Freelance Visual Merchandiser - 3-Month Contract

Smartbox Group; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Smartbox Group in Ireland is seeking a Freelance Visual Merchandiser to lead a focused, 3-month project transforming our product galleries. You will rebuild guidelines, train the team on a new AI tool, and curate imagery for existing and new products ahead of peak season.

This role requires a sharp eye for visual consistency, multi-market localisation, and experience with digital merchandising, PIM/DAM tools, and image asset management at scale.

Qualifications

• Experience in digital merchandising, e-commerce visual content, or design operations.
• Strong eye for visual consistency, composition, and product presentation at scale.
• Process-driven: turn subjective decisions into repeatable rules for a design team.
• Experience briefing and giving feedback to designers.
• Understanding of multi-market e-commerce and localisation standards.
• Background in gift, travel, or experience e-commerce.
• Familiarity with PIM/DAM tools and image asset management at scale.
• Proficient with Excel.
• Comfortable learning and working with AI tools; training others a plus.

Responsibilities

• Define and document the product gallery standard: image order, template/layout per product type, aspect ratios, backgrounds, and where brand pictograms or overlays are used.
• Build and maintain a decision framework (checklist / flowchart) designers use before starting a gallery, covering the most common scenarios so fewer decisions need to elevate.
• Select and curate imagery for new listings from existing assets for our team of designers.
• Audit the existing product catalogue, prioritise galleries that are outdated, inconsistent, or underperforming, and recommend and oversee agreed improvements.
• Prepare creative briefs aligned to the gallery standard and provide quality assurance feedback on completed design deliverables.
• Train the team on our new imagery system as part of its rollout and help establish clear usage guidelines for the tool.
• Liaise with Category Management Leads and copywriters to keep visuals aligned with content guidelines, campaigns, and partner requirements.
• Track gallery quality/coverage (e.g. % of products meeting standard) and report on progress.
• Provide localised content and localised gallery standards per market adapting to local audience expectations and buying behaviour, not just translating a single template.

Skills

Digital merchandising

E-commerce visual content

Design operations

Excel

AI tools

Tools

PIM/DAM tools

Image asset management

Job description

Smartbox Group in Ireland is seeking a Freelance Visual Merchandiser to lead a focused, 3-month project transforming our product galleries. You will rebuild guidelines, train the team on a new AI tool, and curate imagery for existing and new products ahead of peak season.

This role requires a sharp eye for visual consistency, multi-market localisation, and experience with digital merchandising, PIM/DAM tools, and image asset management at scale.