FT Visual Merch

Williams-Sonoma; Jacksonville (FL); On-site; USD 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Comprehensive health benefits

Autonomy and global impact

Job summary

Williams-Sonoma is seeking a Visual Merchandiser to drive visual interpretation and direction across our global stores. You will partner with cross-functional teams to plan and execute visual strategies, creating tools and resources for home office and stores to deliver cohesive presentations and campaigns.

You will collaborate with the Director of Visual Merchandising on calendars, logistics, and communications to ensure brand integrity globally, while supporting training and workshops for

Qualifications

• Strong visual sensibility and Trend awareness.
• Excellent communication and collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Experience in visual merchandising or retail branding preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute cohesive visual merchandising strategies across global stores.
• Collaborate with merchants, planners, allocations and VM teams.
• Create tools and training materials to support global partners and markets.

Job description

About the Team

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About the Role

The Visual Merchandiser focuses on the visual interpretation and direction with cross-functional partners and teammates to deliver an exceptional customer experience in our global businesses and partners. The role supports the execution of visual strategies across the brand by creating visual tools and resources that allow home office + stores to plan and execute flawlessly to drive sales. This role will work closely with the Director of Visual Merchandising on calendars, logistics, process + communications to global and corporate partners.

You’re excited about this opportunity because you will...

Strategic Alignment:

• Partner's with merchants, planners, allocations & visual teams to create cohesive and elevated visual merchandising strategy for global stores.
• Acts as a business partner to merchant, allocation and country teams during and after seasonal floor sets. Identifies merchandising updates based on business results and assortment strategies.
• Partners with Director of Visual Merchandising on elevated and advanced in-store displays and windows.
• Creates distinct and differentiated visual merchandising strategies in our franchise, company owned and wholesale businesses.
• Market + cultural relevant merchandising + training strategies to drive sales and introduce + expand brand globally.
• Assists in the mapping and planning of product placement and merchandising of retail presentations and visual floor sets.
• Assess and impacts each shop structure and allocation of space to maximize business focus on selected store locations.
• Develop + manage visual merchandising standards + training topics -- quarterly updates, tools + training for global partners to ensure brand integrity globally.
• Identify + develop training opportunities to build visual merchandising skills and train + develop country brand managers from corporate office as well as traveling to markets to execute workshops.
• Manage the global calendar to ensure all VM guidelines get published and communicated + published on time.
• Assist with the development of the corporate visual merchandising presentation for all categories, starting with the conceptual through the execution phases (and post floor set execution, in season updates and on-going sell through strategies).

Team Development:

• Participate in seasonal presentation workshops, meetings and conference calls with corporate + global teams.
• Contribute to visual team training and seasonal feedback to support development of teams.
• Solicits feedback from field visual teams to provide insight for merchant, planning and allocation teams.
• Facilitates the sharing of inspiration and idea generation.
• Partners with all functions of visual merchandising department to support a cohesive visual strategy.
• Provides thoughtful and educational feedback to field visual teams.
• Strong verbal + written communication skills.
• Partner with Director of Visual Merchandising + Store Design to ensure new store build outs are flexible in design + functional for markets and cost efficient for corporate as well as global partners.

Operational Excellence:

• Support visual team budget and be fiscally responsible.

Why you will love working at Williams‑Sonoma, Inc.

• We're a successful, fast-growing company with an entrepreneurial vibe.
• A technologically and data-driven business.
• Competitive salaries and comprehensive health benefits.
• We're at the forefront of tech and retail, redefining technology for the next generation.
• We're passionate about our internal and external clients and live/breathe the client experience.
• We get to be creative daily.
• A smart, experienced leadership team that wants to do it right and is open to new ideas.
• We believe in autonomy and reward taking initiative.
• We have fun!

We're excited about you because...

• Ability to balance creativity with business acumen.
• Influencing, problem analysis and decision making skills + ability to inspire.
• Acts in service to our field global organizations + as a brand ambassador reflective of the company values + aesthetic.
• Has a strong understanding of trend and style that is reflective of the brand.
• Strong verbal + written communication skills.
• Strong proficiency of In-Design, Photoshop + Photography.
• Knowledge in visual merchandising techniques, standards + practices -- how this translates to the global field teams.
• Strong understanding of merchandising and its direct impact on sales.
• Ability to provide significant feedback, ideas and hindsight on curr