Visual Merchandiser/Sales Advisor

Sézane; New York (NY); On-site; USD 28,000 - 39,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Sézane is seeking a talented Visual Merchandiser/Sales Advisor for our Upper East Side store in New York City. This role blends brand storytelling with hands-on customer service and visual presentation.

The VM duties include presenting products to reflect Sézane's DNA, maintaining store image, and training teams. The Sales Advisor portion focuses on delivering an inspiring, personalised experience while handling transactions and shop operations.

Qualifications

• Passionate about fashion with a strong sense of trends and commercial vision.
• Proactive, adaptable and able to motivate others in a fast-paced store.
• Team player who contributes to a positive store environment.

Responsibilities

• Ensure products are presented in line with Sézane's DNA and merchandising guidelines.
• Maintain store image while ensuring commercial viability.
• Use Merch Checklist to organize work and identify needs.
• Deliver an inspiring customer experience and be an ambassador for omnichannel approach.
• Oversee store scenography, POS advertising and displays; coordinate with HQ maintenance.

Skills

Fashion sense

Team player

Proactive

Adaptable

Customer service

Job description

\"I've had the joy of building Sézane alongside you - the first French fashion brand born online, rooted in quality, creativity, and intention.\"
\"To tell the story of Sézane is to retrace more than 20 years of defining adventures and bold decisions: choosing to do things differently, choosing people, choosing to act, and above all, choosing to trust in one's convictions - even when that means rethinking what we thought we knew.\"
\"Sézane is more than a fashion brand. It's a story of life - mine, yours, and all those who shape it every day.\"

To continue to co-construct the next chapter and beyond, we are looking for creative, organized and agile talents, who share our passion to perpetually improve all that can be.

Care to imagine what comes next with us? We can't wait to hear from you!

We are looking for a talented Visual Merchandiser/Sales Advisor to contribute to the next chapter in Sézane's journey. This position is based in Upper East Side in New York, NY.

Your Main Responsibilities Will Be

As a Visual Merchandiser, your tasks will be (20 hours/week):

• Ensure that products are presented in line with Sézane's DNA and in accordance with our merchandising guidelines;
• Monitor and maintain the image of the store while ensuring its commercial viability;
• Use the \"Merch Checklist\" to organize work and identify needs.
• Have a fashion culture in order to be proactive;
• Offer customers an inspiring shopping experience.

Raise Awareness And Train Teams In VM

• Disseminate and circulate VM information (photos, merch sheets, focus, VM standards, etc.) through active communication;
• Maintain active communication with managers in order to best meet their expectations.

Oversee The Scenography Of The Appartements

• Be responsible for POS advertising and merchandising materials;
• Ensure the store is well maintained in collaboration with the maintenance manager at headquarters;
• Manage and monitor service providers (flowers, books, etc.);
• Manage special projects and post-renovation reinstallations (window displays, product presentation updates, etc.).

As a Sales Advisor (15 Hours/week)

Deliver a unique customer experience:

• Make the customer the priority in the store to ensure optimal customer service;
• Embody the Sézane spirit and style through impeccable presentation (respect for grooming);
• Welcome your customers with generosity and empathy to offer them the best possible experience;
• Consider your customers' personalities to identify their desires;
• Introduce them to the brand and our different worlds/products;
• Be an ambassador for the brand's omnichannel approach (apartment and web);
• Demonstrate curiosity and develop in-depth knowledge of the brand and products;
• Be proactive in proposing specific actions to make the customer experience memorable and unique;
• Handle customer complaints and dissatisfaction to satisfy and retain our customers;
• Be familiar with our CSR policy in order to respond to customers.

Ensure That Operations Run Smoothly

• Apply Sézane policies, standards, and procedures;
• Collect payments and comply with operational procedures;
• Carry out specific processes (returns, exchanges, reservations);
• Ensure proper inventory management.

Be a Team Player

• Be a team player, participate in all related tasks;
• Help create a positive and harmonious environment to foster group synergy;
• Relay the brand's commitments.

Requirements

• Passionate about fashion, you have a good understanding of trends, are proactive and have a strategic/commercial vision of products.
• Positive and creative, you want to share and develop your skills in an agile and energetic environment.
• A team player, you enjoy participating in all activities that contribute to the overall objectives of the store.
• You are proactive, adaptable, and know how to motivate others by being approachable.

Benefits

• $24/hour
• Plus a competitive benefits package

Sézane recruits and values all talents, whatever your gender, age, nationality, culture, religious beliefs or sexual orientation.