General Admin Assistant – 6 Month Maternity Cover

University of the Arts London; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Job summary

MIMI & LULA is a fast-growing children’s accessories brand, selling to customers and retailers in the UK and internationally. We are hiring a General Admin Assistant on a 6 month maternity cover, fully remote, to support Buying, Merchandising, Ecommerce and Marketing.

You’ll be bright, organised and accurate, with a proactive mindset and willingness to learn in a small, busy team. This is a great entry point for someone starting their career in fashion and retail.

Qualifications

• Recent graduate or early-career candidate welcome.
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills.
• Comfortable with numbers, spreadsheets and data entry.
• Able to learn new systems quickly.
• Able to work remotely as part of a five-day workweek.

Responsibilities

• Set up new seasons, products and ranges on internal systems.
• Raise and maintain purchase orders.
• Accurate data entry and maintenance across systems.
• Produce weekly bestseller and sales reports.
• Website updates and content uploads.
• Manage product photography and image files.
• Support social media activity and assets.
• Assist with planning seasonal campaigns and shoots.
• Coordinate samples and information for campaigns.
• Check data accuracy and follow up discrepancies.
• Provide admin support across Buying, Merchandising, Ecommerce and Marketing.
• Liaise with colleagues to ensure deadlines are met.

Skills

Highly organised

Attention to detail

Excel proficiency

Data entry

Communication

Independent working

Time management

Remote collaboration

Fashion/retail interest

Team player

Tools

Excel

Data systems

Job description

General Admin Assistant – 6 Month Maternity Cover

You’ll provide day-to-day administrative support across the business, with responsibilities including:

• Setting up new seasons, products and ranges on our internal systems
• Raising and maintaining purchase orders
• Accurate data entry and maintenance of product information across several systems
• Producing weekly bestseller and sales reports
• Completing website updates
• Managing product photography, image files and uploads
• Supporting social media activity and helping organise content and assets
• Assisting with the planning and organisation of seasonal campaign and product shoots
• Coordinating samples, products and information needed for campaigns and shoots
• Checking data and information for accuracy and following up discrepancies
• Providing general administrative support across Buying, Merchandising, Ecommerce and Marketing
• Liaising with colleagues across the business to make sure information is accurate and deadlines are met

Skills and Experience Required

Full-time | Home-based | United Kingdom | 6 month maternity cover | Salary £24,000 per annum

MIMI & LULA is a fast-growing children’s accessories brand, selling to customers and retailers in the UK and internationally.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, organised and highly accurate General Admin Assistant to join us on a 6 month maternity cover contract, supporting several areas of the business including Buying, Merchandising, Ecommerce and Marketing.

This would be a great opportunity for a recent graduate or someone at the beginning of their career who is looking to gain broad experience within the fashion, accessories or retail industry.

We’re a small, busy team, so we’re looking for someone who is happy to get stuck in, take ownership of their workload and help wherever needed.

About you

You don’t necessarily need previous experience in a similar role. We’re more interested in finding someone bright, organised and enthusiastic who is keen to learn.

You’ll ideally be:

• Highly organised and thorough, with excellent attention to detail
• Comfortable working with numbers, spreadsheets and product data
• Accurate and methodical, even when working at pace
• Confident using Excel and quick to learn new systems
• A strong communicator who is comfortable working as part of a remote team
• Self-motivated and able to manage your workload independently
• Proactive about spotting errors, chasing information and getting things completed
• Comfortable juggling regular weekly tasks alongside changing priorities
• Happy working in a small business where everyone pitches in
• Interested in fashion, accessories, retail and ecommerce
• Keen to learn and interested in gaining experience across different areas of a growing brand

Previous experience in administration, retail, ecommerce, Buying, Merchandising, Marketing or a head-office environment would be useful but is not essential.

Working pattern

This is a full-time, 6 month maternity cover role, working across five days per week on a home-based basis.

As the role is fully remote, you’ll need to be comfortable working independently while remaining responsive and closely connected to the wider team throughout the working day.

Why MIMI & LULA?

You’ll be joining a friendly, entrepreneurial team in a growing international business.

Because we’re a small team, this role offers the opportunity to gain genuine exposure to different areas of the business – including Buying, Merchandising, Ecommerce and Marketing – rather than being confined to one narrow function.

For someone at the beginning of their career, it’s a great opportunity to understand how a fashion and product business works from the inside, gain practical commercial experience and build a broad range of skills over the course of the contract.