Visual Merchandising Designer

Sunday Riley; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Sunday Riley in London is seeking an experienced Visual Merchandising Designer to lead 3D space planning, fixture design, and seasonal rollouts across our prestige beauty footprint, including experiential pop-ups and trade events. You will translate brand campaigns into compliant retail environments, produce initial renderings and technical packs, and manage vendor QA.

Based in London, the role is hybrid with three days per week in the London office.

Qualifications

• 4–7+ years of dedicated visual merchandising and retail display design experience in prestige beauty or luxury goods.
• Advanced 3D modeling/rendering tools.
• Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) for large-format print production.
• Deep working knowledge of retail manufacturing materials and processes: acrylic fabrication, vacuum forming, sheet metal, injection molding, wood joinery, and LED illumination/cabling.
• Retailer fixture guidelines and compliance matrices familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Develop photorealistic 3D renderings and specs for gondola endcaps, walls, towers, and tester trays.
• Design to strict retailer specs for partners such as Sephora, Ulta, Nordstrom.
• Design immersive activations, trade show booths, pop-up shops from concept to fabrication.
• Oversee seasonal POG rollouts, graphic updates, and shade-matching guides with Regulatory, Brand and Retail Ops.
• Collaborate with external vendors; review samples, mock-ups, molding details to ensure cost and finish.
• Create VM guidelines and maintenance instructions to preserve merchandising integrity.

Skills

3D modeling/rendering

Adobe Creative Cloud

Cross-functional execution

Vendor management

Tools

3D modeling tools

Job description

We are seeking an experienced, detail-oriented Visual Merchandising Designer to lead 3D spatial concepts, fixture design, and seasonal rollouts across our specialty-multi retail footprint as well as experiential pop-ups and trade events.

In this role, you will bridge the gap between creative storytelling and physical execution. You will translate brand campaigns and new product launches into high-impact, compliant retail environments, handling everything frominitial 3D renderings and tech packs to prototype approvals and vendor QA. This position is based in London and is hybrid. Three days per week are in the London office.

Key Responsibilities

• 3D Retail Design & Prototyping: Develop photorealistic 3D renderings, elevations, and detailed technical mechanicals/spec packs for gondola endcaps, wall bays, towers, glorifiers, and tester trays across retail partner doors.
• Retailer Guideline Compliance: Master and design directly to strict specifications (gondola depths, acrylic tolerances, illumination, universal tester unit standards, electrical access) for key prestige retail partners (e.g., Sephora, Ulta Beauty, Nordstrom).
• Temporary & Experiential Activations: Design immersive physical activations, high-volume trade show booths, pop-up shops, and press preview installations from initial concept to fabrication review.
• Planograms & Graphic Updates: Oversee seasonal planogram (POG) rollouts, strip copy layouts, shade-matching guides, and graphic update kits, ensuring seamless cross-functional alignment with Regulatory, Brand, and Retail Ops.
• Production & Vendor Management: Partner directly with external fabrication vendors and print houses. Review material samples, structural mock-ups, injection molding details, and first-off prototypes to maintain cost efficiencies and finish quality.
• In-Store Audit & Maintenance: Establish practical VM guidelines, store associate setup manuals, and maintenance instructions to preserve merchandising integrity across all doors.

Qualifications & Core Competencies

• Experience: 4–7+ years of dedicated visual merchandising and retail display design experience, specifically within prestige beauty, cosmetics, or luxury consumer goods.
• Software Proficiency:
• Advanced 3D modeling/rendering tools
• Expert proficiency in Adobe Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) for large-format print production and graphic updates.
• Technical Knowledge: Deep working understanding of retail manufacturing materials and processes: acrylic fabrication, vacuum forming, sheet metal, injection molding, wood joinery, and LED illumination/cabling.
• Retailer Fluency: Demonstrated familiarity with beauty specialty retail fixture guidelines and compliance matrices.
• Cross-Functional Execution: Proven ability to manage tight production calendars, track vendor lead times, and deliver clean mechanicals on deadline.

What we offer

This role offers the opportunity for interested candidates to work in an ever-changing growing company that is passionate about its products. Operating within a fast-moving industry and dynamic category, the successful candidate will find at Sunday Riley the open, creative and collaborative work environment that everyone seeks for themselves.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Sunday Riley actively creates a culture of inclusivity and respects that diversity in the workplace leads to a positive and stronger team. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity for all employees, contractors, and prospective employees, regardless of race, color, national origin, age, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, disability, genetic information or any other criteria protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.