Visual Merch - west elm la encantada, seasonal

Williams-Sonoma • Tucson, AZ

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Visual Merch role supports the management team in achieving goals by providing world-class service and modeling relationship-building with customers. The role maintains a presence through store supervision to help ensure appropriate staff coverage, performs operational functions in accordance with company guidelines, and implements visual changes while maintaining store standards.

The position creates engaging customer experiences through styling, decorating, and entertaining expertise; interprets and executes visual inspiration to drive sales and express the brand’s eclectic, creative, and modern spirit; and maintains compelling merchandising, displays, and sales-floor presentation. It also models and coaches associates on visual standards, promotes the WSI Brands lifestyle and image, and helps make the store an inspirational neighborhood destination.

The role replenishes the sales floor, executes floorsets within required timeframes, and continually seeks inspiration and trends to elevate product, decorating, and styling expertise. It collaborates with the sales team and supports a fair, dignified, and respectful environment consistent with the People-First Philosophy. The position is seasonal. A college degree is preferred, or equivalent job experience.

Requirements

• 1–3 years of experience in a merchandising or visual role.
• Effective communication, organization, and leadership skills.
• Proven ability to motivate and influence others through personal actions and example.
• Ability to remain mobile on the sales floor for extended periods.
• Ability to lift and mobilize medium to large items weighing up to 75 lbs., using appropriate equipment and safety techniques.
• College degree or equivalent job experience; a college degree is preferred.
• Full-time associates are expected to have open availability to meet business needs.
• Part-time Flex associates must be available for at least two regularly scheduled weekend shifts (Friday, Saturday, and/or Sunday) and two shifts during the week (Monday through Thursday). Weekend availability must be on two separate days. Associates scheduled for 20 or more hours weekly need additional availability to meet business needs.

Nice To Haves

• 1–2 years of experience in home-related design or visual merchandising.
• Specialty retail experience.
• College degree.

Responsibilities

• Create engaging customer experiences by sharing expertise in styling, decorating, and entertaining.
• Seek out and promote innovative ways to make stores neighborhood destinations for inspiration.
• Interpret and execute visual inspiration to drive sales and convey the brand’s eclectic, creative, and modern spirit.
• Ensure merchandising and displays are visually compelling and support sales.
• Model and coach associates on upholding visual standards.
• Promote the WSI Brands lifestyle and protect the brand image.
• Help make the store a fun, inspirational neighborhood destination.
• Seek inspiration, trends, and ways to elevate product, decorating, and styling expertise.
• Replenish the sales floor and maintain visual presentation and displays.
• Execute floorsets in accordance with the inspiration, standards, and spirit of the directive within the required timeframe.
• Foster an environment where associates are treated fairly and with dignity and respect, in accordance with the People-First Philosophy.
• Collaborate with the sales team and value the talents and contributions of others.
• Demonstrate the listed brand competencies: strategic agility, innovation and change, influential leadership, effective communication, developing self and others, building teams and partnerships, customer focus, personal accountability, operational excellence, and execution.
• Support store goals through world-class service, store supervision, staff coverage, and operational functions that meet company guidelines.

Benefits

• Discount on Williams-Sonoma, Inc. brands.
• 401(k) plan and other investment opportunities.
• Wellness program supporting physical, financial, and emotional health.
• Paid vacations and holidays for full-time associates.
• Health benefits, dental insurance, and vision insurance for full-time associates, including same-sex domestic partner benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed