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    Join the Nine Circles Team

    Learn more about career opportunities at our UK headquarters based in sunny Gloucestershire.

    What's Important to Us

    Quality

    We pride ourselves on sourcing and distributing the highest quality Budogu at the best possible value. Joining our team will give you a unique insight into the traditional and modern manufacturing materials and methods that help us achieve that essential aim.

    Community

    For more than thirty years Nine Circles has been an integral part of the European Budo community, supporting beginners and experts alike in the pursuit of their passion and practice. As we grow ever stronger links with our community, our team strives to adapt and serve the needs of the modern Budoka, getting better every day, just as we do in our practice.

    Commitment

    We have a strong team, fully committed to our mission and our own personal growth and development, in Budo and in life. Joining the Nine Circles family will be hard work, but incredibly rewarding as you help to steer the company forwards through the force of your efforts.

    Service

    At the core of our values is service. We pride ourselves on offering an unmatched level of personal service to our clients and to the community as a whole. If you have what it takes to pull out all the stops to ensure the satisfaction of our customers, you might be the person to join us in our quest for the ultimate shopping solution.
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    Current Opportunities

    We're Hiring: Nine Circles Associate

    UK HQ · Full-time, permanent · Salary negotiable, depending on experience

    Budo is the heart of Nine Circles.  We're looking for someone from the UK Kendo, Iaido or wider Budo community to join our small team at our UK HQ — someone who doesn't just want a job, but wants to be genuinely invested in what we do. This is a hands-on role at its core. You'll be processing orders, answering customer enquiries, picking, packing, checking product quality and helping run our warehouse and fulfilment operations day to day. From there, there's real room to grow into the diverse areas only a small business can offer.   Critical customer relationships, events, photography, ecommerce, website management and representing us and what we do in the community in everything you undertake.

    This role would really suit a new graduate or similar candidate, looking for an opportunity to learn hands on in a small business, gain skill and experience and grow into an independent and well rounded member of the workforce.

    Salary is negotiable depending on the skills and experience you bring to the job and your aptitude to grow into different roles in time.
    • A genuine passion for budo — and for growing, both personally and with the business
    • Willingness to get your hands dirty — this is a practical role
    • Good with people, and confident learning new digital tools and processes
    • Able to relocate to, or already based near, our UK HQ — this role is on-site, five days a week
    • Willing to travel for EU operations and events across the UK and internationally
    • Experience in warehousing or fulfilment
    • Experience working in a small business
    • Kendo or wider budo experience
    • Photography
    • Customer service
    • Business administration
    • A starting salary to be agreed based on your skills and aptitude.
    • A tight-knit, supportive team where you'll quickly become a trusted part of how we operate
    • A genuinely varied role that grows with you — the more you bring, the more scope there is to take on
    • The chance to help shape and grow our biggest market, alongside a community you already know

    Send an introduction and your CV to [email protected]. We're looking to fill this role as soon as the right person is able to join, so don't wait to get in touch.

    What to Expect When You Apply

    How to apply
    Send a short introduction and your CV to [email protected].
    What to include
    Your CV, plus a few lines on your background in kendo/budo (if any) and what draws you to the role.
    Format
    PDF or Word documents are both fine.
    What happens next
    As a small team, every application is read personally — there's no automated screening. If you look like a good fit, we'll be in touch to arrange a conversation.
    Timeline
    We will get back to you with feedback as soon as possible, hopefully within 7 working days.