Visual Merchandiser

Job Title: Sr Visual Retail Merchandising Designer

Contract Duration : 6 months

Location: Seattle, WA 98134 (hybrid - onsite 3 day per week and 2 days work from home)

Pay Rate: $32/hr - $38/hr on W2

Job Description

• This role delivers business value by applying creativity and the highest visual merchandising standards to develop and create wide range, brand-accretive visual merchandising executions and deliverables for multiple retail store types and assortments and helping establish consistent global merchandising standards.
• Portfolio is preferred, but not required, please showcase their digital marketing in the portfolio if including in submittal
• Visual communication design (transferrable skill)
• MUST be comfortable working with ambiguity

Daily Responsibilities:

• Light meetings with PM and team as needed
• Reviews
• Working with business partners and gathering feedback
• In design, working on schematics
• Collaborate as needed
• Presenting to cross functional business partners (up to director level)
• Focus on digital marketing

Technology requirements?:

• Microsoft Office Suite

• Smartsheet’s

• Proficient in Mac programs

• Understanding of Adobe Creative Suite, including programs like InDesign and Photoshop

Education :

• Degree preferred but not required as long as they have relevant exp

Years experience:

• 5 years or relevant exp required

Required background and Skills :

• Mastery of visual design and styling skills

• Interprets current trends, competition, culture, and retail landscape with a keen eye, shaping aesthetics and details

• An understanding of integrated marketing and its various components

• A compelling portfolio of work with a range of creative projects

• Excellent presentation skills

• Proven strength in problem analysis and creative problem solving

• Great communication and collaboration skills

• Excellent time management skills and team-oriented with the ability to multi-task, prioritize and meet deadlines

• Ability to communicate and build effective working relationships with cross-functional teams and individuals

Nice-to-Haves:

• 5 years experience developing high-impact, thoughtfully considered seasonal and core visual merchandising concepts and solutions for retail experiences and products

• 5 years experience considering store layout, store type, assortment, fixturing, smallware, and signs to enhance the customer experience and positively influence buying behavior

• 5 years experience advising business and marketing teams to build best possible product assortments and support signage that can consistently execute in store types

• Figma for presentation decks

• Corporate experience, worked in highly matrixed organizations

Top Candidate Skills & How Applied Years of Experience

1 Skill: InDesign 5

2 Skill: Communication

Application: written, verbal, and presentation 5

3 Skill: Attention to details

Application: Strong organizational skills 5

Disqualifiers:

• Poor communication skills

• Missing must have skills

• Poorly formatted resume, typos