Full Time, permanent contract.

Location: Marylebone, London W1

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Naum Flower is a certified organic cut flower & floristry business. Our flower farm is in North Oxfordshire, where we also have a working studio space. In late 2024 we found our ideal London studio space in Marylebone W1, which is where this new role is located.

At Naum Flower, we grow the most ravishing cut flowers as the foundational elements of our creative and innovative floral design, with the goal of connecting our audience to the rhythms and beauty of nature. We grow our own flowers using methodology of the regenerative agriculture movement. Our goal is to change the way people view flowers, from just decoration to a powerful way to connect with the life giving power of nature.

Our work includes arrangements in a range of scales, from bouquets to installation work, with an expanding clientele list - from private clients, luxury brands, to retail environments and restaurants. Our clients are between Oxfordshire and London. We are committed to a holistic approach in floral design with soil health & sustainability underpinning the work that we do.

We are looking for a highly organised person with a strong creative background in floristry who shares our values and vision to develop the business further, to join our team in our Senior Florist role.

Key duties and responsibilities:-

- Managing our routine commitments for contract clients, including floristry, delivery, client- liaison, budgeting. Acting as client liaison for contract clients. Making sure that the standard of floristry and quota meets our agreement.
- Managing our event flowers onboarding, production and sales - including project-management, liaising with clients, quoting, costing & budgeting, moodboards & proposals and ensuring all is executed to a high standard.
- Managing and maintaining a great network of freelance florists for contract flowers, event flower jobs or complex installations, as well as cover for when you are away or pulled into another larger job. Interviewing freelancers or subcontractors related to the business as needed.
- General onboarding and making sure all freelancer agreements are in order.
- Oversee and execute all elements of the Naum Flower operations in the London studio.
- Ensure all arrangements and work are following our style of floristry under our founder’s creative direction.
- Coming up with creative and constructive solutions to make the business run more smoothly, maximise profitably and helping to grow the business whilst adhering to our sustainability and seasonal ethos.
- Regular communication with the Oxfordshire team (to include the Senior Grower, Operations Manager and gardeners, as needed)
- When event flower or one-off arrangement requests come through, helping to estimate quantities and logistics to be able to quote accurately and ensure that the work is executed efficiently.
- Preparing quotations, actioning invoices and keeping an eye on all outgoings and incomings to provide effective business planning.
- Helping to maintain and keep our workspaces, inventory of vases, and tools all organised and in great condition as needed.
- Keeping diligent records of expenses, freelancer time etc liaising with bookkeeper to ensure all accounts are fully up to date and impeccably organised.
- Ensure all staff (including you) tracks each half hour of work (via your company google calendar) so we are allocating and billing for time accurately.
- Ordering, receiving, and keeping an eye on flower quantities, liaising with suppliers, sending flowers back if not up to scratch etc.
- Ensuring that our jobs are documented for use on our website and social media.
- Creating and maintaining handbooks and internal company documents for easy reference.

About you:-

- You should have experience on your CV that shows you understand the inner workings of a floristry business.
- You should be an unflappable, positive, ambitious, highly responsible and well-organised person who can manage their own time - and others - with a clear career path in floristry.
- You will be efficient, professional and have a great work ethic.
- Equally you will enjoy collaborating on projects and sharing leadership where a team approach is required, as well as being able to take clear direction from visual briefs from our creative director and other team members. This role also includes hiring and managing freelancers as needed for larger jobs.
The role would suit someone who would thrive working in a small team, who has the get go to work independently and is a strong leader within a team of passionate florists and the wider office team.

Due to the nature of the industry, you will need to have a flexible approach to working hours – weekend and evening working will be required as demanded by floristry events and orders; occasional early mornings are part of the role.

This person needs to be IT proficient (using mainly Excel, Word, and other Mac-based applications), extremely organised and able to work with a professional team including bookkeeper, accountant etc.

Send your application to natalie@naumhouse.com. We really look forward to hearing from you!