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Date posted: 01/07/2008

Job Title: Designer
Location:
Edinburgh
Salary: Neg

Start Date: immediately

Hand & Lock’s computer embroidery company ‘Name Droppers’ has a management vacancy for a fully qualified designer, who must be able to digitize using Wilcom and have a clean driving licence. The successful candidate will be based in Scotland withing 30 minutes of Edinburgh. The posts provides a car and a salary commensurate with experience.

Applications and CV to enquiries@handembroidery.com


Date Posted: 22/10/07

Job Title: Website Manager
Location:
Oxford Circus
Salary: Neg

Start Date: As this is an urgent role, you must be available to start immediately.

Hand & Lock, world’s finest provider of embroidery urgently requires a new website manger to manage its websites. We need a good all round person whose primary duties will be to manage all aspects of the following sites:

www.hand-embroidery.co.uk

www.handembroideryshop.co.uk

www.ulsterbullion.co.uk

You will be required to edit pages, write new pages and where required, update pages for Search Engine Optimisation. The main site has just been re-designed using wordpress with CSS. To this end, you must have a good working knowledge of wordpress, dreaweaver and CSS. Although training will be given, you should be able to demonstrate a working knowledge of basic html. Javascript knowledge is also desirable

Ecommerce Management

The company has an online shop that the successful candidate will be required to manage. The shop runs on Actinic ecommerce software. Knowledge of Actinic or any 3rd party ecommerce management system experience is required. You will add, remove and edit products from the shop. You will also be expected to take new product images where required and edit them in Photoshop so knowledge of Photoshop or other image editing software is required.

You will also be required to send out web orders to customer whilst ensuring that the web stock is kept up to date.

Email Marketing

The successful candidate will be required to send periodic marking newsletters to previous customers, informing them of special offers.

Company Emails and Branding

The successful candidate will be required to set up new starters with their email addresses and passwords as well as email signatures and other IT related enquiries.

Database Maintenance

Hand and Lock holds a database of over 600 institutions around the world. You required to keep this database updated by making regular contacts to the institutions, establishing relationships with course leaders and encouraging to “book” for the chairman’s yearly embroidery lecture. Details can be found at: http://www.hand-embroidery.co.uk/comp2007/EmbroideryLecture.htm

You must be willing to work sometimes unsociable hours in order to get in touch with Institutions that are outside the UK.

Apply with your CV and Cover Letter to: work@handembroidery.com


Job Title: Tambour Beaders Salary: Neg Job Description

  • Experienced tambour beaders required for piece work only.
  • Must have experience in tambour beading. This position is neither full time or part time but piece work Interested?

Please contact work@handembroidery.com, quoting ref: web tambour.


Job Title: Work Placement & Work Experience Students Salary: TBA Job Description

  • Would you like to work with a leading company that is always committed to producing only the highest quality hand embroidered products? We would like to hear from textiles, fashion and design students who would like a work experience or placement opportunity with us.

Interested? Send your CV to work@handembroidery.com


Job Title: Embroiderers Salary: TBA Job Description

  • We are always interested to hear from embroiderers who are looking for employment. (Piece work or part time). Please let us know your skills eg. Irish or Cornely operator, hand embroidery, wire work, beading, production, design, etc.

Interested? Send your CV to work@handembroidery.com