Visual Stylist

Responsibilities & Duties:

Brand Standards

• Adheres to NMG Brand standards and brand partner standards within the store
• Ensures that the store experience reflects NMG Corporate initiatives
• Executes all Corporate directive strategies as delegated by the Visual Lead (e.g., Holiday Story)

Windows & In-Store Activations

• Interprets the Neiman Marcus direction and current trends through in-store presentation
• Provides direction and assists with merchandising the selling floor (e.g., floor presentation, fixture placement, trend presentation, vendor standards) in coordination with the Visual Manager, Sales Manager, and Assistant Sales Manager
• Creates in-store environments to showcase luxury customer platforms by making it personal, unconditional, and magical
• Demonstrates an understanding of how visual activities drive sales
• Drives sales by ensuring all visual initiatives align with the overall store and brand strategy by:
  • Maintaining store signage, mannequins, furniture, artisan elements, floral displays, carpets, and other visual elements
• Completes tasks and follows direction of Visual Leads to build all merchandising and visual displays
• Follows fashion style cards provided by Corporate on a monthly and seasonal cadence
• Owns assigned family of business (e.g., Women’s, Men’s), as applicable

Meetings / Calendars / Budgets

• Attends daily, weekly, and monthly meetings as applicable with the Sales Support team to understand and respond to visual merchandising changes based on expected new deliveries

Communication with Key Partners / Events

• Communicates supply needs, asks questions, and delivers upward feedback to manager
• Executes, in collaboration with Brand Experience, on event strategies and necessary event preparation activities (e.g., stage, chairs, florals, décor) under the direction of Visual Leads and other Store Leaders

Miscellaneous

• Maintains visual workroom and studio organization with a focus on safety

Qualifications

• Prior visual merchandising experience preferred
• High School Diploma, 4-year degree preferred
• Ability to work autonomously
• Excellent customer service skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Motivated and results-driven
• "Win together" mentality
• Demonstrates a natural passion for fashion and trends
• Proficiency with computer skills including Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, and PowerPoint; Adobe InDesign, and / or Autodesk Revit desired  
• Certain roles may require standing, bending, climbing stairs, and lifting and carrying up to 35 pounds
• Associates must be willing to work a flexible schedule based on business needs, which will include evenings, weekends and holidays

Competencies:

Passion for People

• Collaborates with coworkers by exhibiting positivity, resourcefulness, and qualities of a team player
• Effectively communicates both verbally and non-verbally with others
• Inspires trust and dependability
• Supports daily department operations

Passion for Business

• Demonstrates perseverance and resilience when faced with business challenges or opportunities
• Understands how individual work contributes to general department and company goals
• Prioritizes tasks and uses effective time management practices to meet established deadlines
• Completes work in an accurate and organized way
• Seeks out and tries new ideas and solutions developed by others
• Exhibits flexibility and remains calm in a changing environment

Passion for Personal Growth

• Continuously builds skills and knowledge through training, coaching, and career experiences
• Demonstrates a working knowledge and appreciation of the NMG business and the fashion industry
• Conveys energy and enthusiasm for NMG and personal work
• Adapts personal approach in response to diverse situations and people
• Responds to unexpected changes in work environment with creativity and resilience
• Establishes and upholds high personal standards for individual work and environment
• Maintains a customer-centric mentality versus a solely store-centric one