How to Apply to Lladró

9 min read Last updated April 20, 2026 1 open positions
Blake Crosley
Blake Crosley Researched using publicly available information, hiring data, and ATS analysis.

Key Takeaways

  • The careers portal is careers.lladro.com (NOT lladro.com/empleo, which 404s) and uses a custom WordPress + Contact Form 7 setup, not a standard enterprise ATS.
  • Most hiring happens through the 'Envía tu CV' open-application pipeline, not through a constantly populated jobs board — an empty Ofertas Activas page does not mean Lladró is not hiring.
  • Tick the two-year CV retention checkbox on the form, or your CV is discarded after a single review and you will never be matched against future vacancies.
  • Spanish is the working language at Tavernes Blanques HQ; English is essential for global retail, marketing and ecommerce roles in NYC, Beverly Hills, London, Tokyo, Shanghai and Dubai.
  • Pay is governed by the Convenio Colectivo del Sector Cerámico for plant roles and is modest versus Madrid banking; the real compensation is access to a 70-year craft tradition, a single stable Valencia campus, and a brand with museum-grade prestige.
  • Recent strategic moves — Loewe and Bvlgari home collaborations in 2024–2025 — are creating new openings in licensing, collaboration management, contemporary design and modern retail; if your background fits these, say so explicitly in your application.
  • Hiring is slow, family-influenced and discretion-led; expect three to six weeks from final interview to offer, and prepare a credible answer for why you specifically want to work at Lladró rather than at a faster-moving employer.

About Lladró

Lladró is a family-owned Spanish luxury porcelain house founded in 1953 in the village of Almàssera by three brothers — Juan, José and Vicente Lladró — who fired their first figurines in a homemade Moorish kiln before moving to a purpose-built site in Tavernes Blanques on the outskirts of Valencia, where the company has been headquartered ever since. Today Lladró is one of the few remaining vertically integrated porcelain manufacturers in Western Europe: a single campus, called Ciudad de la Porcelana (City of Porcelain), houses the laboratories where pastes and pigments are formulated, the modeling studios, the casting and assembly halls, the hand-painting ateliers, the kilns, and the corporate offices. Roughly 1,200 people work for the group worldwide, with the large majority concentrated at the Valencia plant. Annual revenue is in the region of 60 million euros, reflecting the high price points of the catalogue (a major sculpture can sell for tens of thousands of euros) rather than mass volume. Ownership has been consolidated under Lladró Comercial SA, the family holding through which second-generation cousins control the business. Rosa Lladró currently chairs the company. The 2010s and early 2020s were difficult for the global luxury porcelain market — taste shifted away from traditional figurative collectibles, and Lladró undertook a multi-year restructuring between 2018 and 2022 that closed parts of the Spanish manufacturing footprint and reduced headcount. The company has since leaned into licensed collaborations and contemporary lighting and home accessories, including high-profile partnerships with Loewe and a Bvlgari home line in 2024–2025, as a way of bringing the craft to younger luxury buyers. The brand operates flagship boutiques in New York, Beverly Hills, London, Tokyo, Shanghai, Dubai and Madrid, plus a network of authorised retailers in more than 100 countries. Internally, the working language at Tavernes Blanques is Spanish (with strong Valencian cultural identity), while English is the operating language for global retail, wholesale, marketing and ecommerce roles. The Valencia plant has long-standing union representation through CCOO and UGT under the Convenio Colectivo del Sector Cerámico (the regional ceramics sector collective agreement), which sets pay bands, shift patterns and seniority benefits. Compensation is modest by Madrid banking or Big Tech standards, but the trade-off is access to a 70-year craft tradition, a stable single-site employer in the Valencia metro area, and a brand whose pieces sit in museums and royal collections.

Application Process

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    Start at careers

    Start at careers.lladro.com — the dedicated Spanish-language careers portal, separate from the consumer site lladro.com. The homepage links to two flows: 'Ofertas de empleo' (active vacancies) and 'Envía tu CV' (open application).

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    Check the 'Ofertas Activas' section first

    Check the 'Ofertas Activas' section first. Lladró is a low-volume hirer and the listings page is often empty between recruitment windows; do not interpret an empty board as the company being closed to applications.

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    If a posted vacancy matches your profile, follow the listing's apply link

    If a posted vacancy matches your profile, follow the listing's apply link. If nothing is open, go to 'Envía tu CV' and submit the open-application form — this is the primary way the in-house Recursos Humanos team builds its talent pool.

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    Complete the WordPress Contact Form 7 form in Spanish: Nombre, Apellidos, Teléfo

    Complete the WordPress Contact Form 7 form in Spanish: Nombre, Apellidos, Teléfono, Email, Municipio, Provincia, País, Titulación (highest qualification), and Área de interés. The Área de interés dropdown forces a single choice — pick the one that most precisely matches your background; do not pick 'Marketing' if you are really a manufacturing engineer.

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    Attach your CV as a PDF (recommended) or Word document

    Attach your CV as a PDF (recommended) or Word document. Keep the file name professional (e.g., 'CV_Apellido_Nombre.pdf') because the form ingests files into a shared HR inbox where readable filenames matter.

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    Tick both consent checkboxes: the privacy policy (Política de Privacidad) and th

    Tick both consent checkboxes: the privacy policy (Política de Privacidad) and the explicit two-year CV retention consent. Without the second tick, your CV is deleted after the immediate review and you will not be considered for future openings — this is the single most overlooked step.

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    After submission, expect silence for several weeks

    After submission, expect silence for several weeks. Lladró does not run an automated stage-by-stage tracker; HR contacts shortlisted candidates directly by phone or email when a relevant role is being filled. A second, tailored application 60–90 days later is acceptable and sometimes useful if your situation has changed (new certification, relocation to Valencia, language milestone).

  8. 8
    For international retail or boutique roles in New York, London, Tokyo, Shanghai,

    For international retail or boutique roles in New York, London, Tokyo, Shanghai, Beverly Hills or Dubai, also check the local boutique's parent listings — these positions are sometimes recruited through the regional subsidiary or a local agency rather than through the Tavernes Blanques HR team.

Resume Tips for Lladró

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Submit your CV in Spanish for any role based at Tavernes Blanques

Submit your CV in Spanish for any role based at Tavernes Blanques. For global retail, marketing or ecommerce roles, a bilingual Spanish/English CV (or English-only with a Spanish cover note) is acceptable and demonstrates the language mix the role actually needs.

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Use the European CV conventions Lladró HR is reading every day: reverse-chronolo

Use the European CV conventions Lladró HR is reading every day: reverse-chronological work history, clear section headings (Experiencia Profesional, Formación Académica, Idiomas, Competencias), date ranges in MM/AAAA format, and a brief professional summary at the top.

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Map your headline directly to one of the 13 Áreas de interés on the form (Creati

Map your headline directly to one of the 13 Áreas de interés on the form (Creatividad, Planificación y Programación, Fabricación, Compras y Logística, Mantenimiento, Calidad y Medioambiente, Informática / Soporte IT, Finanzas, Recursos Humanos, Marketing, Ventas, ECommerce, Atención al cliente). Recruiters filter by these categories internally.

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For manufacturing, modelling or hand-painting roles, lead with concrete craft cr

For manufacturing, modelling or hand-painting roles, lead with concrete craft credentials: Escuela de Arte y Superior de Diseño certifications, Escuela de Cerámica de Manises, Bellas Artes degrees, apprenticeship years, kiln types operated, glazing and pigment systems, and any exhibition or museum work.

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For corporate roles, quantify outcomes in euros, units or percentage points (e

For corporate roles, quantify outcomes in euros, units or percentage points (e.g., 'reduced finished-goods scrap rate from 4.2% to 2.8% over 18 months') rather than describing duties. Lladró is a small-revenue luxury house and operational impact matters more than headcount managed.

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List languages with the CEFR scale (B2, C1, C2) and be honest

List languages with the CEFR scale (B2, C1, C2) and be honest. For international retail, Tokyo and Shanghai roles in particular, demonstrated Japanese or Mandarin proficiency is a hard differentiator; padding language levels gets caught quickly in the first phone screen.

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Include a one-line declaration of willingness to relocate to or commute within t

Include a one-line declaration of willingness to relocate to or commute within the Valencia metro area for plant-based roles, and your Spanish residency or EU work-authorisation status near the top — this removes a friction point for HR.

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Mention any first-hand exposure to Lladró or to high-end European porcelain (Mei

Mention any first-hand exposure to Lladró or to high-end European porcelain (Meissen, Sèvres, Royal Copenhagen, Herend) in a single line. The HR team genuinely values candidates who have stood in front of the work and understand what 'matte porcelain' or 'sculpted flowers in mid-fire' actually means.

ATS System: Custom WordPress careers portal (careers.lladro.com) with Contact Form 7 intake — no third-party ATS

Lladró does not use Workday, SuccessFactors, Greenhouse, SmartRecruiters or any of the standard enterprise ATS platforms. The careers site is a self-hosted WordPress instance (verified on careers.lladro.com in April 2026) and the open-application form is a Contact Form 7 (wpcf7) form that submits structured fields and a CV attachment to the in-house Recursos Humanos team. There is no candidate dashboard, no application status tracker, no automated keyword parsing. CVs are reviewed manually. This makes the form fields themselves — especially the Área de interés dropdown and the Titulación free-text field — the de facto routing mechanism inside HR.

  • Because there is no automated keyword parser, do not stuff your CV with buzzwords. Write for a human reader who sees a few hundred CVs a year, not the thousands a Greenhouse pipeline sees.
  • The Área de interés dropdown is the most important routing signal. Pick the single best match; do not submit twice with two different selections — duplicate submissions from the same email are visible and look unfocused.
  • Tick the two-year CV retention checkbox. Without it your CV is reviewed once and discarded; with it you stay in the pool that HR searches when a role opens.
  • File-name your CV with your surname, first name and date (e.g., 'CV_GarciaLopez_Maria_2026-04.pdf') because HR sees these filenames inside their mail client.
  • Keep the CV under 2 MB and as a PDF; the Contact Form 7 instance has a default upload size limit and large Word files with embedded photos sometimes silently fail to attach.

Interview Culture

Lladró interviews are conducted in Spanish at the Tavernes Blanques campus for plant, corporate and HQ-based roles, and in the local language (with a Spanish-speaking final round) for international boutique and subsidiary roles. The first contact is almost always a phone screen with a Recursos Humanos generalist who confirms language levels, residency status, salary expectation in the context of the Convenio Colectivo del Sector Cerámico bands, and notice period. A second interview is typically on-site with the hiring manager and, for craft and manufacturing roles, with the relevant maestro or atelier lead — bring a portfolio if you are applying for modelling, sculpting, hand-painting or design roles, and expect a practical exercise (a sketch, a paint test, a small modelling task) for senior craft positions. Corporate finalists frequently meet a member of the Lladró family or a senior director; the culture remains family-influenced even after the restructuring, and cultural fit, discretion and respect for the brand's heritage carry real weight. The tone is formal but warm — usted gives way to tú quickly, but punctuality, modest dress, and an ability to talk seriously about craft are non-negotiable. Negotiation is possible for corporate and international roles but constrained by the convenio for unionised plant positions. Decisions can be slow (three to six weeks between final interview and offer is common) because senior approval is required for most permanent hires.

What Lladró Looks For

  • Genuine appreciation for craft and porcelain heritage — candidates who can speak fluently about why hand-painting matters in 2026 stand out across every function, not just creative roles.
  • Spanish fluency at C1 or above for any role at Tavernes Blanques; English at C1 or above for any role touching international retail, wholesale, ecommerce or global marketing; a third language (Japanese, Mandarin, Arabic, French) for boutique-facing roles.
  • Stability and continuity in prior roles. Lladró is a family business and values people who stay; a CV with three- to five-year tenures is read more favourably than one with annual job changes, even at higher-profile employers.
  • Concrete operational evidence — quantified improvements, named systems implemented, volumes handled, scrap rates reduced — rather than abstract leadership claims.
  • Direct experience of luxury, premium or heritage brands (LVMH, Richemont, Loewe, Hermès, Cartier, Royal Copenhagen, Meissen) for retail, marketing and ecommerce hires; direct ceramics-industry experience for plant and laboratory hires.
  • Cultural alignment with the València region for plant roles — willingness to live locally, comfort with Valencian as a co-official language alongside Spanish, and a long-term view rather than a stepping-stone mindset.
  • Discretion and brand respect on social media. Lladró is sensitive to public commentary on the family, on collaborations, and on past restructurings; HR informally checks LinkedIn and public profiles before extending offers.
  • For senior or specialist hires, a credible answer to the question 'why Lladró, why now?' — the company is realistic that it cannot match Madrid or Barcelona corporate salaries and wants to hire people who actively choose the trade-off.

Frequently Asked Questions

Where is Lladró's official careers portal?
The official careers portal is careers.lladro.com, a dedicated Spanish-language site separate from the consumer brand site lladro.com. The widely guessed URL lladro.com/empleo returns a 404 and is not the right entry point. The portal has two main sections: Ofertas de empleo (active vacancies) and Envía tu CV (open application form).
Does Lladró use Workday, Greenhouse, SuccessFactors or another major ATS?
No. Lladró runs a custom WordPress careers site with a Contact Form 7 (wpcf7) form for CV submissions. There is no candidate dashboard, no automated keyword parser and no external ATS. CVs are read manually by the in-house Recursos Humanos team in Tavernes Blanques.
Do I need to speak Spanish to work at Lladró?
For any role based at the Tavernes Blanques (Valencia) headquarters or plant, yes — working Spanish at C1 or above is effectively required. For international roles in boutiques and subsidiaries (NYC, Beverly Hills, London, Tokyo, Shanghai, Dubai), the local language plus strong English is what matters; Spanish is helpful but not always mandatory at entry level.
What is the Convenio Colectivo del Sector Cerámico and how does it affect pay?
It is the regional collective bargaining agreement for the ceramics sector in the Valencian Community, negotiated between the employers' association and the unions (CCOO and UGT have strong representation at the Lladró plant). It sets pay bands by category, working hours, shift premiums, holiday entitlements and seniority benefits for plant, laboratory and most operational roles. It constrains how much room there is to negotiate base salary for unionised positions, but it also provides predictable progression and protections.
Is Lladró still owned by the Lladró family?
Yes. Ownership is consolidated through Lladró Comercial SA, the family holding company. Second-generation Lladró cousins control the business, and Rosa Lladró currently serves as Chairwoman. The company remains family-influenced in culture and decision-making, even after the 2018–2022 restructuring.
How big is Lladró as an employer?
Roughly 1,200 employees worldwide, with the large majority based at the Tavernes Blanques campus near Valencia. Annual revenue is in the region of 60 million euros — the price points are luxury, but the volumes are deliberately small. This makes Lladró a mid-size employer by Spanish standards and a small one by global luxury-conglomerate standards.
How do I apply if there are no active jobs listed on the careers page?
Use the 'Envía tu CV' open-application form. Lladró deliberately runs a low-volume jobs board and recruits most positions from its open-application pool. Submit the form, pick the most accurate Área de interés, attach a Spanish-language CV as PDF, and tick the two-year CV retention checkbox so that you remain searchable in HR's database for future roles.
What functional areas does Lladró hire for?
The Área de interés dropdown on the application form lists 13 categories: Creatividad, Planificación y Programación, Fabricación, Compras y Logística, Mantenimiento, Calidad y Medioambiente, Informática / Soporte IT, Finanzas, Auditoría y Contabilidad, Recursos Humanos, Marketing, Ventas, ECommerce y Atención al cliente. These are the functional buckets HR uses to route applications internally.
What recent strategic moves should I be aware of before applying?
Lladró has shifted toward contemporary lighting, home accessories and licensed collaborations as the traditional figurative-porcelain market has declined. High-profile recent partnerships include a collaboration with Loewe and a Bvlgari home line in 2024–2025. The 2018–2022 restructuring closed parts of the Spanish manufacturing footprint, so be prepared to discuss the company's transition strategy honestly in interviews.
How long does the hiring process take and how should I follow up?
Expect weeks of silence after submitting an open application — Lladró only contacts you when a relevant role opens. For a posted vacancy, the full process (phone screen, on-site interview, possible practical exercise for craft roles, final approval) typically takes three to six weeks. A polite follow-up 60–90 days after an open application is acceptable; chasing weekly is not. Decisions involve senior approval and are not rushed.

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