Visual Merchandising Specialist

About the Role

This role supports Women’s with seasonal floor sets by delivering best in class visual merchandising presentations that align to our brands vision, while supporting financial goals. Candidates should have strong organizational skills, ability to multitask with balancing time sensitive deadlines, as well as a love for fashion and a drive for creating seasonal sets that inspire our customers. Candidates also need to be self-driven and highly resourceful.
What You'll Do

Women’s Visual Merchandising
o Create & adapt compelling In-Store seasonal presentations that align to our
brand codes, while ensuring we are relevant in the competitive landscape and
continue to push the brand forward (i.e., gathering inspiration for product
launches and/or refreshing core businesses).
o Develop and maintain cross-functional partnerships with merchant business
partners to gain information, make smart business decisions, and manage
seasonal assortment changes.
o Support in-season management strategies based on outcomes from weekly
business meetings.
o Participates in-store work-throughs to share knowledge and build skillset with
store teams.
o Participate in the seasonal Product Adoption process.
 

Sample Management
o Prepare, process, and organize all Women’s apparel samples for visual
merchandising set-ups, windows & in-store styling.
o Partner with merchant assistants to track missing and delayed samples for
monthly visual merchandising set-ups.
o Support maintenance and organization of all samples by back stocking, purging, and cleaning on an ongoing basis.
 

Visual Presentations Guides & Communication
o Support seasonal guides by documenting placement of programs and styles
within collections
o Partner with Women’s lead in creating adaptations of monthly apparel
presentations.
o Partner with Women’s lead to develop mid-week communications in support of business updates

Who You Are

Product obsessed visual merchandiser with a minimum of 3+ years’ experience in
fashion retail.
Strong fashion sense with impeccable taste level and the ability to incorporate new trends
into visual projects.
Highly creative critical thinker and problem solver who is familiar with developing smart
solutions.
Organization, superior time management, and the ability to work independently, and
multitask multiple projects and seasons concurrently.
Ability to build strong partnerships and uses persuasive skillset to influence decision
making.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Enjoy a fast-paced working environment

Preferred computer skills required – MS Office.
Keen eye and meticulous about details.
Ability to take positive and complex feedback and work through ambiguity with a sense of
urgency.
Be able to climb 12 ft. tall ladders and lift minimum of 50 lbs