Visual Lead

Responsibilities & Duties

• Leads team of Visual Stylists in assigned store

Brand Standards

• Drives usage of NMG Brand standards, Visual principles, and brand partner standards into overall visual / creative strategies and execution
• Executes all Corporate directive strategies in their respective store in partnership with the Metro / Flagship Visual Manager (e.g., Holiday Story)
• Creates their store daily checklist to ensure the floor is clean, orderly, and follows standards

Windows & In-Store Activations

• Owns overall store experience and store environments including all merchandising and visual displays
• Follows Corporate-provided fashion style cards on a monthly and seasonal cadence
• Supports and creates in-store environments to showcase luxury customer platforms by making it personal, unconditional, and magical
• Drives all visual initiatives outside of the Corporate visual initiatives and aligns visual work with the overall store and brand strategy to drive sales:
  • Ensures all store signing is current
  • Keeps all mannequin presentations current as per fashion style cards
  • Maintains weekly beauty set-ups
  • Orders additional items for the sales floor from the appropriate resource
• Demonstrates thorough understanding of how visual activities drive sales activities

Meetings / Calendars / Budgets

• Actively participates and communicates in bi-weekly All-Store Visual conference calls
  • Discusses, participates, and reviews photo assignments, best practices, style guides, upcoming seasonal and visual strategies, window schedule and calendar, in-store activation calendar, etc.Maintains respective calendar for 6- to 8-week campaign cycles
• Manages store Visual budget by partnering with Corporate, RVM, Metro / Flagship Visual Manager, and Store Leaders
• 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, educates, and executes the NMG Brand standards and brand partner standards within the store
• Partners / communicates with Store GM and sales managers on merchandising executions within guidelines
• Partners with Brand Experience on event strategies and delegation of necessary event preparation activities to the Visual team (e.g., stage, chairs, florals, décor)
• Executes Brand Experience Events with the help of stylists by leveraging creativity, an eye for detail, knowledge of current and upcoming fashion / trends, and passion for creating the magic of customer retail experience

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of relevant experience, luxury retail fashion experience preferred
• Experience with visual merchandising, the art of window displays, and product placement
• 4-year degree preferred
• 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 basic computer skills and programs including Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), and / or Autodesk Revit
• 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