Festival Retail Manager
Are you highly organised and love events? This could be the freelance opportunity for you!
As the Event Retail Manager, you will be responsible for managing all aspects of our festival-based retail operations. You will play a crucial role in creating a well-managed and efficiently run retail environment (Wildkind Stores) across our 3 festival weekends for Camp Kindling & Camp Wildfire.
Key Information
- Rate: £150/day
- Dates: 15 days onsite for build/break/live events, plus 5–10 days pre-prep during late July / early Aug
Ideally available for all of the following dates:
- Setup: Wed 19 & Thur 20 Aug
- Camp Kindling: Fri 21 – Mon 24 Aug
- Camp Wildfire #1: Fri 28 – Mon 31 Aug
- Camp Wildfire #2: Fri 4 Sept – Mon 7 Sept 2026
- Location: Live event days at our heritage pine forest near Sevenoaks, Kent. Pre-prep: some work remote, ideally some at our office in Elephant & Castle
- Application Deadline: Midnight on 26 May 2026
- Food/Accom: 2 meals provided from crew catering per onsite working day. If staying onsite, you will need to bring your own tent / live-in vehicle.
Your responsibilities
- Pre-event prep of stock at Wildkind office in Elephant & Castle
- Setting up the 2-3 Wildkind Stores inc. decor and stock allocation during event build
- Wildkind Stores Manager during live event weekends, ensuring things are running smoothly, serving customers, re-stocking, keeping things tidy
- Managing Retail Assistants inc. briefing, rota management and onsite management
- Responsible for daily secure closing and lock up of the Wildkind Stores
- Stock take, pack down and clear labelling at end of all events
- Sharing customer feedback on products, product range, pricing, new product ideas etc.
- Note: There is a lot of physical lifting involved with this role
Your skills & experience
- Highly organised, evidence of working to deadlines
- Experience working in face-to-face roles with customers inc. dealing with difficult customers
- Some experience of project management, ideally within an events, hospitality or retail environment
- Comprehensive use of spreadsheets
- Comfortable briefing and managing a team of 6–10 Assistants
- Flexible, adaptable and calm under pressure
Desirable skills & experience
- Driving Licence and comfortable driving (preferable)
- Some experience working in a retail / shop environment
- Experience of working with Square / POS software
- Rota management
How to apply
Send a brief cover letter with an overview of some of your relevant experience based on the above requirements, accompanied by a CV.
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