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Karen Millen and the Aurora Group

We're thrilled that you're interested in joining the Karen Millen family! We are a great bunch of like-minded people who are passionate about doing great work and satisfying our customers. We believe we are ambassadors for the brand in everything we do and say, and we look to replicate the brand values in all aspects of our work. Working for Karen Millen isn't just a job - we can help you achieve your goals if you have the talent, passion and dedication to make it happen.

You might be surprised by the scale and scope of the opportunities on offer at Karen Millen and the wider Aurora Group (including Warehouse, Coast and Oasis). As well as the different jobs in our stores (everything from stylists to senior management), we have a range of roles at our support office in London, as well as positions in our Shared Services team (based in Oxford), who provide support to the entire Aurora group.

Our values and ethics

• Treat each other with honesty and integrity
• Commitment to encouraging creativity and innovation
  
• Commitment to nurture and develop people to the extent of their desired career path
• We will communicate regularly on matters that affect employees
• Encourage regular performance feedback and celebrate success

What are we looking for?

We all look to deliver an uncompromising level of service and embrace the following behaviours:

The Karen Millen DNA

• Without a doubt you will be self-motivated and obsessed about delivering great results
• Working here and succeeding is all about having the right attitude and wanting to be great at everything we do, not just average
• Passion and natural ability to deliver exemplary service at all times
• Energy and enthusiasm to help us achieve our goals
• You will feel at ease in dealing with customer relations and you will enjoy working challenges through to a positive conclusion
• Infatuation with fashion and trend aware
• Team work orientated yet individually accountable
• Commercially focused and motivated to continually deliver results and identify new opportunities
• Creative and innovative
• You will live the Karen Millen Service Values at all times
• You will need to be numerate to GCSE level (or equivalent) and possess excellent communication skills
  
• IT literacy is advantageous in stores and essential in most office roles

What are the benefits?

As well as offering an exciting and rewarding career, working for us can offer many other benefits:

• Competitive salaries
  
• Commission rate payments *
  
• Generous paid holiday allowance that increases based on service and seniority
• Generous Aurora Group discount
  
• Staff uniform allowance *
  
• Contribution towards gym membership joining fee **
  
• Exclusive levels of high quality training and development
  
• Regular performance reviews 

*Store staff only ** Head Office staff only