Essential skills/experience you'll need - Full UK driving licence (may not be required for some locations). - A deep understanding and passion for the interior design industry. - Great computer literacy skills. - Ability to use IT systems to communicate with customers, process orders, and complete customer tracking (e.g. Excel, Word, and email). Desirable skills/experience you may have - Design-related qualification equivalent to a degree. - Member of a professional body, such as the Association of Interior Design. - Previous experience using design and creative packages such as Computer Assisted Design (CAD) and 3D roomstyler. - Experience measuring, estimating, and fitting window treatments. - Previous experience in interior design roles. Pay: £24,400.00 - £28,000.00 Annual Scheduled Weekly hours: 37.5 Worker Type: Temporary Partner (Fixed Term) Job Level: Partnership Level 9 Hours of Work: Varied hours of full time work (37.5 hours per week) across seven days to include late finishes, evenings and weekends. At the John Lewis Partnership, we embrace our differences. We want you to be you. Because, well, we know you're at your best when you're free to be yourself. Being a truly inclusive employer to us means creating an environment which celebrates your contribution, regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, social background, religion or belief. It's why we've set our own aim to become the UK’s most inclusive business - for our Partners (employees) and our customers. We firmly believe that our future success lies in diversity of thought from all Partners and it's integral in our mission to build a happier world. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us. And, once you're a Partner, your differences will make all the difference. Find out more about D&I in the Partnership here. We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where it is possible to do so. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview. -