Castings Lead; Creative & Studio

Description
Come and join River Island at one of the most exciting moments in our story. As one of Britain’s best-known fashion brands, we’re building a bold, fashion-first future, and this is your opportunity to help shape how it looks. You’ll be at the heart of our creative world, working with brilliant talent and leading agencies to find the faces that bring River Island to life.

It’s a fast-moving, influential role where you can make your mark, grow your career and help define the next chapter of an icon of the British high street. As Castings Lead, you'll combine creative instinct with commercial insight, using customer feedback, model performance and industry trends to inform casting decisions. Working closely with Creative, Production and Studio teams, you'll continually evolve our model strategy, ensuring our imagery remains relevant, inclusive and fashion-leading.

This is a highly collaborative role requiring excellent organisation, confident negotiation skills and a passion for discovering and developing the next generation of talent. You’ll thrive here if you have an instinct for finding talent that excites both customers and creative teams.

Department: Production Team

Location: Head Office, Chelsea House

Description
Come and join River Island at one of the most exciting moments in our story. As one of Britain’s best-known fashion brands, we’re building a bold, fashion-first future, and this is your opportunity to help shape how it looks. You’ll be at the heart of our creative world, working with brilliant talent and leading agencies to find the faces that bring River Island to life.

It’s a fast-moving, influential role where you can make your mark, grow your career and help define the next chapter of an icon of the British high street. As Castings Lead, you'll combine creative instinct with commercial insight, using customer feedback, model performance and industry trends to inform casting decisions. Working closely with Creative, Production and Studio teams, you'll continually evolve our model strategy, ensuring our imagery remains relevant, inclusive and fashion-leading.

This is a highly collaborative role requiring excellent organisation, confident negotiation skills and a passion for discovering and developing the next generation of talent. You’ll thrive here if you have an instinct for finding talent that excites both customers and creative teams.

• Own and evolve River Island's model and talent strategy across campaigns, brand moments & ecommerce.
• Be the go-to person for all things casting, sharing your expertise, influencing creative conversations and helping shape best practice across the wider team.
• Develop clear model briefs and secure the best established and emerging talent through strong agency partnerships.
• Excellent knowledge of models' individual strengths and performance styles, ensuring every casting is the right fit for the brief, from ecommerce to high-impact campaign and video content.
• Build and continually evolve River Island's model board by discovering emerging talent and ensuring every booking is a strong representation of our diverse customer to keep our creative output fresh and relevant.
• Organise casting days, go-sees and talent reviews, working closely with Creative and Production teams.

• Use customer insight, sales performance data, industry trends and model analytics to inform casting decisions, identify future opportunities & evolve the River Island casting strategy.
• Balance creative ambition with commercial priorities, making strategic decisions on where to invest budget for maximum impact.
• Monitor industry trends, competitor activity and emerging talent to ensure River Island…