Visual Merchandiser (Pre-Season Planning)

Loblaw Companies Limited; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading retail company in Toronto is seeking a Visual Merchandiser for Pre-Season Planning. This role involves developing visual merchandising strategies that support seasonal plans and business goals, collaborating closely with Design and Buying teams. The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of experience in visual merchandising at an apparel brand, strong organizational skills, and proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite. This role offers an opportunity to shape the visual direction of stores across Canada, contributing to a collaborative and innovative team environment.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of experience in visual merchandising at an apparel brand.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the development of pre-season visual merchandising strategies.
• Create and maintain fixture plans.
• Partner cross-functionally with Design, Buying, and Marketing.

Skills

Visual merchandising

Retail analysis

Collaborative skills

Organizational skills

Adobe Creative Suite proficiency

Job description

Founded in 2006, Joe Fresh is a leading source for modern style and accessible design, offering comprehensive lifestyle collections for men, women and children. Joe Fresh delivers quality and compelling value in categories spanning apparel, accessories, and footwear. Joe Fresh collections are polished and sophisticated, with a focus on essential designs that appeal to a broad range of style-savvy consumers. With more than 350 Joe Fresh departments from coast to coast, the Joe Fresh network is more than a great place to shop, it’s a great place to work. We’re committed to building our talented team who champion collaboration, kindness, and inclusivity. We are looking for innovative, hardworking, and collaborative team members for our Joe Fresh team. Join our team in our goal of helping Canadians Live Life Well®.

In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct – it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.

About the Role:

The Visual Merchandiser, Pre-Season Planning is responsible for supporting the development of visual merchandising strategies that align with seasonal assortment plans and overall business objectives. This role partners closely with Design and Buying to ensure visual merchandising strategies align with overall brand vision and are operationally scalable across all stores.

This position focuses on planning and translating product assortments and category strategies into clear visual frameworks that aligns with our company’s vision to help ‘Canadian’s live life well’.

What You’ll Do:

• Support the development of pre-season visual merchandising strategies; ensuring clarity of offer is evident by zone/fixture.
• Create and maintain fixture plans.
• Partner cross functionally with Design, Buying, Product Development, and Marketing to align on seasonal direction.
• Translate overall business and Design strategies into clear, executable visual merchandising plans.
• Work with Category Managers to determine reduced assortments, while maintaining overall brand vision and business strategies.
• Contribute to visual merchandising presentations, showroom set ups, in-store walkthroughs, and store execution tools.
• Ensure visual merchandising strategies align with brand standards, space constraints, and operational requirements.
• Support with in-season directive builds and store communication materials.

Qualifications:

• 3-5+ years of experience in visual merchandising at an apparel brand; corporate visual merchandising experience considered an asset.
• Strong understanding of apparel retail and visual merchandising and store layout principals.
• Proven ability to organize information and communicate concepts clearly.
• Familiarity with fixture libraries, SKU density considerations, and space optimization.
• Ability to think both creatively and analytically about space and product.
• Detail oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment.
• Collaborative and adaptable, with the ability to manage multiple deadlines.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite.

Why Join Us:

You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Joe Fresh – creating stores that are efficient, inspiring, and unmistakably aligned with our brand. You’ll be part of a design driven environment that values collaboration, innovation, and thoughtful special storytelling.

How You’ll Succeed:

At Joe Fresh, we seek great people to continually strengthen our culture. We believe great people model our values, are authentic, build trust and make connections. If that sounds like you, and you are open-minded, responsive to change and up to the challenges provided in a fast-paced retail environment, apply today.

Joe Fresh recognizes Canada’s diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation’s evolving diversity in the products we sell, the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants with disabilities in the recruitment and assessment process and when hired.