Casual Hospitality and Retail Assistants
Casual Hospitality/Retail Assistants – £13.45 per hour, plus holiday pay and staff benefits
Lowry is a visual and performing arts venue situated at the heart of MediaCityUK in Salford, one of the world’s most exciting culture and media destinations.
Are you an enthusiastic, happy individual with a can-do attitude? If so, we're on the lookout for skilled hospitality & retail professionals to join our casual team across five key areas:
Baristas – passionate about great coffee
Bartenders – confident behind the bar, quick on their feet and great with people
Restaurant Servers – polished, attentive and comfortable in a dining setting
Event Staff – adaptable, reliable and ready to turn their hand to anything
Retail Assistants - enthusiastic about our products, sales and engaging with customers
Whether you're working the Theatre Bars on a big show night, serving in Lowry Restaurant with views over Salford Quays, keeping the coffee flowing in our coffee shop, or guiding customers through our LS Lowry product range, you'll be part of a team that takes real pride in what they do.
We’re looking for a genuine passion for hospitality, retail and people. Someone who brings energy, warmth, and professionalism in all settings. You'll work well as part of a team and know how to use your initiative when it counts. You must be available to work weekends, as that's when we need you most.
Please note: due to licensing laws, all Hospitality and Retail Assistants must be aged 18 or over.
The ideal candidate will work well within a team and on their own initiative. Experience in the catering/retail sector, or sector's similar, is desired.
Weekend availability is essential .
The role has a number of staff benefits including:
- Complimentary and discounted theatre and live event tickets.
- Free car parking just a few minutes’ walk from the Lowry building.
- Paid day off for your birthday.
- Discounts at the bars, restaurant and gift shop located within the Lowry building.
- Access to Lowry’s Wellbeing Hub and to other health and wellbeing services, including counselling, physiotherapy and remote GP appointments.
- Group Life Assurance Scheme.
Please note that MediaCityUK is a well-connected destination with a variety of different transport options – bus, car, tram and bike.
The application deadline for this vacancy is 10 th June 2026.
Interviews are provisionally planned for 16 th & 17th June 2026 and Inductions are provisionally planned for 24th and 26th June 2026. Please ensure your availability for these dates.
For more information, please download the Lowry Retail recruitment pack & . To apply for this position please submit your CV and a covering letter by clicking on ‘Apply for this job’ via the vacancy on Lowry’s Careers page. Your application should describe how you would apply your knowledge, experience and skills to fulfil the main duties and responsibilities of the post.
To ensure fairness and to enable us to process your application through our shortlisting exercise, we ask that you remove all personal details (such as name, age, location, ethnicity, marital status etc) from your CV and covering letter before uploading. This reduces the risk of any potential bias during our recruitment process and ensures that all shortlisting is based on skills, experience and suitability for a role. Thank you for your understanding.
Lowry is committed to creating an inclusive workforce by reflecting and representing the diversity of Salford and the UK. We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of Lowry – whether that is to work in our creative or support roles. We particularly encourage applications from the following two people groups who are currently under-represented in our work force and in the wider performing and visual arts sector; those people who experience racism and marginalisation, including those from African, Caribbean, North African, LatinX, South Asian, East Asian and South East Asian heritage and their diasporas, those who are disabled, Deaf and neurodivergent or have long-term health conditions.