Visual Merchandising Manager — Multi-Store Leadership

1915 South | Ashley; Opelika (AL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

LTIP eligibility

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) matching

Tuition assistance

Employee discounts

Job summary

1915 South is seeking a Manager, Visual Merchandising to lead the store-level showroom and scale our visual strategy across a regional group of Ashley stores. Based in a home showroom, you will own floor plans, layouts, and galleries, while collaborating with the Director of Visual Merchandising to ensure consistent execution that drives guest engagement and sales.

Experience in visual merchandising and CAD planning, plus strong leadership and communication skills, will help you drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Visual Merchandising, Interior Design, Retail, or related field; equivalent relevant experience accepted.
• 2-4 years of visual merchandising experience, preferably in a multi-store retail environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead CAD planning and showroom layouts for assigned stores, ensuring layouts support product priorities, customer flow, and selling effectiveness.
• Personally run and execute the visual merchandising plan for your home showroom—setting floor plans, product placement, and galleries to plan—while guiding execution for additional stores led by other Visual Associates.
• Maintain a high percentage of floor set to plan in your home showroom, ensuring product placement aligns with visual and merchandising strategy.
• Ensure visual execution directly supports the selling process, enabling sales teams to tell product stories and close sales.
• Partner with store sales leadership to align visual changes with selling strategies, product focuses, and traffic patterns.
• Teach out floor plans and execution expectations to Warehouse Associate partners in your home store, enabling them to work independently and efficiently.
• Communicate and teach out visual changes, product additions, and floor updates to the store Sales team to support selling conversations.
• Maintain visual standards and presentation consistency across your home showroom and assigned areas.
• Execute visual strategies and standards developed by the Director of Visual Merchandising with consistency and attention to detail.
• Provide direction, coaching, and feedback to Visual Associates to ensure brand-right, sales-driven execution.
• Support rollout of new assortments, seasonal transitions, floor sets, and merchandising initiatives.
• Monitor execution quality across assigned locations using structured review processes and digital tools.
• Analyze product and store-level performance with Merchandising to inform layout adjustments and product recommendations that drive sales and improve showroom productivity.
• Communicate execution insights, challenges, and opportunities back to Visual and Merchandising leadership, adjusting layouts based on sales performance and customer behavior

Skills

leadership

visual storytelling

communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Visual Merchandising/Interior Design/Retail

Tools

CAD planning

Job description

1915 South is seeking a Manager, Visual Merchandising to lead the store-level showroom and scale our visual strategy across a regional group of Ashley stores. Based in a home showroom, you will own floor plans, layouts, and galleries, while collaborating with the Director of Visual Merchandising to ensure consistent execution that drives guest engagement and sales.

Experience in visual merchandising and CAD planning, plus strong leadership and communication skills, will help you drive