Store Design Lead

The A&M Mission: We’re more than just a jewellery brand, we’re on a mission to revolutionise the jewellery experience.

Our Values & Culture: We’re a values-driven company that thrives on growth, celebration, and breaking boundaries. If you’re adaptable, resilient, and enjoy working in a fast-paced business whilst being able to pivot, you’ll thrive here at A&M.

Location: London, Hybrid (minimum 2 days a week in the office).

Salary & Benefits: £55-60,000 + bonus.

Our Commitment: Sustainability starts with us. From community work, caring for our suppliers and educating and supporting our team.

The Store Design Lead Mission: To be the creative force behind Astrid & Miyu’s growth by driving design projects that bring our brand to life in new, exciting ways—whether opening new stores, reimagining existing spaces, or pioneering fresh retail concepts. Your vision will help us push boundaries, elevate the customer journey, and set new standards for innovation.

• Lead the entire design process from initial concepts to final execution ensuring the highest quality of creative output, delivered on time and within budget, while adhering to industry regulations.
• Stay up to date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and the competitive landscape to ensure Astrid & Miyu retail design remains innovative and forward-thinking.
• Take the lead in creating new design store concepts with the goal to become more scalable, including researching materials, fine-tuning details, researching potential cost reductions and translating the Astrid & Miyu brand & values into the design.
• Have a sustainable and circular mindset at the start of every design and with everything you do, to contribute to Astrid & Miyu's sustainability goals.

People Management: Through a reverse-leadership approach you’ll inspire and manage our team of designers to reach their full potential, whilst being the driving force behind a culture of innovation, empowerment, and creativity.

• Keep track and manage the design team throughout the process of the design to completion whilst collaborating with project managers, retail, creative, product, marketing and VM, etc.
• Collaborate with the creative & branding teams to ensure we are creating a cohesive omni-channel brand experience.
• Coordinate with project managers, architects, landlords and planning to make sure yearly targets for store projects are delivered within budget, on time and according to brand standards.
• When needed, coordinate with external design agencies for the creation of a store, including briefing, managing budget & creative direction to ensure deliverables are handed over in time, on brand and within budget.
• Support the Retail Director with assessing feasibility of new store locations and projects.

What You’ll Need To Thrive:

• 6+ years of relevant retail design experience and 2+ years in a senior design management role.
• Degree level qualification or higher in a relevant field (Architecture or Interior Design).
• Proficient in AutoCAD, SketchUp, Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop and InDesign) and Microsoft Office.
• A values champion and brand ambassador, you are the role model for your store team and our values resonate deeply with you.
• You have a strong presence, high on influencing; your energy is infectious and authentically inspires those around you.
• You have the ability to develop and mentor a high-performing team to create an environment fostered by learning, growth and development.

The Interview Process And Candidate Experience:

• Life Story & Values - a 30 min video call with our Talent Team for us to get to know each other better, asking questions inspired by our three core values.
• Experience Interview - a slightly longer video call for you to meet your manager and discuss your skill-set and experience for the role.
• Final Interview - 1 hour in person task interview to complete and present.

Feedback: We’re committed to creating the best candidate experience we can for you. You’ll receive feedback over the phone or email at every stage in the process once you’ve had an interview so that we can set you up for success and help fuel your growth.

At Astrid & Miyu, we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, dedicated to celebrating diversity and forming an inclusive culture that values uniqueness and growing together as one. We recognise the importance that diversity brings to our business, stores and office environment. We actively encourage your application as we value the real you and are excited to see what you can bring to the A&M team.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Management, Design, and Art/Creative Industries, Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry.