Junk Kouture
Careers at Junk Kouture
Junk Kouture is a platform for youth creative expression, that challenges students in second level education to create wearable fashion out of 100% recycled materials. Our goal is to enrich and empower the lives of young people through creativity and sustainability, creating the circular engineers of tomorrow - young people who view waste as not aways something that has to be discarded, but that can be given a new life too. We provide educational resources to help get the programme up and running in schools as well as masterclasses on YouTube to demonstrate to the students how they can manipulate recycled materials using techniques to turn them into something beautiful. Once they have their design created, students submit their creation onto the Junk Kouture app where they are then judged by a celebrity panel ahead of the live events that take place in the summer. Founded in Ireland in 2010 by tech entrepreneur, and CEO of Junk Kouture, Troy Armour, the competition has recruited 100,000 participants to date, 15,000 Kouture designs made and 40,000kg of waste saved from landfill. Now, in 2021, Junk Kouture has launched in five of the world’s most dynamic cities: New York, London, Abu Dhabi, Milan and Paris. We also have goal of reaching 13 cities by the end of 2023, and a 10-year goal of impacting the lives of 1billion young people across the globe by 2032. With over 800 schools actively participating in the programme, the message of Junk Kouture is already spreading rapidly and the World Tour will allow it to expand even further, giving more young people the chance to express their creativity and impact climate change, no matter where they live or where they come from.
Stats we are proud of
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of our effort goes into enriching the lives of young people
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of our effort goes into creating an inclusive platform
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of our effort goes to generating positive change for planet
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of designs are kept or recycled after programme cycle
Behind the scenes
What the team says
Best for...
(as reviewed by current employees)
- 📣 Mission & Purpose 8
- 📖 Opportunities to learn 8
- 👭 Inclusivity 5
- 👩👧👧 Team members 5
- 🥰 Employee recognition 2
- ❤️ Benefits 1
- 🏖 Flexibility 1
* Employees annoymously reviewed this organisation as part of our Escape 100: Top Organisations to escape to campaign.
Employee
Feb 2022
👭 Inclusivity
Junk Kouture creates a platform for young people, from all over the world, to express themselves creatively and be who and what they wish to be. This inclusivity is carried through into our internal team with every team member being supported, encouraged and included in every aspect of the business. Junk Kouture provides a welcoming, safe and diverse community for our entire team from all backgrounds, ethnicity, religions etc
📖 Opportunities to learn
There is never a day that goes by that you don't learn something new in Junk Kouture. Not only do I learn daily from team members, but Junk Kouture also encourages and supports their employees to upskill through the use of different courses that may be beneficial for their position in the company. As well as this, Junk Kouture has provided me with life skills that go unmatched when in any work force
🥰 Employee recognition
Every employee is not only supported and encouraged, but celebrated by their entire team. Junk Kouture is always an entire team effort and the leadership team never miss a moment to uplift the employees on a day to day basis!
Overall
Junk Kouture celebrates each individual that works here for who and what they are. They don't only encourage hard work and passion but support you in every step that you take. Their first priority is always the well being of their employees and that is an exceptionally rare trait for a business to have in this climate.- JS
Jane Smith
Feb 2022
📣 Mission & Purpose
Junk Kouture's mission to empower the lives of young people through creativity and sustainability means every day we are doing something positive every day
👩👧👧 Team members
Great young team full of passion and energy!
📖 Opportunities to learn
Always learning every day as we expand globally - and if we fail we learn and move on
Overall
everyone has a shared mission to work collaboratively to bring Junk Kouture to millions of students around the world - and have some fun along the way
- BD
Brona Dowling
Feb 2022
📖 Opportunities to learn
Being part of the Junk Kouture team since September, I have had unlimited amount of opportunities to learn and develop new skills and grow as a person. It has opened my eyes to the magic of thinking big, while trusting in me to achieve my biggest goals!
📣 Mission & Purpose
Junk Kouture's mission and purpose is something I am very passionate and proud about. We provide a platform for young people to express themselves through creativity and sustainability. I enjoy inspiring young people across schools to join our movement and to be part of our global mission!
👩👧👧 Team members
We have defined our culture as a company, and I think it is so important to have a strong culture that everyone agrees on and respects. Through our culture, we can connect on a deeper level as a company. I can trust my team members and most importantly rely on them when I need help. We work off a common goal and learn and grow from each other!
Overall
Junk Kouture is a dream job! I couldn't think of a more exciting, yet challenging job! You get rewarded for your hard work, and it never goes unseen! Being part of a movement that educates the youth around creativity and sustainability is really special! And I look forward to all the excitement as we are rapidly expanding globally!
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