Store Design Lead — Retail Experience & Brand Vision

Disney Live Entertainment; Kissimmee (FL); On-site; USD 91,000 - 122,000; Full time

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Rewards package

Job summary

Disney Consumer Products is seeking a Store Design Manager to lead store design projects from concept through execution, coordinating external architectural firms and ensuring adherence to Disney quality standards.

You will collaborate with merchandise, operations, Facility Asset Management, and Walt Disney Imagineering to align designs with brand guidelines and customer experience. A digital portfolio is required, and the role reports to the Director, Store Design & Development.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of Retail Store Design leadership experience.
• Experience in the architecture of retail stores and store build-out processes from inception to closeout.
• Excellent project management skills including the ability to lead multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Knowledge of store design, branding, and presentation strategies/concepts; understanding of how each affects the customer experience.
• Experience developing building plans, preliminary layouts, fixture plans, construction documents, and specifications.
• Solid understanding of retail store design and its guiding principles/theories/values.
• Ability to effectively convey ideas and concepts graphically including reading and understanding AutoCAD and vendor shop drawings.
• Knowledge of retail trends and environments.
• Proven industry experience designing and developing fixtures/furnishings.
• Understanding of Visual Merchandising / Merchandising
• Ability to present conceptual designs to Disney executive leadership

Responsibilities

• Manage the store design process from development through execution for multiple store design projects, including concept, management of external architectural firms, and providing finish and fixture specifications.
• Supports strategic planning and business development. Acts as the liaison between merchandise, operations, Facility Asset Management, and Walt Disney Imagineering.
• Responsible for ensuring the layout/design of a retail store meets prescribed requirements. Review and modify vendor shop drawings to ensure compliance with design intent and Disney quality standards.
• Develop and recommend cost optimization and savings opportunities.
• Support positive vendor relationships, contracts, and accountability with multiple external consultants and vendors.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of brand guidelines for core footprint – fixture specs and colors, decor elements, floor plan, and layouts – to ensure assets are appropriately updated.

Skills

Store design leadership

Retail architecture

Project management

Branding concepts

AutoCAD reading

Visual Merchandising

Executive presentations

Tools

AutoCAD

Job description

Disney Consumer Products is seeking a Store Design Manager to lead store design projects from concept through execution, coordinating external architectural firms and ensuring adherence to Disney quality standards.

You will collaborate with merchandise, operations, Facility Asset Management, and Walt Disney Imagineering to align designs with brand guidelines and customer experience. A digital portfolio is required, and the role reports to the Director, Store Design & Development.