Burberry Design Operations Coordinator

Overview

Burberry is a British luxury fashion house recognized for its emblematic outerwear and contemporary approach to heritage craftsmanship. As a global brand, Burberry combines creative design leadership with an increasingly digital and retail-led business model, offering roles that intersect creativity, commercial rigour and international collaboration.

Role & Responsibilities

• Manage research samples across design categories, including rentals and purchases; build and maintain vendor relationships, arrange UK and international shipping, track movements and ensure timely returns.
• Oversee day-to-day budget control for the Design Studio and serve as T&E budget manager — approving travel, tracking team expenditures and partnering with Finance on year-round budget monitoring.
• Coordinate archive loans from external vendors (Italy), handling shipping logistics, documentation, in‑house tracking and return schedules to mitigate rental overcharges.
• Provide daily operational oversight of the studio floor, liaising with WPS, IT and other internal teams to manage product movement, furniture and equipment setup, access and technical support.
• Own new-starter onboarding logistics: act as main contact for building access, IT equipment, welcome materials, orientation and structured studio induction.
• Support freelancer lifecycle activities including job postings, onboarding, contract extensions, tax assessments and weekly timesheet approvals.
• Provide direct operational support to senior leadership (SVP), including meeting and workspace setup, logistics coordination and maintaining smooth workflows for executive activities.
• Collaborate with Production for show and lookbook preparation: hire furniture and crew, organise catering, manage backstage lists, oversee show-day activities and dresser coordination during styling week.
• Manage daily space setups for Creative Director and design activities, optimise studio bookings and support digital operations to increase operational efficiency.
• Perform all related administrative duties and travel domestically or internationally as required by business needs.

Qualifications

• Proven professional experience in a design or creative studio environment.
• Demonstrable expertise in proactive budget monitoring and day-to-day cost control within a fast-paced creative setting.
• Strong organisational skills with the capacity to prioritise multiple concurrent tasks under tight deadlines.
• Excellent stakeholder management, vendor negotiation and logistical coordination abilities.
• Degree in marketing, fashion, design or a related creative discipline.

Skills

Experience

Proven experience working in a design or creative studio with responsibility for studio logistics, sample management, vendor coordination and budget oversight; experience supporting senior leadership and managing freelancers is required.

Education

Degree in marketing, fashion, design or other relevant creative subject.

Workplace

Culture

The workplace culture is creative, collaborative and fast-moving, balancing artisanal craft with commercial and digital imperatives. Teams operate globally and cross-functionally, requiring adaptability, proactive problem-solving and a polished client- and studio-first mindset.

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