Visual Merchandiser - Herald Square

Primark Stores Limited; New York (NY); On-site; USD 31,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

Primark Stores Limited is seeking a Visual Merchandiser in New York to deliver inspiring visual propositions and drive sales. You will partner with store leadership to maintain high visual standards, present the latest trends, and provide style advice to customers.

The role requires retail and VM experience, strong creative skills, and the ability to plan work independently in a fast-paced environment. The pay range is $22.50–$26.50 per hour, with eligibility for company benefits.

Qualifications

• Previous retail and visual merchandising experience.
• Excellent creative skills that deliver impactful visual propositions.
• Great people skills with the ability to build credible working relationships.
• Ability to plan work independently and prioritise under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Visual Merchandising Manager and Store Manager to deliver high visual standards that exceed customer experience and inspire a great store environment
• Reflect the local Primark customer in the latest trends through excellent product presentation, windows, and mannequin styling, while adhering to Primark guidelines
• Review and adapt displays to ensure commercial success and refresh with alternative products if key items are unavailable
• Champion visual merchandising best practices to create displays reflecting latest trends and influencing the customer journey
• Utilise stock knowledge to support customer queries and provide style advice
• Provide consultation and advice to colleagues to support the visual proposition throughout the store
• Launch new campaigns across the store, adhering to guidelines and input from line manager
• Support with management meetings and team huddles, providing updates on visual trends, campaigns and upcoming activities
• Maintain pricing tickets, pictures and POS in line with company guidelines

Skills

Retail experience

Visual merchandising

Team player

Attention to detail

Job description

Because you bring fashion to life

Here at Primark, we love to do things our way. We help our customers keep up with high fashion at affordable prices. Our strong values run through everything we do. We’re caring, dynamic and we succeed together. There’s real accountability and ownership here as the creative ambassador for visual merchandising.

What will I be doing?

As a Visual Merchandise, you will be the creative ambassador for the visual merchandising in your store. You will deliver an inspiring visual proposition for the Primark brand, driving commerciality to enhance the customer experience and maximise sales. Here is how it looks in action:

• Partner with the Visual Merchandising Manager and Store Manager to deliver high visual standards that exceed customer experience and inspire a great store environment


• Reflect the local Primark customer in the latest trends through excellent product presentation, windows, and mannequin styling, while adhering to Primark guidelines


• Review and adapt displays making sure they are commercially successful and relevant to the local customer and refresh with alternative products if key pieces become unavailable


• Champion visual merchandising best practices and principles to create displays that reflect the latest trends and influence the customer journey


• Utilize knowledge of stock and availability to support customer queries and provide excellent customer service and style advice


• Provide consultation and advice to colleagues to support the visual proposition throughout the store


• Launch all new campaigns across the store, effectively, adhering to store guidelines and utilizing input for your line manager


• Support with management meeting and colleague team huddles, providing regular updates on key visual trends, campaigns, and upcoming visual merchandising activities for the week


• Maintain all pricing tickets, pictures and poster POS are in line with company POS guidelines

Who you are:

We love fashion and amazing our customers with our visual displays and that starts with you! Your eye for detail, fashion, trends, and style will be exceptional, along with your passion for the creative aspect of this role. Your experience and skills will include:

• Previous retail and visual merchandising experience.


• Excellent creative skills that deliver an impactful visual proposition that maximise sales.


• Great people skills with an ability to build and maintain credible working relationships with colleagues.


• The ability to be proactive and able to plan work independently and to prioritize work.


• Ability to work with tight deadlines in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.


• Strong service focus with experience of delivering excellent customer experience while maintaining high retail standards.


• Strong interest in fashion and the latest trends.


• You’re a team player with high levels of motivation, a positive attitude and willingness to learn

Excited? Good. Because it’s energising to put your skills to work, in a growing global business committed to helping people express themselves – and feel a sense of belonging.

We encourage all our people to grow, learn, and develop.

The pay range for this role is: $22.50-$26.50

This is a good faith estimate of the minimum and maximum we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. The base pay rate offered will account for internal equity and may vary depending on the candidate’s geographic region of work, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience, among other factors.

Our fashion isn’t one-size-fits-all and neither is our culture. Primark promotes equal employment opportunity, we strive to create an inclusive workplace where people can be themselves, access opportunities and thrive together.

Primark is an equal opportunity employer. Primark does not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Primark is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment. To request reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please email [e-mail] with your request. This email is not for general employment inquiries or correspondence. We will only respond to those requests that are related to accessibility of the online application system due to a disability.

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REQ ID: JR-12932