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River Island

Retail

United Kingdom

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River Island has been a feature of the British high street for over 20 years, and the company’s history in one form or another goes back even further to the 1940s.

With over 300 stores in the United Kingdom, River Island is a major provider or full and part time retail jobs to students, graduates and other young people. If you are interested in working at River Island but have no idea where your nearest outlet is, then you can use the store locator on the company’s website.

A typical way to get a foot on the retail ladder at River Island is to apply for the roles of a Sales Advisor at your local branch. These positions can often crop up as part time roles or temporary retail jobs over the summer or Christmas holidays.

Explaining what these retail roles entail, the River Island careers website says:

“From welcoming customers into our stores to ensuring that key products are placed correctly and helping customers find their ideal fashion fix, River Island Sales Advisors play an important role in operating procedures. You’ll be advising customers in the fitting room, processing payments, helping out on the sales floor and ensuring our customers leave the store happy with their purchases.”

If you perform well in the position of a Sales Advisor at River Island - and you don’t mind a bit of responsibility - then there is ample opportunity to move into the role of Store Management with the retailer.

The company also offers a work placement scheme for students who are specialising in a fashion-related subject. These Industrial Placement Schemes at Head Office in London last between six months and a year and will see you working in the Merchandising, Buying, Design, Marketing or Garment Technology areas of the business.

You can take a look at the River Island social media accounts like Facebook and Twitter that we’ve added to the left of the page if you want to see more about the company’s ethos. And, to get even deeper knowledge about the sort of retail vacancies you might be able to find at River Island, you can visit their careers website.

For even more opportunities in the world of retail in the UK, you can apply for the latest vacancies all over England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland on our dedicated page of UK Retail Jobs For Students.

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