- Employment
- Part-Time
- Seniority
- Entry-Level
- Department
- Retail & Boutique Operations
- Posted
- Oct 22, 2026
About Kendo
Kendo is a dynamic beauty brand incubator within the LVMH family, renowned for creating and scaling distinctive names that shape contemporary prestige beauty. Since its founding in 2010, the company has combined entrepreneurial agility with the resources and standards of a global luxury group, fostering brands such as Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, Ole Henriksen, and KVD Beauty. As an employer, Kendo offers an inventive, fast-moving environment where creativity, commercial rigor, inclusivity, and digital fluency converge. Its teams are encouraged to challenge convention, build culturally resonant products, and contribute to a portfolio defined by innovation, authenticity, and global ambition.
Kendo is hiring a part-time Retail Artist for Fenty Beauty by Rihanna at Sephora Bluewater, with 30 hours of work and a permanent contract. The role supports sales targets through makeup artistry, product expertise and client service, while building clientele and upholding brand and store presentation standards.
Role & Responsibilities
- Contribute to personal and counter sales targets by demonstrating artistry, delivering excellent customer service, applying selling skills and product knowledge, and engaging, inspiring and empowering customers with Fenty Beauty by Rihanna.
- Contribute to brand goals and sales targets.
- Represent the brand professionally and ethically, modelling respect, initiative, enthusiasm and flexibility, and following Kendo, brand and Sephora guidelines.
- Build positive, collaborative relationships with team members and store partners.
- Develop a loyal clientele to drive sales through makeup artistry, selling and service skills, delivering a flawless customer experience.
- Use in-depth, fluent makeup knowledge to recommend suitable products and explain their key features and properties.
- Attend initial brand training and further training to stay current on trends, products and offerings.
- Help maintain consistent housekeeping, presentation and visual merchandising standards.
- Maintain excellent personal grooming standards.
Qualifications
- Previous experience in a department store environment with a prestige or artistry brand is essential.
- At least 1 year of retail experience and a proven track record in a beauty sales environment.
- Accomplished, high-level makeup artistry background.
- Experience building a clientele portfolio.
- Excellent communication skills and effective listening ability.
- Strong interpersonal skills to build rapport with customers.
- Excellent organisational skills.
- Empathetic and inclusive; confident and professional; adaptable and flexible; driven by results; professional and courteous in conduct; genuinely interested in and passionate about beauty; able to speak knowledgeably about Rihanna.
Skills
Experience
At least 1 year of retail experience, including experience in a beauty sales environment; previous department-store experience with a prestige or artistry brand is essential.
Workplace
The role is situated in London, England, UK.
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Culture
Kendo offers a fast-moving, entrepreneurial culture where brand builders, creatives, and beauty experts collaborate to develop distinctive global beauty brands. As part of the LVMH ecosystem, it combines the agility of an independent incubator with the standards, resources, and international perspective of a luxury group. The environment values innovation, inclusivity, commercial excellence, and hands-on ownership at every level.
About Cerulean
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