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Please review the responsibilities and requirements carefully to ensure you have the skills and experience for this role. Unfortunately, if you do not have the relevant experience, your application will not be able to be progressed to interview stage
As a Visual Merchandiser, you will work as part of a larger team to assist with the VM presentation of your area. Appreciating the importance of visual impact within retail, you strive to create and maintain exciting and enticing displays through exceptional styling for our customers.
As a Visual Merchandiser you will:
- Perform floor walks each morning to check and maintain basic recovery standards and make sure that actions are carried out prior to store opening
- Consider both the internal and external customer in all activities, including department layout, merchandising and presentation, setting and agreeing standards and benchmarks against competitors
- Deliver exceptional visual creative through creative and trend focused product styling
- Be proactively involved in implementing themed installations within your departments, working within a close knit cross-functional team
- Work closely with key contacts in Buying & Merchandising and Retail Operations to agree brand adjacencies and product layouts in order to maximise sales potential, as well as building on their understanding of standards and maintenance
- Regularly perform comparative ‘shops’ of new and inspirational places to maintain an understanding and awareness of competition, direction and key brands
- Have weekly updates with the Stock Control team, ensuring stock is returned and booked back in, and communicate updates as required
- Maintain all vinyl signage and branding; including ordering, installation and delivering consistent standards
- Comply with Health & Safety standards, policies and procedures, demonstrating good standards in regards to your tools, equipment and environment
A bit about you
- Creative. With a background in Art as an advantage, you are passionate about design and visual displays, with an understanding of their importance in a retail environment
- Strong styling experience, a good understanding of our brand mix, as well as brand adjacencies
- Have a strong eye for detail ensuring delivery of exceptional work
- Knowledge of designers, brands, trends and competitors. You will be up to date with trends and constantly looking for opportunities for this to inspire your work
- Organised and proactive. You are able to multi-task, prioritise and work to tight deadlines, whilst maintaining excellent attention to detail
- Experienced. You are able to work effectively in a fast-paced environment, with previous experience in retail operations as well as exposure to VM
- Well Informed. You will develop excellent product knowledge by following trends and being aware of our competitor’s activity
- A great communicator. You work with your team to deliver results as well as work cross functionally
- Service and experienced focused. Your creative understanding and ability to translate this into practical solutions and displays contributes to our customer experience
- An example of our values, a trusted and respected colleague