Director, Visual Merchandising & Store Design

Guerlain•New York, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Elevate the visual representation of the Guerlain brand in all point of sales across the U.S. This role involves elevating and enhancing the Guerlain image through merchandising elements and tools, including event and counter animations, and launch elements. The position requires analyzing current elements and proposing new solutions, assisting with marketing and sales efforts by designing and developing merchandising strategies, and creating visual opportunities. A visual merchandising database for department store doors will be created. The role also involves partnering with the Paris HQ Visual Merchandising team to ensure global soft merchandising development meets US market needs. Additionally, this role will partner with the Guerlain Sales Field to provide training on design concepts, visual display standards, and the maintenance of visual merchandising efforts, including on-the-job training in key flagship doors. The Director will maintain and cultivate relationships with retail partners and create a database of key contacts per retailer. For store design, the Director will partner with Paris HQ store design team to develop Guerlain flagship counters and freestanding stores, coordinating all project management aspects for construction and installation. Specific responsibilities include reviewing design and construction documents, partnering with the VP of Sales to obtain retailer approval, establishing timetables, driving project phases, coordinating the bid process, reviewing shop drawings, providing on-site construction supervision, and working with internal teams to provide proper merchandising elements for installations and coordinate punch lists.

Requirements

10+ years of visual merchandising and store design experience in a similar or related industry
Must possess strong analytical skills, good oral and written presentation skills
Excellent computer skills, including in Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, Adobe Creative Suite and AutoCad
Exhibit a keen ability to be proactive as well as handle a multitude of projects at one time
Highly organized and detail-oriented; hands-on professional
Should be a strategic leader and excellent team player
Architecture, industrial or interior design degree required

Responsibilities

Elevate the Guerlain experience with enhanced merchandising elements and tools; including, event animation elements, counter animation elements, launch elements
Analyze current event elements and tools, and propose new solutions
Assist with marketing, and sales efforts at each retail location by designing, developing and customizing merchandising strategies and creating visual opportunities
Create a visual merchandising database with information on each department store doors
Partner with Paris HQ Visual Merchandising team to ensure global soft merchandising development meet the US market needs requirements
Partner with the Guerlain Sales Field and provide training on design concepts, visual display standards, and the proper maintenance of the overall visual merchandising efforts
Provide on-the-job training to members of the store team in key flagship doors to actively support the visual merchandising efforts
Maintain and cultivate relationships with retail partners
Create database of key contacts per retailer
Partner with the marketing team and gondola vendor for the design and implementation of seasonal updates
Partner with Paris HQ store design team to develop Guerlain flagship counters and freestanding stores and coordinate all project management aspects for construction and installation.
Review all design and construction documents pertaining to each project
Partner with VP, Sales to obtain retailer approval for new and remodeled counters
Establish timetables and drive all parties to complete phases as scheduled
Coordinate bid process with Purchasing Department
Review shop drawings with Paris HQ store design team
Provide on-the-site construction supervision
Work with internal teams to provide proper merchandising elements for installations.
Coordinate all punch lists post-installation