UGG Global Visual Merchandising Manager

UGG; New Jersey; Remote; USD 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Global Visual Merchandising Manager to enhance the brand's aesthetic and elevate the consumer experience across retail locations. In this pivotal role, you will craft visual merchandising strategies, collaborate with diverse teams, and ensure that every product display tells a compelling story. Your expertise will drive sales growth and brand consistency while fostering a culture of innovation and learning. Join a forward-thinking organization that values creativity and offers competitive pay, professional development, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Competitive Pay and Bonuses

Financial Planning and Wellbeing

Time Away from Work

Extras, Discounts and Perks

Growth and Development

Health and Wellness

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Visual Merchandising in footwear/apparel.
• Strong communication skills and ability to lead teams effectively.

Responsibilities

• Drive a consistent and immersive visual experience across retail stores.
• Develop tools and training for regional teams to execute merchandising strategies.

Skills

Creative thinking

Problem-solving

Effective communication

Leadership

Consumer understanding

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

10+ years in Visual Merchandising

Tools

Microsoft Teams

PowerPoint

Word

Excel

Outlook

Adobe Photoshop

InDesign

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Job Title: UGG Global Visual Merchandising Manager

Reports to: Global Visual Experience Director

Location: Remote – US

Interested applicants must reside in one of the following approved states:

California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin.

The Role

As a UGG Global Visual Merchandising Manager, you will elevate the brand’s aesthetic through inspiring, consistent product display, storytelling, and experiences in Global DTC Stores. Your main responsibility is to develop direction, tools, and training that supports regional execution of seasonal and 365 visual merchandising strategies. You will collaborate heavily with global and regional partners and stakeholders to ensure our retail stores provide an exceptional experience. This position requires a deep understanding of retail directive creation, marketplace and consumer trends, brand positioning, and go-to-market process.

Your Impact

1. Championing the Consumer Experience: Drives a consistent and immersive visual experience across all UGG retail stores. Ensures that visual merchandising supports seamless storytelling, making products more engaging and accessible to consumers. Elevates store standards to create an inspiring and welcoming shopping experience.
2. Empowering Regional and Store Teams: Establishing a Global VM Training Platform, ensuring regional teams have the tools and knowledge to execute visual merchandising direction effectively. Shares best practices to foster a culture of learning and innovation.
3. Enhancing Brand Consistency: Produces visual merchandising tools and guidelines while working closely with regional teams to adapt global strategies for cultural and regional relevance while preserving brand integrity.
4. Driving Sales and Business Growth: Enhances product visibility and storytelling, leading to increased customer engagement and conversion. Helps optimize store layouts and product placement to maximize revenue opportunities.
5. Innovating Retail Visual Merchandising: Stays ahead of industry trends, consumer behaviors, and retail innovations to keep UGG competitive in the market. Brings a strategic mindset to evolving the in-store experience in an omni-channel retail world.
6. Supporting Cross-Functional Collaboration: Works closely with Marketing, Retail Operations, Store Design, Merchandising, and Digital teams.

Who You Are

As an UGG Global Visual Merchandising Manager, you will need to demonstrate the following competencies:

1. Creates the Future - Creative thinking and innovative problem-solving.
2. Makes Good Decisions - Informed decision-making and resource allocation.
3. Delivers Results - Proactive, organized, goal-oriented approach to project management.
4. Communicates Effectively - Effective communication, direction, and training skills.
5. Develops Team - Strong leadership, collaborative approach, and diversity appreciation.
6. Consumer Obsessed - A commitment to understanding and serving the consumer.

We’d love to hear from people with:

• A bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent work experience.
• A minimum of 10+ years of proven experience in Visual Merchandising in a footwear/apparel environment.
• A background of driving positive results for the business and the brand.
• Proven experience providing effective visual merchandising direction to the field.
• A strong understanding of how to translate and adapt global strategy into actionable guidelines and tools for execution in retail.
• Knowledge of current consumer and marketplace trends in the fashion industry.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to professionally and effectively interact with all levels of the team.
• Experience working through complexities of problem-solving for the visual needs of unique store conditions (store concepting, new store openings, remodels, special projects, zoning, navigation, campaign activations, etc.).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Teams, PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Outlook, Adobe Photoshop, and InDesign.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

What We'll Give You

• Competitive Pay and Bonuses - We’ve created a variety of competitive compensation programs to foster career development, reward success and to show our employees just how much they’re valued.
• Financial Planning and Wellbeing - No matter what financial goals our employees have set, we want to help them get there.
• Time Away from Work - Our plans support our employees’ needs to get out, get healthy and come back stronger than ever.
• Extras, Discounts and Perks - From generous discounts to community-based programs, we offer a variety of cool extras.
• Growth and Development - We offer extensive opportunities and support for personal and professional development.
• Health and Wellness - We aim to support a healthy lifestyle.

$95,000 - $105,000

The salary range posted reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for this role in our Goleta, CA location.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Diversity and inclusion are key to our success. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Seniority level

Not Applicable

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Marketing and Sales

Industries

Retail Apparel and Fashion, Manufacturing, and Retail