What is a Merchandise Displayer or Window Trimmer?
Merchandise Displayer or Window Trimmer Job Description: Plan and erect commercial displays, such as those in windows and interiors of retail stores and at trade exhibitions.
What Do Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers Do On a Daily Basis?
- Create or enhance mannequin faces by mixing and applying paint or attaching measured eyelash strips, using artist’s brush, airbrush, pins, ruler, or scissors.
- Dress mannequins for displays.
- Cut out designs on cardboard, hardboard, or plywood, according to motif of event.
- Collaborate with others to obtain products or other display items.
- Prepare sketches, floor plans, or models of proposed displays.
- Consult with advertising or sales staff to determine type of merchandise to be featured and time and place for each display.
Merchandise Displayer or Window Trimmer Needed Skills
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.
Other Merchandise Displayer or Window Trimmer Job Titles
- Display Decorator
- Window Display Designer
- Fashion Merchandiser
- Merchandising Lead
- Display Trimmer
What Tools do Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers Use?
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Outlook
- Data entry software
- Email software
- Word processing software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Adobe Acrobat
- Spreadsheet software
- Google Docs
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Computer aided design (CAD) software
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Graphics software
- YouTube
- SmugMug Flickr
- Adobe Creative Cloud