Global Visual Merchandising Lead

Burberry; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Burberry in London is seeking a Central Visual Merchandising Manager to guide regions with styling and global VM guidelines, translating seasonal narratives into compelling retail experiences.

You will collaborate with Merchandising, Design and Architecture to deliver a consistent luxury presentation across markets, coaching regional teams, and driving innovation while maintaining Burberry's distinctive aesthetic.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in Visual Merchandising, experience with guidelines ideal.
• Independent, creative and proactive in fast-paced environments.
• Analytical with strong Merchandising and business acumen.
• Experience with large brand assortments; brand knowledge helpful.

Responsibilities

• Create and evolve a distinctive global visual merchandising language with styling at its core, translating seasonal narratives into compelling retail experiences.
• Champion a styling-led approach to visual merchandising, curating elevated product presentations that celebrate craftsmanship, silhouette, colour, proportion and fashion authority.
• Partner with merchandising teams to ensure visual strategies support commercial priorities while maintaining luxury positioning.
• Collaborate with design to interpret the brand's creative vision and ensure displays reflect the collection's aesthetic and cultural relevance.
• Develop inspiring VM concepts and styling guidelines balancing artistic expression with commercial impact for global consistency and local relevance.
• Work cross-functionally with architecture and activations teams to shape innovative fixtures and immersive retail experiences.
• Act as a creative styling authority for regional VM and retail teams, coaching and inspiring execution standards.
• Drive luxury presentation and visual storytelling across markets, maintaining global consistency with room for interpretation.
• Support visualization of windows, pop-ups and special projects through renders and styling direction.
• Monitor emerging fashion and luxury retail trends and translate insights into fresh VM approaches.

Skills

Visual Merchandising

Styling

Analytical

Communication

Teamwork

Tools

Microsoft Office

Adobe Suite

Job description

Burberry in London is seeking a Central Visual Merchandising Manager to guide regions with styling and global VM guidelines, translating seasonal narratives into compelling retail experiences.

You will collaborate with Merchandising, Design and Architecture to deliver a consistent luxury presentation across markets, coaching regional teams, and driving innovation while maintaining Burberry's distinctive aesthetic.