Brand Ambassador - Cambridge (FTC)

Brand Ambassadors bring Tapestry’s iconic brands to life in department stores by championing our values, supporting key business goals and delivering exceptional customer service.

We’re hiring a Brand Ambassador for John Lewis & Partners Cambridge. In this role, you’ll report to the Senior Regional Brand Ambassador and partner closely with Tapestry teams, store leadership, and shopfloor colleagues to drive brand visibility, growth, and overall performance. Full‑time (40 hours per week) 12‑month fixed‑term contract.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a seamless, elevated customer experience by leveraging brand training, tools, and resources to uphold exceptional service standards.
• Proactively develop clienteling strategies and in‑store event ideas, and support and co‑host activations that drive engagement and sales.
• Build strong partnerships with local retail teams to gain insights into customer profiles and emerging opportunities.
• Attend brand events to deepen market knowledge and align with key business priorities.
• Track and analyse store performance against targets and present actionable plans.
• Monitor trade results to ensure alignment with expectations.
• Identify growth opportunities by observing in‑store activity, including new activations, local events, and omni‑channel engagement strategies.
• Build strong relationships with department store management to improve brand visibility and customer loyalty.
• Execute visual merchandising guidelines and ensure new season collections are prominently displayed and aligned with delivery schedules.
• Apply visual merchandising guidelines effectively during markdown periods, maintaining consistency with regional visual standards and ensuring a cohesive brand presentation.
• Collaborate with the Regional Visual Merchandising Manager and share regular visual updates.
• Manage product deliveries and replenishment and ensure back‑of‑house areas are clean, organised, and well‑maintained.
• Escalate operational concerns to the Senior Regional Brand Ambassador.
• Complete trade reports promptly, ensuring key product insights and callouts are communicated clearly and efficiently to the Senior Regional Brand Ambassador and Wholesale Sales team.
• Coordinate effective shopfloor coverage with the Senior Regional Brand Ambassador to ensure optimal staffing levels.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years’ experience in a retail environment with a proven track record of delivering results.
• Available to work varied hours, including evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.
• Familiarity with department store operations, including customer service, merchandising, and sales strategies.
• Strong communication, organisational, and analytical skills.
• Knowledge of current industry trends and the ability to apply insights to enhance business outcomes.
• Self‑motivated, proactive approach to business development.
• Collaborative team player passionate about contributing to a positive team culture and achieving shared goals.

Benefits

• 28 days holiday (plus bank holidays).
• Multi‑brand discount up to 50% off Coach & Kate Spade New York.
• Health cash plan.
• Free 24/7 support for family building, fertility, and menopause with Maven.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Gym and fitness product discount.
• 1 paid volunteering day per year and opportunities to volunteer with global projects.
• Learning & development and career progression opportunities.
• Equity, Inclusion & Diversity initiatives including employee resource groups and regional inclusion council.
• Hybrid working (Tuesday‑Thursday in‑office, Monday and Friday remote).
• Flex Fridays (option to finish early on Friday).

Core Competencies

• Courage: Doesn’t hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value‑added in brainstorming settings.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first‑hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn’t upset when things are up in the air; doesn’t have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom‑line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high‑tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

Legal Tapestry, Inc. is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and we pride ourselves on hiring and developing the best people. All employment decisions are based on the applicant’s or employee’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements of the position under consideration.