Careers

Careers

AT THE FOLD

Careers

AT THE FOLD

The Fold is an award-winning womenswear brand with a mission to empower women to realise their ambitions. The brand creates beautiful, high quality collections for women to feel their confident best. The Fold has a wide reaching international audience and has dressed some of the world’s most influential female leaders and innovators.

Join The Fold Team

 

We are an ambitious, supportive, passionate team who love what we do. We are Founder-led, and we lead by example –never compromising on our quality.

We are committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion across our business and within our teams. Creating equal opportunities for employees and applicants.

See below for the roles we are currently recruiting for:

Join The Fold Team


We are an ambitious, supportive, passionate team who love what we do. We are Founder-led, and we lead by example –never compromising on our quality. We are committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion across our business and within our teams. Creating equal opportunities for employees and applicants.

 

See below for the roles we are currently recruiting for:

 

We are not currently recruiting! Please keep an eye on the page for any further job opportunities with The Fold.

We are looking for:

Finance Manager

About the role:

 

Reporting into the Head of Finance, this person will be responsible for owning the month-end process and general day-to-day activities of the Finance team. You will work closely with the Head of Finance as we continue to build an efficient and value additive Finance function. It is a fast-paced and exciting environment, with lots of scope to impact on future projects outside of the typical day-to-day.

 

 

Your responsibilities:

 

Management Accounts
 
  • Full ownership of month-end process ensuring adherence to deadlines
  • Reviewing all P&L entries to ensure accuracy and completeness
  • Ownership of all balance sheet reconciliations
  • Preparation of MI pack, including full commentary & variance analysis
  • Monthly review of spend trackers with budget holder
  • Ownership of R&Os schedule; ongoing identification of business risks & opportunities
  • Work alongside Head of Finance in the ongoing development of financial reporting and analysis

Accounts Payable

 

  • Coaching and development of Accounts Payable Assistant
  • Ownership and review of trade creditor balances with AP assistant
  • Weekly review of aged creditors and payment run

Budgeting & Forecasting

 

  • Assist Head of Finance with annual budget process & periodic re-forecasts
  • Ongoing oversight of business risks & opportunities

Audit, Statutory Accounts & Compliance

 

  • Act as the first point of contact for external auditors during our annual audit process
  • Preparation of quarterly UK VAT returns
  • Review of quarterly Italian VAT submissions and key point of contact for our external advisors

Other

 

  • Ongoing review and improvement of finance systems and processes
  • Support with Netsuite development, including new reports (both for Finance and the wider business)
  • Partnering across the business (Customer Services, Ops etc.) to influence and improve upon existing processes
  • Leading or supporting on various ad-hoc projects across the business

 

Your skillset:

 

  • Qualified accountant, either ACA or ACCA/CIMA with demonstrable relevant experience

  • Previous experience in a consumer SME (preferably ecommerce) – preferred but not essential

  • Significant financial systems experience, Netsuite preferable

  • Advanced Excel skills

  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to effectively collaborate within a team environment

  • Ability to challenge teams on existing processes and provide innovative solutions to enhance efficiency

  • The ability to thrive in a busy retail environment and be flexible – we are a small and focused team, always ready to roll up our sleeves and help each other

 

 

Benefits of working with The Fold:

 

  • 25 days holiday including bank holidays
  • Buy additional holidays
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • A yearly Fold gift voucher of £1,250
  • A friends and family discount policy with 50% off full retail price
  • Bike to work scheme, save on the cost of bikes and equipment
  • Pension scheme
  • Summer Friday hours
  • Casual office dress
    Fully stocked snack cupboards, fruits and coffee & tea
  • Regular Office Social Events

Our Culture:

 

We are an ambitious, supportive, passionate team who love what we do. We are Founder-led, and we lead by example – never compromising on our quality. We strive to uphold a values based working culture with five key principle across the business:

 

  1. Be Humbitious: Be ambitious for yourself and The Fold in a humble way - don’t be a diva.
  2. Wrap it up with a bow on it: Be a completer finisher, be able to trust others to take on a job completely and fully, and earn that same trust yourself.
  3. Be Empowered: Take on responsibility, share your views confidently but kindly, feel ownership, take pride in results,
  4. Fold Gold Standard: Quality and professionalism, don’t just ‘let it go’, pride ourselves on attention to detail and excellence in everything we do, deliver results.
  5. Embrace, pace, progress and adventure: Know that to fully embrace our ambition and our challenges, this will mean stepping out of your comfort zone - get comfortable being uncomfortable.

 

To apply for this role, please send your CV to careers@thefoldlondon.com. Due to the number of applications we receive, we can only reply to those that are successful to the next stage.

 

 

Apply Now

 

 

Designer

About the role:

 

Supporting the Design team with the creation of seasonal collections, from researching trends and selecting fabrics to designing contemporary pieces through to development, in line with The Fold’s identity.  
 

 

 

Your responsibilities:

 

Conceptualise and Design Collections
 
  • Designing contemporary pieces, showing strong understanding of outfitting and range building.
  • Working 3-D on the stand.
  • Creating technical drawings for your designs. Selecting trims and linings.
  • Working with Technical and Production team to launch all sketches with appropriate manufacturers.
  • Preparing collection for and amending line ups after sign off meetings.

Trend Research

 

  • Seasonal design research.
  • Creating mood boards and colour palettes with Design Team - staying true to Fold’s DNA.

Fabric and Material Selection

 

  • Working with the team to select fabrics, prints, colours and trims for the season.
  • International trips attending fabric fairs, exhibitions and visiting suppliers.

Collaborate across departments

 

  • To pass on all relevant and appropriate information to all areas linked to product i.e. production, sales, merchandising and marketing.
  • Attending Lessons Learnt meetings and having strong knowledge of bestselling styles.
  • Visiting Fold stores on a regular basis to have a strong understanding of our customers and products.

Fit Sessions and Adjustments

 

  • Working closely with pattern cutters to create new drapes and silhouettes.
  • Weekly fittings with the technical team.

 

 

Your skillset:

 

  • Strong Design portfolio and Photoshop skills are essential.

  • Impeccable eye for print and colour.

  • Advanced knowledge of Photoshop and Illustrator.

  • Minimum 5 years in the Fashion Design Industry.

  • Strong drawing and draping skills.

  • Excellent communication skills.

 

 

Benefits of working with The Fold:

 

  • 25 days holiday including bank holidays
  • Buy additional holidays
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • A yearly Fold gift voucher of £1,250
  • A friends and family discount policy with 50% off full retail price
  • Bike to work scheme, save on the cost of bikes and equipment
  • Pension scheme
  • Summer Friday hours
  • Casual office dress
    Fully stocked snack cupboards, fruits and coffee & tea
  • Regular Office Social Events

 

Our Culture:

 

We are an ambitious, supportive, passionate team who love what we do. We are Founder-led, and we lead by example – never compromising on our quality. We strive to uphold a values based working culture with five key principle across the business:

 

  1. Be Humbitious: Be ambitious for yourself and The Fold in a humble way - don’t be a diva.
  2. Wrap it up with a bow on it: Be a completer finisher, be able to trust others to take on a job completely and fully, and earn that same trust yourself.
  3. Be Empowered: Take on responsibility, share your views confidently but kindly, feel ownership, take pride in results,
  4. Fold Gold Standard: Quality and professionalism, don’t just ‘let it go’, pride ourselves on attention to detail and excellence in everything we do, deliver results.
  5. Embrace, pace, progress and adventure: Know that to fully embrace our ambition and our challenges, this will mean stepping out of your comfort zone - get comfortable being uncomfortable.

 

To apply for this role, please send your CV to careers@thefoldlondon.com. Due to the number of applications we receive, we can only reply to those that are successful to the next stage.

 

 

Apply Now

 

 

Midweight Graphic Designer

About the role:

 

Reporting into the Senior Graphic Designer, you will be working across all of The Fold’s design collateral from printed lookbooks and web page design to paid media advertising and direct mail.

 

 

Your responsibilities:

 

Design Development
 
  • Developing design assets into rich, creative online and offline experiences across multiple touch-points.
  • Continuously driving the brand’s creative output with innovative and effective design, inspiring the team with outside-of-the-box thinking and new ideas.
  • Designing across day-to-day BAU briefs as well as special projects.
  • Upholding a consistent and high standard of quality across all your work, always striving to learn and develop more effective techniques and efficient processes.

Conceptualisation

 

  • Help generate ideas in order to make improvements to current systems and take a proactive approach in implementing those ideas.
  • Working with a strategic mindset, keeping well informed in customer, creative and product trends to better inform your work and create effective results.
  • Taking ownership of your own projects whilst supporting the other designers when needed, helping each other to develop skill sets within the team.  

Branding

 

  • Helping to evolve all aspects of the brand in line with the brand ethos.

Collaboration

 

  • Understanding and working to company wide briefing processes and asset management, ensuring a good standard of filing and organisation is kept.
  • Working with other teams across the business (marketing, ecomm, design, operations) to ensure your designs encompass all relevant business objectives when required.

 

 

Your skillset:

 

  • Degree in BA Graphic Design

  • Previous multimedia design experience in a similar business such as ecom or creative agency, preferably in fashion or luxury sector

  • Strong portfolio showcasing a range of projects, from digital assets (social, email, ecomm, video editing, animation) to printed matter and store POS

  • Passionate about graphic design, typography, colour and layout, staying up-to-date with best practices in the design field and finger on the pulse of aspirational brands

  • Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, most importantly InDesign, Photoshop, After Effects, Illustrator

  • Experience with Figma

  • A strong eye for detail and pixel perfect designs

  • A passionate approach to work- a humbitious, can-do attitude and open to feedback

  • Ability to approach design challenges with creativity and an open mind, offering fresh solutions and taking initiative

  • Ability to work efficiently and proactively with strong time management - managing multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

  • Collaborative team-player- mentoring and guiding junior members of the team.

  • Good communication skills- confident and articulate presentation skills and actively contributing to meetings and creative sessions.

  • Self-motivated, conscientious and ambitious, constantly learning and developing your skills.

  • Genuine personal interest in fashion, lifestyle and cultural trends with an eye for detail and style.

 

 

Benefits of working with The Fold:

 

  • 25 days holiday including bank holidays
  • Buy additional holidays
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • A yearly Fold gift voucher of £1,250
  • A friends and family discount policy with 50% off full retail price
  • Bike to work scheme, save on the cost of bikes and equipment
  • Pension scheme
  • Summer Friday hours
  • Casual office dress
    Fully stocked snack cupboards, fruits and coffee & tea
  • Regular Office Social Events

 

Our Culture:

 

We are an ambitious, supportive, passionate team who love what we do. We are Founder-led, and we lead by example – never compromising on our quality. We strive to uphold a values based working culture with five key principle across the business:

 

  1. Be Humbitious: Be ambitious for yourself and The Fold in a humble way - don’t be a diva.
  2. Wrap it up with a bow on it: Be a completer finisher, be able to trust others to take on a job completely and fully, and earn that same trust yourself.
  3. Be Empowered: Take on responsibility, share your views confidently but kindly, feel ownership, take pride in results,
  4. Fold Gold Standard: Quality and professionalism, don’t just ‘let it go’, pride ourselves on attention to detail and excellence in everything we do, deliver results.
  5. Embrace, pace, progress and adventure: Know that to fully embrace our ambition and our challenges, this will mean stepping out of your comfort zone - get comfortable being uncomfortable.

 

To apply for this role, please send your CV to careers@thefoldlondon.com. Due to the number of applications we receive, we can only reply to those that are successful to the next stage.

 

 

Apply Now

 

 

PR Coordinator

About the role:

 

Create positive brand noise for The Fold by utilising a network of movers and shakers in press, influencers, broadcasting and styling via a strategic schedule of activities that amplify the unique brand proposition and values.
 

 

 

Your responsibilities:

 

Press
 
  • Own a live contact book for all key press, noting their movements and any relevant information that will aid relationships
  • Be an ambassador for the brand, living and breathing the USPs and values of The Fold in a meaningful and memorable way
  • Hold regular meetings with key contacts keeping them up to date with product highlights and brand activations
  • Keep up to date and liaising with press via social media, if appropriate both personally and via The Fold
  • Find innovative ways to connect with US contacts to ensure The Fold remains front of mind for relevant publications
  • Pitch regularly on product and brand messages to ensure ongoing press inclusions
  • Feedback on press appointments to the wider teams ref product and collaborations to ensure lessons learnt are being captured across the business
  • Identify the press-worthy items in product handover meetings, ordering samples accordingly, and feeding back on any missed opportunities based on predicted trends and ongoing feedback from press
  • Suggest and manage relevant activities throughout the year to support press awareness and engagement
  • Manage the press affiliate relationship and ensure key publications are aware of the program to aid coverage
  • Encourage direct linking the website to increase back-linking and monitor and feedback on the results via GA4
  • Live sharing of press inclusions to the wider team to be posted on social media immediately and included in email and SMS campaigns accordingly
  • Report on success and lessons learned to ensure ongoing improvements

Celebrity / VIP dressing

 

  • Devise a central list of celebrities and VIPs for dressing, encouraging feedback from product team and wider marketing team
  • Have a working knowledge of the most relevant stylists for dressing target high profile individuals and celebrities – keep connected with them and know what projects they have coming up
  • Own relationships with key stylists and VIPs directly, reaching out regularly to keep The Fold in mind
  • Keep up to date and liaising with stylist and celebrities via social media, if appropriate both personally and via The Fold
  • Ensure regular placement of product on relevant household names on TV and social media, with a view to creating brand advocates for The Fold
  • Devise a plan for A-list / VIP dressing in line with key events and product drops and work strategically to ensure they are dressed accordingly, working with the product team to deliver bespoke packages as necessary
  • Keep the wider team up to date with developments so that content can be planned / reacted to support any activity
  • Day-to-day management of any freelancers or agencies onboarded to support celebrity / VIP placements
  • Report on success and lessons learned to ensure ongoing improvements

Influencers

 

  • Identify credible influencers to work with on a gifting basis
  • Manage relationships with influencers both in person, where possible, and via social media, both personally and through The Fold, to keep them warm
  • Devise plans for activities to encourage content coverage from influencers, and work with the wider team to support this through content
  • Work alongside the Junior Community Manager on The Friends of The Fold paid programme to ensure no overlap on outreach and best practice is adhered across all comms

Business press and awards

 

  • Own the database for all business contacts, including US and non-traditional media like podcasts and radio
  • Schedule regular updates to key contacts around business launches, success etc.
  • Manage the calendar for all relevant business awards, managing the entry process
  • Ensure all coverage and “wins” are talked about via LinkedIn and wider, if appropriate
Polly & Katya's profiles
 
  • Devise a plan for amplifying the profiles of Polly (CEO) and Katya (Design Director)
  • Pitch in profile and brand stories to relevant media outputs, including traditional press, speaker opportunities, events, podcasts
  • Liaise with both on delivery and manage the calendar for them
  • Keep wider team up-to-date on activities to be included in content calendar
Admin
 
  • Manage all press, stylist and influencer requests, including placing orders and pulling samples for call ins
  • Establish and maintain a seamless sample management process and organise all send-outs, store loans, couriers and liaison with the warehouse team
  • Keep on top of returns ensuring all stock loaned from the warehouse or store is returned in a timely manner
  • Manage the budget for PR based on the agreed forecast and feedback on risks and opportunities throughout the year
  • Reporting
  • Finger on the pulse of what is going on in the wider market, amongst peers and aspirational brands (even outside the fashion market), sharing insights with wider team and using these as a basis for future planning – be the go-to for this intel within the business
  • Contribute data driven and anecdotal feedback to the wider team via lessons learnt on a monthly basis

 

 

Your skillset:

 

  • Highly organised, with great multitasking skills.

  • Able to communicate your ideas effectively.

  • A great storyteller and writer.

  • Understanding of the digital landscape.

  • Strong people skills.

  • A strategic and creative thinker.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

  • Microsoft Office Suite experience.

  • Able to identify new and future trends.

  • Ability to work efficiently and manage workload within a fast-paced environment.

  • A real can-do attitude with a willingness to get stuck in and make great things happen.

 

Benefits of working with The Fold:

 

  • 25 days holiday including bank holidays
  • Buy additional holidays
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • A yearly Fold gift voucher of £1,250
  • A friends and family discount policy with 50% off full retail price
  • Bike to work scheme, save on the cost of bikes and equipment
  • Pension scheme
  • Summer Friday hours
  • Casual office dress
    Fully stocked snack cupboards, fruits and coffee & tea
  • Regular Office Social Events

 

Our Culture:

 

We are an ambitious, supportive, passionate team who love what we do. We are Founder-led, and we lead by example – never compromising on our quality. We strive to uphold a values based working culture with five key principle across the business:

 

  1. Be Humbitious: Be ambitious for yourself and The Fold in a humble way - don’t be a diva.
  2. Wrap it up with a bow on it: Be a completer finisher, be able to trust others to take on a job completely and fully, and earn that same trust yourself.
  3. Be Empowered: Take on responsibility, share your views confidently but kindly, feel ownership, take pride in results,
  4. Fold Gold Standard: Quality and professionalism, don’t just ‘let it go’, pride ourselves on attention to detail and excellence in everything we do, deliver results.
  5. Embrace, pace, progress and adventure: Know that to fully embrace our ambition and our challenges, this will mean stepping out of your comfort zone - get comfortable being uncomfortable.

 

To apply for this role, please send your CV to careers@thefoldlondon.com. Due to the number of applications we receive, we can only reply to those that are successful to the next stage.

 

 

Apply Now

 

 

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