03 Oct
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Country Road Group
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Melbourne
03 Oct
Country Road Group
Melbourne
WE ARE THE STYLE AUTHORITY! Witchery is an Australian fashion brand, delivering on-trend pieces that capture fashion’s latest mood. We’re a daily source of inspiration, as we empower today’s women to express themselves through our collections wherever their life or ambition may take them.
This role brings the brand vision, design direction, key product priorities and marketing strategy to life through inspiring and elevated styling across all customer touchpoints. Working across monthly campaigns, social-first content and eCommerce imagery, the role ensures the brand is presented in a distinctive, cohesive and engaging way that resonates with both existing and new customers.
Reporting to the Head of Marketing, this role leads, inspires and develops a high-performing team of stylists, setting the creative direction and styling standards across the Witchery brand. The role is responsible for driving innovation, consistency and a strong fashion point of view across monthly styling, ensuring every customer interaction reflects the brand’s identity and product vision.
How You Will Contribute
- Develop and evolve the Witchery styling strategy and guidelines across all divisions, balancing brand DNA with trends, customer needs and performance insights.
- Translate the monthly marketing strategy and brief into styling direction across campaigns, social-first content and eCommerce.
- Lead the styling direction for on-body and still-life imagery, ensuring a consistent, elevated and distinctive brand expression.
- Manage the pre-shoot styling process, collaborating with Marketing, Design and Buying stakeholders to finalise seasonal looks.
- Attend and oversee all brand campaign shoots, ensuring styling execution aligns with the agreed creative direction.
- Manage all eCommerce styling and photography with the external studio
- Plan and coordinate eCommerce studio bookings, model selection and shot selects for each range month.
- Lead, inspire and develop a high-performing team of stylists
- Manage the styling and shoot calendar, ensuring alignment with the broader Marketing calendar and key business deadlines.
- Oversee end-to-end styling operations, including sample management, styling kits, sign-off documentation, image labelling and uploading, supplier invoices and maintaining styling spaces and resources.
Key Capabilities
- Bachelor’s degree in Fashion/VM Design or relevant fashion/visual merchandising experience preferred.
- Senior experience in a similar fashion styling role, with extensive retail, editorial or fashion industry experience.
- Strong technical styling skills across on-body and still-life styling.
- Proven experience managing and coordinating photographic shoots.
- Robust leadership skills, with the ability to motivate, develop and retain a high-performing creative team.
- Commercially aware, with a strong understanding of brand aesthetics and the ability to deliver creative outcomes that drive sales.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment, while maintaining composure and strong attention to detail.
- Excellent time management, organisation, communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proficient in MS Office and Mac, with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
What We Offer
- Flexible work arrangements to support work life balance
- Bi-annual product allowance, access to sample sales and 40% discount for you and your immediate family across all CRG brands
- Flex your leave your way, including birthday leave, volunteer leave, personal leave and more
- Access to health and wellbeing support, including Health Insurance, 24/7 EAP counselling and financial advice services.
- 18 weeks paid parental leave program for eligible employees with return-to-work clothing allowance
- Internal career opportunities across our portfolio brands
- Ongoing learning and development opportunities
- Support meaningful community and charity partnerships across our brands, including OCRF, Our Watch, First Nations Reconciliation, Movember, Red Cross and Landcare
Who We Are
Country Road Group is a design-led portfolio of premium fashion brands, comprising five iconic labels: Country Road, Mimco, Trenery, Witchery and Politix. Each brand has its own story, and together they hold a market-leading position in the mid to upper tier of Australia's specialty fashion segment with a focus on delivering our ambition to build a portfolio of distinctive brands that drive sustainable growth. Country Road Group is part of Woolworths Holdings Limited (South Africa), a leading Southern Hemisphere retail group.
Country Road Group acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respects to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and to Elders past and present.
We’re committed to inclusion and accessibility. If we can support you with any adjustments at any stage, please let us know
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📌 Styling Manager - Witchery (Melbourne)
🏢 Country Road Group
📍 Melbourne