CAREERS
Since 2012, we have tutored 20 young people each year to develop their craft skills for a lifelong trade, gain business expertise, and transition into sole trading or employment with major fashion labels such as Tom Ford and Alexander McQueen.
Our apprentices get high-quality training, hands-on experience, real responsibilities, and the opportunity to develop different skills within various disciplines. We help transform potential through the acquisition of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values the labour market needs, such as teamwork, communication, flexibility, creativity and problem-solving.
Apprenticeships are available for anyone aged 16 and over. We are committed to a policy of equal opportunity, and entry is not restricted by gender, ethnicity or religious belief. We encourage applications from under-represented groups such as women and ethnic minorities. We actively recruit from our local catchment in East London, but our program attracts people from all over the world.
Please send your cover letter and CV to info@conchitaperez.com.
“I have been a part of the Apprenticeship program with Conchita Perez Atelier twice, which already says a lot about them, the environment of the atelier, and the work ethic they have, since Apprenticeships don’t usually repeat…They have been wonderful teachers and mentors, personal and professional. While I was there they were kind and protective over their workers…
My learning experience there was so fruitful, giving us tasks that may be far from our comfort zone, but having full confidence is our capabilities, providing us with tools and patience for trial and error to achieve what we were looking for….
Conchita has such love and care for craftsmanship everything is made to the highest detail, and combined with their technology side makes this studio something worth protecting. Their designs enrich both the fashion industry and the future of the girls and boys that may go through that door and have that same first working experience and learn as much as we were lucky enough to learn.”
Marta Aradas Santos
Age: 20 years old
“I was lucky enough to be part of the Conchita Perez Apprenticeship as a production assistant. Freshly graduated from a BA in Fashion Design from Edinburgh College of Art, it was an opportunity to experience and be part of a small, experimental and vibrant creative business.
I found the studio to be a very welcoming and open place, where I felt supported to experiment with and learn new skills, as well as nurture skills I had previously learnt, under the expert guidance of Conchita. They showed me novel ways of approaching fashion, as something more embedded with socio-political consciousness, and I had an opportunity to be part of more site-specific work such as their local guerrilla communication campaign and community-based shop/open studio.
These experiences helped expand my practice, which I believe contributed to my career progression, from starting and completing a Masters in Material Futures at Central Saint Martins, exhibiting as an independent creative practitioner at various design weeks internationally, to my current role as Policy Designer at the UK Cabinet Office’s Policy Lab.”
Nina Cutler
Age: 24 years old
“Over the Christmas break, I started looking for an apprenticeship program in order to further my understanding of the fashion industry. I was lucky enough to be accepted at Conchita Perez, and I have never enjoyed work so much!
Working alongside the fashion designer herself is really giving me an insight as to what it would be like if I ever chose to do this as a career. From fabric development to hand-sewing a patchwork skirt, I have already, in just three weeks, begun to gain more skills.
Although stressful times, I know that it will be more than worth it. Even working backstage at London Fashion Week, which has always been a dream of mine; I could not have asked for a better opportunity.”
Talia Donoghue
Age: 19 years old
