MIU MIU Instore Visual Merchandiser Paris

Miu Miu; Paris; On-site; EUR 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Prada Group seeks an In-Store Visual Merchandiser to implement store fitouts for Miu Miu in Paris, aligning with HQ guidelines and ensuring the brand image and product presentation meet the highest standards.

You will work closely with Headquarters VM and Retail Merchandising, train staff, and monitor market feedback to drive traffic and sales in a luxury, international setting.

Qualifications

• Solid experience in Visual Merchandising.
• Strong knowledge of the department store environment.
• Autonomous, rigorous, ability to work in team as well as alone.
• High understanding of the luxury industry: products, clients, market.
• Fluent in both French and English; other languages a plus.

Responsibilities

• Maintain store windows and interior fitouts daily.
• Apply changes to merchandising to align with sales trends and HQ guidelines.
• Cooperate with HQ Retail Merchandising to implement fitouts that drive traffic and sales.
• Guide Store and Category Managers to maintain department fitouts.
• Train staff in basic Visual Merchandising.
• Send fitout photos to HQ VM on request to enable timely updates.
• Liaise with HQ VM and Retail Merchandising, reporting on fitouts and market feedback.
• Provide feedback on interiors, windows and display elements; maintain visual items.
• Oversee visual props management and replenishment.
• Collaborate with HQ Communications and PR for in-store events and press presentations.

Skills

Visual Merchandising

Department store environment

Autonomous and collaborative

Luxury industry knowledge

Bilingual French/English

Job description

Founded in 1913 in Italy, the Prada Group was built on a tradition of excellence and with a vision of innovation. The Group, a world leader in the luxury sector, operates in more than 45 countries with the PRADA, Miu Miu, Versace, Church’s, Car Shoe and Luna Rossa brands, and has employees of over 100 nationalities.

JOB PURPOSE

The Miu Miu In-Store Visual Merchandiser carries out the fitouts of shop windows and interiors, implementing the guidelines defined by the HQ / HO Visual Merchandising Department, in compliance with the highest qualitative standards, the brand image, and the Prada products, with the purpose of increasing sales.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure the maintenance of the relevant fitouts of store windows and interiors on a daily basis.
• Carrie out needed changes according to store merchandising, sales trend, market peculiarities, customer target and reference competitors, in compliance with the guidelines provided by the HQ VM Department.
• Tightly cooperate with Headquarters’ Retail Merchandising for the implementation of fitouts fostering customer traffic and sales growth through the identification of appropriate outfits for the market, the customers and the season.
• Provide appropriate indications to the Store Manager and Category Department Manager so that they may contribute to the maintenance of the fitout of their own departments inside the store.
• Train the entire staff on the basic of Visual Merchandising.
• Promptly send pictures of periodical fitouts and fitout changes to the HQ VM Department based on requested timing in order to allow corrections and consequent fitout changes.
• Liaise with the HQ VM and Retail Merchandising, to periodically provide information on implemented fitouts as well as sales feedbacks by product category, monitoring competitors and the local market in general.
• Give a feedback on the condition of store interiors, shop windows, display elements and objects ; keep under control the daily maintenance of the visual items.
• Oversee the visual props management and their eventual replenishment, returns or destruction.
• Cooperate with the HQ Communication & PR Functions for the implementation of In-Store Events and Press Presentations at the store.

Please consider that the activities described above are only to summarize the entire role and are not exhaustive.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Solid experience in Visual Merchandising
• Strong knowledge of the department store environment
• Autonomous, rigorous, ability to work in team as well as alone
• High understanding of the luxury industry : products, clients, market
• Fluent in both French and English, other language will be a plus

Joining our Company means working in a creative and international environment, with teams of people motivated by curiosity and the quest for excellence. The engine of our success is the importance and value that we place on the talent and passion of our people leading to their own professional growth.

Prada Group promotes an inclusive work environment, ensuring equal opportunities for all candidates, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, or other personal characteristics. We believe that diversity is a value and we are committed to build a fair and respectful workplace for all.