Mega Yacht Nanny & Maternity Placements

Senior, Sea-Experienced, Discreet

The nannies Lumière places aboard have run private households before they ever stepped on a passerelle. They anticipate the day — sunscreen and hats before the tender leaves, quiet hours honoured, a bag packed for the beach club — and they carry the discretion that principal families and their guests take for granted. Confidentiality is not a clause to them; it is how they work.

Water is the defining difference at sea, so we prioritise strong swimmers with a genuine water-safety instinct: eyes on the children on deck, at the swim platform and in the tender, every moment.

Integrated With the Crew

• Takes safety direction from the captain and service cues from the chief stewardess
• Keeps the children's cabins, routines and meals running without loading the interior team
• Calm, tidy and easy to have aboard through long charters
• Plans water-safe days — beach clubs, tenders, snorkelling, shore excursions
• Fluent handovers with parents and guests, and total confidentiality
• Comfortable moving between cabin life at sea and villas ashore

Where the Fleet Gathers

Port Hercule and the Monaco Yacht Show, Antibes and Port Vauban's IGY superyacht berths, Cannes, Saint-Tropez and Nice — this stretch of coast holds the greatest concentration of large yachts anywhere. Captains, management companies and crew agencies are all here, and so is the hiring for the season ahead.

On the Ground, Not at a Distance

Because Lumière is based on the Riviera — in Nice, minutes from Monaco, Antibes and Cannes — meeting a candidate before she joins is straightforward. A captain or a family manager can interview in person, run a trial day ashore, and know exactly who is stepping aboard.

From this hub the yacht cruises the wider Mediterranean through summer, then repositions for worldwide charters in winter. The nanny travels with the children; the search always runs from here.

Night & Newborn Care at Sea

A yacht maternity nurse is an experienced newborn professional who manages feeding, sleep and night care while the family sleeps — the same expertise families rely on ashore, delivered in a cabin at anchor. She protects the baby's routine and hygiene through the movement of a charter, and supports the mother's recovery in the weeks that matter most.

How Families Combine the Two

• A maternity nurse for the newborn, a nanny for older siblings — working side by side
• Night-only newborn cover so parents rest, with day care shared
• Singletons and twins, with certified newborn experience
• For the first weeks of a cruise, then consolidated as nights settle
• The same discretion and crew-integration as every Lumière yacht placement

Sea-Ready Credentials

• Senior private-household or yacht experience, references verified in person
• STCW basic safety training — the standard crew safety certificate
• A strong swimmer with a genuine water-safety focus
• ENG1 seafarer medical where the yacht requires it
• Paediatric first aid, current and evidenced

The Temperament for Charter Life

• Discretion and confidentiality with family, guests and crew
• Flexibility for the rhythm of a charter — long days, changing plans, close quarters
• Valid passport and a clean, mobile personal setup
• Languages: English and French as standard; Russian, Italian and Spanish across the roster
• Lumière's Training & Standards Programme, completed by every nanny we place

May to October, From the Riviera

Through summer, yachts leaving Monaco, Antibes, Cannes and Saint-Tropez cruise the wider Mediterranean — the Balearics, Corsica and Sardinia, the Amalfi Coast, Sicily and the Greek islands. Families brief us months ahead, because demand peaks around the Monaco events and the height of the season.

Worldwide Charters, Year-Round

When the Med quietens, the boats move: the Caribbean winter season is the classic example, with the fleet crossing for December through spring. Lumière places nannies and maternity nurses for those itineraries too, and where a family wants the same trusted professional across both seasons, we build the placement for the year, not the week.