APAC Design Lead: Creative & Visual Merchandising

DECIEM | THE ABNORMAL BEAUTY COMPANY; Hong Kong; Hybrid; HKD 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Job summary

DECIEM, The Abnormal Beauty Company, is seeking a Design Manager, Creative & Visual Merchandising - APAC to lead regional creative projects from concept to production across channels, reporting to Brand Director APAC.

Based in Harbour City at the Estee Lauder office, this full-time hybrid role requires three days in the office and collaboration with Global teams to uphold brand values while remaining locally relevant.

Qualifications

• Proven track record interpreting brand strategy in a growing environment.
• Ability to multitask and execute several projects in a timely and efficient manner.
• Self-starter with excellent project management, organisational, and presentation skills.
• Must be collaborative and build strong relationships with retailers, VM, field and all cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the key partner between APAC teams and Global Creative & VM Retail Experience Team to stay abreast of Global and VM initiatives that influence APAC solutions.
• Own and drive regional creative projects from initial concept ideation through to final production, execution, and post-launch evaluation across all channels.
• Lead the design, spatial planning, concept development, and execution of experiential offline activations, including brand pop-ups, events, and temporary retail installations.
• Liaise with the APAC team and Global creative team on project timelines, deliverables, budget, and execution.
• Maintain a strong understanding of APAC regional needs, formats, and retail partners to deliver best-in-class representation of the brand.
• Confidently present designs/prototypes to management for approval to progress projects at critical stages, receive feedback and put into action.
• Oversee all concept, development and implementation of VM programs including, but not limited to, hard fixtures, prototypes, regional guidelines, as well as planograms for all fixture iterations.
• Collaborate with retail partners, display vendors, engineers, and multiple internal brand teams to ensure best-in-class visual merchandising displays, optimising navigation and education on all touchpoints
• Responsible for ensuring all relevant parties are updated on scheduling, on-counter dates for merchandising tools, and work with key executives to manage issues as they arise.
• Oversee, brief, and direct external agency partners and freelance designers; manage task delegation, resource allocation, creative output, and quality control to ensure aligned brand execution.

Skills

Project management

Multitasking

Presentation skills

Self-starter

Team collaboration

Tools

AutoCAD

SketchUp

Figma

Adobe Illustrator

InDesign

Photoshop

Cinema 4D

Rhino

Job description

DECIEM, The Abnormal Beauty Company, is seeking a Design Manager, Creative & Visual Merchandising - APAC to lead regional creative projects from concept to production across channels, reporting to Brand Director APAC.

Based in Harbour City at the Estee Lauder office, this full-time hybrid role requires three days in the office and collaboration with Global teams to uphold brand values while remaining locally relevant.