Careers at Prestons

The team at Prestons are delighted to be recruiting a second jewellery designer to support the requirements of our four unique and distinctive showrooms. This is an exceptionally exciting position which will offer the successful candidate plenty of opportunities to learn, progress and develop their designs through customer commissions as well as the continued creation of our own fine jewellery collections. The ideal candidate will showcase a flare for creative jewellery design, an in-depth understanding of fine jewellery and gemstones, an awareness of design trends and / or popular jewellery culture as well as an ability to clearly and accurately liaise with both clients and our chosen suppliers.

Our showrooms each strive to offer the highest level of customer service available and therefore experience in a luxury retail environment is preferred for this role, however it is not essential.

For the successful applicant, there is a highly attractive package available which will include an attractive basic salary, personal commission as well as store commission.

The team at Prestons Head Office are looking for a second marketing assistant to join their team in Macclesfield, Cheshire. Our team, which includes our marketing, production and photography teams, is dedicated to designing, creating and implementing exceptional content for each of our four showrooms as well as for our consulting business. This role will include supporting the marketing manager and the marketing assistant with a comprehensive selection of marketing types, liaising with our showrooms, suppliers and production teams, where required, along with a variety of other administrative duties.

The ideal candidate will showcase: excellent written and verbal communication skills alongside a highly organised nature, a keen interest in marketing both on and offline, a passion or desire to learn about fine jewellery and watches and although experience in a retail environment is preferred, it is not essential.

Our showrooms are located in Cheshire, Yorkshire and Surrey and in order to serve them to our best possible ability, travel will be required to support our teams where needed. In addition to this, travel will also be required to support our consultancy business and / or the needs of the business. This role, although Monday-Friday, will also require occasional evening and weekend hours during busy periods or event season. 

Our new Prestons showroom, which opened in December this year, is currently looking for both full-time and part-time sales consultants. This showroom, which is located in the centre of Leeds, is dedicated to our exquisite fine jewellery collections as well as the extensive jewellery and bespoke design services we offer. The ideal candidate will showcase: excellent communication skills, a passion or desire to learn about fine jewellery, an enthusiastic nature and preferably experience in a luxury retail environment, although this is not essential. This is a position which will guide you into the world of luxury retail, with plenty of opportunities to learn, progress and develop within the Prestons Group. 

Prestons is delighted to announce the opening of the Rolex service centre on the first floor of the Wilmslow showroom and is currently recruiting two skilled watchmakers and a technician.

Experience on servicing Rolex watches is preferred but not essential as full training will be given but you must have worked with a Luxury Swiss watch brand. You will be responsible for the traditional servicing of modern and classic Rolex calibres, trouble shooting mechanical problems and carrying out technical procedures including fine escapement adjustments. Ideally you will have professional training and it is essential that you have graduated on a watchmaker programme with either BHI or WOSTEP.