The Works has made it to the 2024 Licensing Awards Final! 🎉 We’ve been selected as a finalist for ‘The Radar Award’ at the 2024 Licensing Awards! This is our first-ever nomination, and we’re proud to be in the running alongside some great names like Card Factory, Dunelm, and Selfridges 🌟 The Radar Award celebrates retailers who’ve significantly boosted their licensing activities over the past year, and we’re honoured to be recognised for our amazing colleagues' efforts. From innovative product ranges to exciting collaborations, we’ve been working hard behind the scenes to deliver some awesome licenced products to our customers! A huge shout out to our incredible teams for their hard work and dedication. We’re eagerly awaiting the awards ceremony on 10 September…so fingers crossed! 🤞 Here’s what our Chief Commercial Officer, Lynne Tooms, had to say: “The Works are absolutely thrilled to have been nominated for The Radar Award. License is a really important part of our future proposition, and our customers are loving the new and innovative products we are bringing to market in-line with our purpose to inspire reading, learning, creativity and play.” Thank you to everyone who helped us reach this milestone, and good luck to all the nominees! 🥳 #TheWorks #LicensingAwards #Retail
The Works Stores Ltd
Retail
Birmingham, West Midlands 14,042 followers
Ambition: To become one of the most loved retailers in the UK - the go-to place for reading, learning, creativity & play
About us
The Works is an awesome place to… well, work! Our atmosphere is supportive, friendly and inclusive. A second home-from-home where you can be your best and authentic you. Our environment is always moving and full of energy. Yet we still make space to share must-watch TV recommendations and our favourite page-turners. Because even superheroes need some downtime to fuel their imaginations! Our Purpose: To inspire reading. learning, creativity and play - making lives more fulfilled. Our Values: We are Crafty | We are Caring | We are Can-do Hybrid Working: Most of our roles at Support Centre offer a really flexible approach to Hybrid working. 1 or 2 days in the office does the job for us to work collaboratively, and we use Microsoft Teams for those virtual catch-ups.
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https://theworks.jobs/
External link for The Works Stores Ltd
- Industry
- Retail
- Company size
- 1,001-5,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Type
- Public Company
- Founded
- 1981
- Specialties
- Books, Stationery, Hobbies, Retail, Learning, toys, games, kids, arts, crafts, and value
Locations
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Boldmere House, Faraday Avenue
Hams Hall Distribution Park, Coleshill
Birmingham, West Midlands B46 1AL, GB
Employees at The Works Stores Ltd
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Gemma Saxon
Buying and Product Development at Boomf.com with Buying experience at M&S, Monsoon Accessorize and The Design Museum
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Jane Dalton
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Sarah Dohren
Head of Digital | Digital Marketing | Performance Marketing | Marketing & Media | Ecommerce
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Kerry Hughes
Retired Property Director at The Works Stores Ltd
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The finalists in the prestigious Retail categories for The Licensing Awards 2024 have today (10 July) been confirmed. The finalists in the five categories were reached by a dedicated Retail Validation Panel, made up of licensing industry executives from both licensors and licensees, and chaired by Richard Pink, md of Pink Key Licensing. The RADAR Award is for retailers which have come on the radar on the licensing front as they have considerably upped their licensing activities in the last year (between 1 June 2023 and 31 May 2024). The 2024 RADAR Award finalists are: ⭐️ Bargain Max ⭐️ Bromilow & Wood Retail UK ⭐️ Cardfactory ⭐️ Characterville ⭐️ Dunelm ⭐️ Get Trend ⭐️ MINISO ⭐️ Selfridges ⭐️ The Works See the full list of Retail finalists on LicensingSource.net here: https://lnkd.in/dgHFVj4t 📸: The 2023 award was presented to Melody Morton and Lucky Prior at LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics - MENA by John Taylor from category sponsor WildBrain CPLG #LicensingAwards #LicensingAwards24
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📣🎨 Attention Graphic Designers! (*These jobs are now paused due to overwhelming interest! 😲) We have two brand-new roles added to our creative team! And, we're also looking to partner up with some professional freelancers! - Take your pick! 👀 💛💙 Graphic Designer (Brand Work) Immerse yourself into brand campaigns and retail designs. Your creativity will represent our brand. https://lnkd.in/e-eqaZqS 🎨📦 Graphic Designer (Product & Packaging) Dive into leading commercial design & artworking, and become a superhero behind our incredible product and packaging designs https://lnkd.in/eYs8TU9B 📞✍ Freelance Graphic Designers We're looking for experienced, self-employed, freelance graphic designers who can deliver inspiring product and packaging design!
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🔥 Hot opportunity for a skilled Retail Operations and Planning Manager 🦸♀️ "Guide operational excellence through a schedule of activities, promotions, and strategies designed to enhance store performance and sales. It all starts with you." https://lnkd.in/dH_eSgHJ
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Buckle up! It's time to write your next career chapter with some exciting new opportunites at The Works 💛💙 👍🤩 Organic Social Media Manager ‘Like and Subscribe’ to driving brand fame https://lnkd.in/edPzrNUZ 🌏🌱 Sustainability Manager You make our business planet-friendly https://lnkd.in/eUkT2YNv 📊🏋️♀️ Commercial Finance Business Partner Become a finance fitness coach https://lnkd.in/eZqE9FFV ⌛🏋️♀️ Interim Commercial Finance Business Partner (6-Months) Become a finance fitness coach https://lnkd.in/ee4T8yRz But if you're better at something else, then check out our other vacancies 👉 https://theworks.jobs/
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Children’s enjoyment of reading has hit a crisis point. Last year, less than half of children and young people read for pleasure in their spare time – the lowest since records began in 2005. We’re proud to support our charity partner, National Literacy Trust, to address the nation’s literacy crisis by signing the Vision for Literacy Business Pledge 2024 to encourage reading and learning. We have a huge selection of books from our 10 for £10/€15 deal that children can choose from to keep them inspired, as well as free colouring pages for the little ones in-store! Our store colleagues have recommended some of their favourites below 👇 You could also be in with a chance of winning a family ticket to Chessington World of Adventures Resort to ride Elmer’s Flying Jumbos & an overnight stay at Chessington’s Safari Hotel! Click for more information: https://lnkd.in/envnCH8V We hope to welcome you in-store soon. #literacypledge
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🌌 The force was strong on May 4th as our store colleagues embraced their inner Jedi (and Sith!) to celebrate Star Wars Day, raising money for our charity partner Mind. 🛰 Our crafty colleagues showed off their costumes and creativity worthy of a distant galaxy far, far away... ✨ #MayThe4thBeWithYou #Crafty #Caring #CanDo
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Celebrating World Book Day at The Works! 📚🌎 Yesterday, our teams wholeheartedly embraced the magic of literature! We stepped into the shoes of iconic characters from beloved books, igniting our imaginations and spreading joy throughout the day. 🥳 Our customers loved our reading recommendations and the vibrant energy we brought to the occasion. They also joined us in the literary adventure by sharing their own favorite reads and cherished book characters, creating a delightful exchange of inspiration throughout the day.✨ Inspiring reading is a fundamental part of our purpose at The Works. We believe that every child deserves the magic of storytelling, and has the opportunity to hold a book, turn its pages, and embark on fantastical story adventures. 💛💙📖 #WorldBookDay #LiteracyMatters #TheWorks
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