SHIROHANA
With a rich heritage of over 20 years, Shirohana offers premium greenhouse-grown flowers to harness the diverse floral requirements of our clients.
We’re ambitiously creating an exciting future built on an enviable and outstanding past. We love what we do, and every single member of our team translates that passion into outstanding floral designs and memorable customer service. We work hard, we care about the detail, we go the extra mile. We are Shirohana Flowers, and if you’re talented and share our passion, we’d love to hear from you.
The company :
With a rich heritage of over 20 years, Shirohana offers premium greenhouse-grown flowers to harness the diverse floral requirements of our clients.
We’re ambitiously creating an exciting future built on an enviable and outstanding past. We love what we do, and every single member of our team translates that passion into outstanding floral designs and memorable customer service. We work hard, we care about the detail, we go the extra mile. We are Shirohana Flowers, and if you’re talented and share our passion, we’d love to hear from you.
CURRENT AVAILABLE ROLES
– Senior Events Florist
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JOB TITLE: SENIOR EVENTS FLORIST (FULL TIME)
Role:
The jobholder will be a valued member of the McQueens event team, with responsibility for helping to produce exceptional floral designs and installations for our customers. Generally working as part of a team, Events Florists need to demonstrate creativity and technical competence as well as well-developed communication, teamwork, and organisational skills.
Our customers include some of the world’s most luxurious and demanding hotels, restaurants and event venues and organisers – all of whom expect a flawless execution of the services we have committed to provide to them. Florists play an important role in making this happen and need to be committed to going the extra mile when necessary – settling for nothing less than perfection and quality.
The role calls for a combination of passion, creativity, flexibility, team-working, interpersonal skills, organisation and planning, attention to detail, and staying calm under pressure. Most of the work we do is carried out when guests are asleep or venues are closed, so early morning starts are common and night shifts sometimes necessary.
Duties
– Preparation of vases, materials, and equipment in the workroom to then install at our event venue
– Conditioning and preparation of flowers in the workroom
– Working with the events team to deliver flawless events for our customers
– Support the creation of mood boards and events briefs
– Communicating with customers while working on installs- Ordering flowers as required
– Driving vans to and from events
Requirements:
– Experience in designing and installing creative floral designs
– Creativity and passion
– An ability to plan ahead
– A team player- Advanced knowledge of flower varieties and floristry techniques
– A strong understanding of customer needs, delighting them and going the extra mile
– Excellent knowledge of the flower industry
– Highly organised with good attention to detail
– Highly motivated and able to work under pressure- Minimum 6 years of experience working in the flower industry, with at least 2 years of experience of events floristry
– A commitment to continuing their professional development- Good oral and written communicator in English
– A full UK Driving licence
To apply for this job, please email your cover letter, CV and portfolio to: