Retail careers
How we shop changes constantly – from high street shopping to ordering online and even shopping for fashion by uploading Instagram photos to apps. Retail careers are evolving too!
We will always need to buy things, so retail careers are here to stay. You can get great discounts by working in the stores of your favourite brands, but if you thought retail careers were just about customer service, think again. Jobs in retail can mean anything from handling e-commerce on a film and gig tickets website to choosing what products a store will sell. Retail careers are a chance to follow your interests as well as your dreams. If you’re creative, hands-on, a people person or prefer to do your best work while not being watched all the time, get ready to rethink retail careers.
HOT RIGHT NOW: Retail career ideas to get you started
Here are just a few ways to take your first or next step into a retail career. People with all kinds of interests and backgrounds are needed to help customers buy, buy, buy – whether those customers are browsing items on the high street or buying online.
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- Advertising account executive
- Advertising account planner
- Advertising media buyer
- Airline customer service agent
- Airport information assistant
- Antiques dealer
- Art valuer
- Banking customer service adviser
- Bar person
- Barista
- Beauty business development manager
- Beauty consultant
- Betting shop cashier
- Bookmaker
- Bookseller
- Builders’ merchant
- Business analyst
- Business development manager
- Butcher
- Cabin crew
- Call centre operator
- Car rental agent
- Checkout operator
- Cinema or theatre attendant
- Conference and exhibition manager
- Construction plant hire adviser
- Counter service assistant
- Customer service assistant
- Customer service advisor- financial services
- Customer services manager
- Dispensing optician
- E-commerce manager
- Emergency media dispatcher
- Estate agent
- Events manager
- Fishmonger
- Florist
- Franchise owner
- Garden nursery assistant
- Horticultural manager
- Hotel porter
- Insurance account manager
- Land and pottery valuer and auctioneer
- Leisure centre assistant
- Letting agent
- Market research executive
- Market trader
- Marketing director
- Marketing executive
- Marketing manager
- Medical sales representative
- Motor vehicle parts person
- Museum assistant
- Music promotions manager
- Optical assistant
- Optical laboratory technician
- Personal shopper
- Pet shop assistant
- Petrol station sales assistant
- Pharmacist
- Pharmacy assistant
- Pharmacy technician
- Post Office customer service assistant
- Public relations directer
- Retail buyer
- Retail jeweller
- Retail manager
- Retail merchandiser
- Sales administrator
- Sales assistant
- Sales executive
- Sales manager
- Sales representative
- Shelf filler
- Shopkeeper
- Sports agent
- Stock control assistant
- Telephonist
- Tourist information centre assistant
- Train station worker
- Travel agent
- Vending machine operator
- Visual merchandiser
- Wine merchant
Retail jobs and career routes
Each job listed tells you what qualifications, experience and skills you might need. You’ll also get to know about helpful employers offering jobs like these to young job seekers around the UK.
Think you haven’t got the right qualifications, skills or experience? There are lots of alternative career routes on offer and we’re here to help you find them.
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Optometrist – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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Contact Lens Optician – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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Optical Laboratory Technician – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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Dispensing Optician – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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E-Commerce Manager
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Retail Buyer
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DST Apprenticeships: Customer Service Advisor in Financial Services
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Beauty Business Development Manager
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Counter Service Assistant
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Optical Assistant – ABDO Careers in Eyecare
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Beauty Consultant
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Sales Executive
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Bank Customer Adviser
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