Visual Designer

American Furniture Warehouse•Tucson, AZ

1d•$21•Onsite

About The Position

The Show Floor Visual Designer will create imaginative, eye-catching merchandise displays to attract customers' attention and drive sales by utilizing design concepts, color schemes, lighting, and display props. In addition, the Show Floor Visual Designer will work with AFW Management and the Staging team to create an inviting show floor for our customers. Compensation: Pay: Starting at $21 and up - Dependent on experience and education Pay Grade: $17.71-32.89 At AFW we offer great perks like: weekly pay, vacation and sick pay, benefits package (medical, dental, vision) and 401k matching! American Furniture Warehouse is a retailer of home furnishings, operating in Colorado, Arizona, and Texas. With more than 3200 employees, we pride ourselves on our ability to offer value and service to our customers. When you join AFW you become part of a professional, customer service oriented company. AFW is seeking highly motivated, energetic, hardworking candidates to join our team. AFW offers highly competitive pay and a full benefits package that includes 401k, medical, dental, vision and a host of voluntary programs including life insurance, disability, all at affordable rates.

Requirements

Interior design education or 2-5 years of visual merchandising experience is required.
Coordinate and work effectively with multiple departments to continuously improve processes, maximize efficiency, and exceed customer service expectations.
Ability to efficiently work independently under direct supervision.
Work as a team member by interacting and communicating with fellow associates in a cooperative and constructive.
Ability to work a flexible schedule that meets business needs, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Must be able to learn, understand, and apply new technologies including but not limited to Storis, iPads, Excel, Word, etc.
Commitment to AFW’s safety policies and procedures and ability to promote safety awareness.
Requires the ability to maneuver in confined and, at times, congested areas.
Requires the ability to stand, walk, stoop, & bend for 8 hours daily.
Requires constant use of arms, hands, fingers, eyes, legs, and back.
Requires lift, lower, push and pull merchandise and display props of 50 Lbs.

Responsibilities

Partners with the Staging Manager to prepare for and implement seasonal merchandising presentations and new visual merchandising initiatives.
Partners with store management on key visual merchandising decisions that impact workload and sales.
Researching to get an understanding of what is needed and coming up with design ideas.
Tasked with visual design and staging, partnering with buying teams to develop effective display themes and color schemes.
Maintains brand standards for visual presentation throughout the store.
Ability to utilize basic design concepts to enhance showroom presentation.
Ability to understand and interpret AFW visual merchandising tools and direction.
Ability to offer solutions to store-specific visual and merchandising challenges using brand standards.
Actively participate in annual show floor inventory scans.
Make specific new merchandise displayed as soon as it is received.
Identifying and reading reports, tickets, and UPC labels.
Ability to efficiently work independently under direct supervision.
Maintain a clean and safe work environment.