Senior Graphic Designer, Open Sell & Visual Merchandising

Clarins USA, Inc.•New York, NY

8h•$90,500 - $100,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Graphic Designer, Open Sell & Visual Merchandising brings the Clarins brand story to life through impactful visual design, helping ensure a consistent, elevated, and relevant consumer experience across retail touchpoints. Reporting to the Art Director, this role supports the Brand Experience team in developing and producing temporary and permanent merchandising collateral for Open Sell retailers, department stores, and boutiques. Working in a fast-paced environment with concurrent launches, installations, and retailer requirements, the designer helps strengthen Clarins' in-store presence and support customer recruitment and loyalty across key beauty retail partners. The position develops and adapts graphics for seasonal campaigns, product launches, retail events, and promotions, and prepares production-ready artwork in coordination with cross-functional teams.

Requirements

Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Graphic Design or a related field, or equivalent experience.
5+ years of graphic design or visual merchandising experience.
Strong portfolio demonstrating 2D graphic design, retail communications, and adaptation of creative assets across multiple formats and seasonal updates.
Strong proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign.
Experience working with retailer guidelines, specifications, restrictions, and in-store execution requirements.
Strong knowledge of print production, prepress requirements, materials, and manufacturing processes.
Excellent project-management, organizational, prioritization, and problem-solving skills.
Strong technical production skills and ability to prepare accurate, production-ready artwork.
Customer-oriented, results-driven, passionate about the brand and challenges, and entrepreneurial in mindset.
Creative, detail-oriented, and committed to exceptional design execution.
Highly organized and able to prioritize multiple projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Clear and effective communicator with strong interpersonal skills.
Flexible and proactive, with the ability to adapt creative assets to different formats, retailer guidelines, and production requirements.
Eager to grow in a company committed to responsible beauty.

Nice To Haves

Graphic design or visual merchandising experience within the beauty industry.
Experience supporting Open Sell retailers such as Sephora and Ulta Beauty.

Responsibilities

Design and produce seasonal Open Sell graphic assets for retailers such as Sephora and Ulta Beauty, including shelf strips, shelf talkers, lightboxes, product imagery, pricing, messaging, and other in-store materials, following the Art Director's direction.
Adapt and update existing creative assets for seasonal campaigns, product launches, promotional initiatives, and retailer-specific requirements while maintaining accuracy and consistency with Clarins' brand guidelines across retail channels.
Develop graphic assets for product launches, retail events, and promotional initiatives in collaboration with Global and US teams, ensuring alignment with campaign requirements and retailer specifications.
Prepare production-ready artwork and coordinate with Merchandising, Project Management, Purchasing, Marketing, and Sales to ensure files meet technical specifications and deadlines.
Support the Art Director on additional graphic design and visual communication projects, managing concurrent assignments and revisions while maintaining accuracy, organization, and quality.