Director of Visual Presentation

Buckmason; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Buck Mason, headquartered in Los Angeles, seeks a Director of Visual Presentation to lead the creative and strategic direction of all in-store visual presentation across its retail network. You will translate brand concepts into cohesive retail experiences, drive storytelling, oversee store openings, remodels, and establish visual standards while managing a team of merchandisers and freelancers.

This role requires 8+ years in visual merchandising, strong design sense, and the ability to balance

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in brand guidelines, visual merchandising, new store openings, and team management.
• Strong storytelling, styling, and spatial design with a high sense of aesthetics.
• Excellent communication and ability to scale programs across multiple locations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement seasonal visual merchandising strategies aligned with brand identity.
• Collaborate across design, merchandising, and retail teams to communicate vision from concept to customer experience.
• Lead design and development of fixtures and furnishings for new store builds.
• Create visual standards, guidelines, and training materials for retail teams.
• Partner with retail, marketing, product, and creative teams to ensure consistency across touchpoints.
• Oversee store openings, remodels, and special retail projects from concept to execution.
• Analyze store performance and customer behavior to refine merchandising approaches.
• Manage and train a team of visual merchandisers and freelancers.
• Conduct regular store visits to uphold visual standards and identify improvements.

Skills

Visual merchandising

Team leadership

Store openings

Brand guidelines

Brand storytelling

Color theory

Job description

We are on the lookout for a Director of Visual Presentation. The perfect candidate will lead the creative and strategic direction of all in-store visual presentation across Buck Mason's existing and new retail locations. This role is responsible for translating the brand’s design and merchandising concepts into compelling, cohesive retail experiences that drive engagement, storytelling, and sales. The ideal candidate is both a creative visionary and a hands-on leader who understands how to balance creativity with operational execution.

• Develop and communicate a comprehensive visual merchandising strategy aligned with brand identity and business goals on a seasonal and monthly basis
• Collaborate between design, merchandising, and retail teams to effectively communicate vision from concept through customer experience
• Lead the design and development of effective fixtures and furnishings for new store builds
• Create and maintain visual standards, guidelines, and training materials for retail teams
• Partner cross-functionally with retail, marketing, product, and creative teams to ensure consistency across all touch-points
• Oversee new store openings, remodels, and special retail projects from concept through execution
• Analyze store performance and customer behavior to refine merchandising strategies
• Manage and train a team of visual merchandisers and freelancers
• Conduct regular store visits to ensure visual standards are upheld and identify opportunities for improvement
• 8+ years of experience in brand guidelines, visual merchandising, new store opening, and team management
• High taste demonstrating storytelling, styling, and spatial design
• Excellent understanding of American vintage and contemporary apparel
• Excellent communicator of brand concept, merchandising ideas, and visual standards
• Background in color and texture theory
• Proven ability to develop and scale visual merchandising programs across multiple locations
• Proven leadership, communication, and organizational skills
• Highly detail-oriented with a strong sense of aesthetics and brand consistency
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment
• Willingness to travel as needed

Founded in 2013 by Sasha Koehn and Erik Allen Ford, Buck Mason makes simplified clothing for the modern man. At the heart of everything we do is the unclouded California ethos of quality, restraint, and integrity. We take iconic pieces and reconstruct them in hard-wearing fabrics, with timeless details, and the perfect fit. Our goal is to offer fashion that is less complicated, building pared-down essentials that live beyond a single season. With its corporate offices headquartered in Los Angeles, Buck Mason's retail footprint extends from sea to sea, through e-commerce and brick-and-mortar locations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Brooklyn, and more.