Design Implementation Specialist

2CD Chase Design, LLC; United States; On-site; USD 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

FutureBrand is seeking a Retail Installation Specialist to perform on-site retail installations, store audits, and detailed documentation. You will collaborate with design and project teams to ensure timely, accurate executions across locations.

The role requires 3–5 years hands-on installation experience, strong communication, and the ability to travel up to 50% of the time. Office in Syracuse with a dynamic, collaborative culture.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree required and 3–5 years of hands-on field installation experience.
• Proficient with basic mechanical tools used in on-site installations.
• Strong project management and communication skills.
• Ability to work under tight timelines and travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Travel to retail locations to conduct store audits for design installation.
• Document store layout measurements and assess obstructions.
• Photograph store sections and report findings to the design team.
• Prepare complete documentation with measurements and dimensional data.
• Provide onsite installations/tears downs and coordinate with vendors.
• Communicate with clients on-site to address questions and concerns.
• Lead and manage installation details with internal and external teams.

Skills

Detail oriented

Project management

Strong communication

Professionalism

Ability to work under pressure

Team collaboration

Education

Associate’s degree

3–5 years hands-on field experience

Job description

Agency: FutureBrand Job Function: Production Job Subfunction: Print Production Job Description: Retail Installation Specialist Office location: Syracuse

Who we are: At FutureBrand, our mission is to create a more positive world through branding. And doing so is our passion. Every day, everywhere, brands impact our lives and the decisions we make, from our health, money, and home to the energy we consume, the resources we use, and how we connect with the world around us. The most successful brands create positive, sustainable change, for today, and for the future. Internally, we are building a culture that is aligned to our values of being progressive, adaptable, collaborative, and empowering. Our community is one that celebrates everyone’s individuality and provides an equitable culture where everyone can thrive and achieve their full potential.

Your role: The Retail Installation Specialist at Futurebrand that will provide onsite retail installation responsibilities to include conducting retail store audits to assess layout for prototype installations, maintaining communication with all involved parties throughout the project, ongoing development of successful retail installation processes and hands-on installation adhering to project deadlines.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Independently travel to various retail locations to conduct store audits with the objective of evaluating the retail space for design installation and implementation.
• Document store layout (including dimensions), assess obstructions, lighting and overall structural elements.
• Photograph sections of the store, adjacencies, planogram set and reporting back finding to the design team.
• Prepare complete and thorough documentation to include; fixture measurements, layouts and other important dimensional information.
• Participate in audit download meeting to bring team up to speed with any unusual on-site situations.
• Provide input and make recommendations to the project and/or design management team as appropriate to the project; move forward with the decision made by the design director or project manager.
• Provide onsite installations/tear downs in stores, retail labs or other spaces including maintaining communication with all involved parties throughout the project to ensure successful completion.
• Provide leadership and manage details of what is required for a successful installation (i.e. coordination with Mack Studios and other vendors), materials and components, information from internal design and project teams at Futurebrand.
• Trouble shoot and resolve issues on site as well as represent Futurebrand in a professional manner while on the road.
• Assess the quality of project installations and make any necessary adjustments on-site.
• Communicate with clients (particularly while on-site at the installation) to respond to any concerns, questions or recommendations they may have.
• Work with Design Implementation team to purchase products, set shelves and fabricate signage for sets in Activation Retail Lab.
• Keep abreast of new technologies and methods for quality improvement opportunities pertaining to installation and fixture development.
• Work with engineering team on bringing new methods to fruition.

Focus areas:

• Promote consistently excellent planogram, audit and installation process, help to inform and educate less experienced staff and clients, to ensure the work is successful.
• Work with a team to foster better culture and practice in the studio.

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS:

• Detail oriented; ability to convey detailed specific actions to team members
• Must demonstrate professionalism and integrity with attention to details, often the face of the company during installations
• Excellent project management skills and strong manual dexterity
• Ability to work well under pressure while simultaneously handling multiple tasks
• Ability to work well with others in accomplishing tasks; collaborates with cross-functional teams
• Understands scale and architectural drawings of space
• Self-assured
• Proven ability to work within tight timelines
• Strong communication skills
• Strong work ethic
• Strong manual dexterity

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Associate’s degree
• Minimum of 3-5 years working experience, particularly in a hands‑on environment
• Proficient in using various basic mechanical tools to completing actions in the field
• Previous supervisory or group leadership experience helpful

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

Travel required: up to 50% of time Frequently required to stand, walk and reach with hands and arms Ability to lift and install graphics, fixtures and retail structures on an as needed basis during field installations with weight amounts in excess of 50 pounds.

Salary Range:

$50,000-$60,000

Equal Employment Opportunity

We believe that ideas get better when they are inherently diverse and shared in highly inclusive ways, and we want to hear from those who think differently from us. We truly believe in the strength of diversity and the richness it can bring. By bringing different people together great things happen. FutureBrand is an equal opportunity employer (EEO). We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, genetic information, or any characteristic protected by federal law. We will not ask about incarceration history at any point in the application process. If you have a disability, we want everyone to feel at ease when going through our recruitment process. We are working to make our website and processes more accessible, if you encounter any issues and would like this information in an alternative format, or if you need further support with your application, please contact us at [e-mail] for any adjustments you may need to perform at your best.

50000-65000

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