Visual Manager (Hayes Valley)

Buck Mason; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental and Vision coverage

401k match

Wellness reimbursement

Paid maternity leave

Paid paternity leave

Job summary

Buck Mason is seeking a Visual Manager to elevate our in-store experience with a California-cool aesthetic. You’ll lead visual updates across multiple doors, partner with the Visual Merchandising team, and ensure displays meet brand standards.

You’ll train the retail team on best practices for product placement, color theory, folding, and display maintenance, and create materials to uphold standards. The role includes a variable schedule and compensation of $75k–$85k base, plus bonuses.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of visual experience in a high volume, customer-oriented retail environment – experience in a management role preferred.
• Entrepreneurial with independent work ethic.
• Excellent communication and ability to build relationships across Retail, HQ, and Warehouse.
• Creative, hands-on, keen understanding of what makes an excellent in-store experience.
• Willing to lift, climb, and get dusty for good design.
• Work may include early mornings, late nights, weekends or holidays.

Responsibilities

• Act as visual expert for multiple doors, leading the setup and execution of all visual updates to ensure stores are exceeding visual standards.
• Collaborate with Visual Merchandising team to plan and implement floor changes.
• Diligently style product displays with intention, staying aligned with brand guidelines.
• Elevate, adapt and evolve door visuals by evaluating business needs and sales metrics.
• Invent and present new creative initiatives aligning merchandising with seasonal storytelling.
• Lead, train and educate retail team on product placement, color theory, folding and display maintenance.
• Create written and video training materials and systems to ensure accountability on the floor.
• Communicate visual calendar and priorities to the store team.
• Lead the organization of special in-store events.

Skills

Visual merchandising

Retail management

Communication skills

Creativity

Flexible schedule

Physical fitness

Job description

We’re on the lookout for a Visual Manager to help bring our in-store experience to life - an Architectural Approach To Product. Think effortless style, inspiration from iconic American staples, and displays that feel straight out of California cool. If you’ve got an eye for detail, a feel for trends, and a love for making things look just right, we’d love to meet you.

Responsibilities:

• Act as the visual expert for multiple doors, leading the setup and execution of all visual updates to ensure stores are exceeding visual standards.
• Collaborate with Visual Merchandising team to plan and implement floor changes.
• Diligently style product displays with intention, staying aligned with brand guidelines.
• Constantly elevate, adapt, and evolve your doors’ visuals by evaluating the needs of the business and assessing sales and performance metrics.
• Relentlessly invent and present new creative initiatives, ideas, and philosophies, ensuring merchandising strategies align with each season’s digital storytelling.
• Serve as a leader and educator to the retail team, training them on best practices for product placement, color theory, folding, and display maintenance.
• Create written and video training materials as well as systems to ensure accountability on the floor.
• Communicate visual calendar and priorities to your store team.
• Lead the organization of special in-store events.

Required Skills:

• 3+ years of visual experience in a high volume, customer-oriented retail environment – experience in a management role preferred.
• You are extremely entrepreneurial with an independent work ethic.
• You have excellent communication skills and the ability to build relationships across Retail, HQ, and Warehouse.
• You’re creative, hands-on, and have a keen understanding of what makes an excellent in-store experience for customers.
• You're comfortable lifting, climbing, and getting a little dusty in the name of good design
• Work occurs on a variable schedule which could include early mornings, mornings, afternoons, evenings, late nights or overnights as well as weekends and holidays.

Benefits

Health/Dental/Vision:

• We’ve got you covered – Buck Mason takes care of 80% of the monthly cost for employee-only plans. That 20% not covered gets deducted from your bi‑weekly paycheck.
• Dependents – Buck Mason takes care of 50% of the monthly cost and 50% comes out of
  your bi‑weekly paycheck.
• We offer a wide range of PPO and HMO options through Anthem, with Vision and Dental plans
  through Principal.
  Plus, we’ve got HSA and FSA options to keep things flexible.
• 401k:
  We’re all about planning for the future. Buck Mason matches 100% of your first 3% contribution,
  and 50% of the next 2%. So you get a max match of 4% from us if you chip in 5%. Not too shabby,right?

Other Perks:

• Every month, you can ask us for a $50 wellness reimbursement. Use it for gym memberships,fitness classes, or mental health expenses – it’s up to you.
• Maternity Leave – 12 weeks of paid leave
• No probationary period to be eligible, State funds first (disability, Paid Family Leave, etc.)Buck Mason covers the remainder of employee’s bi‑weekly salary
• Paternity Leave – 4 weeks of paid leave
  No probationary period to be eligible
  State funds first (disability, Paid Family Leave, etc.)
  Buck Mason covers the remainder of employee’s bi‑weekly salary

$75,000 - $85,000 a year

Here at Buck Mason, we’re all about transparency and fairness, especially when it comes to compensation. While the base salary range for this role is $75k-$85k, your total compensation package may include bonuses and otherperks tailored to your role.

Pay Transparency Notice:

Pay scale applies to roles in jurisdictions with active pay transparency regulations. Final offered pay is based on factors including position location, relevant experience, skills, and internal equity. Additional incentive compensation or performance bonuses may apply where specified.

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‑mortality locations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Brooklyn, and more.

Equal Opportunity & Fair Chance Notice:

Buck Mason is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, NYC Fair Chance Act, Illinois Job Opportunities for Qualified Applicants Act, and Washington Fair Chance Act.