Senior Director, Visual Merchandising and Store Design
hace 3 días
New York
Job DescriptionCompany Description WHO WE ARE fresh is a global company headquartered in New York offering a full lifestyle line spanning skincare, lip care, bodycare, and fragrance in over a dozen countries. But we don’t just aspire to make the best products on the market; we want to be the best beauty brand to work for. We’ve created a warm, inspiring environment with world-class benefits that encourages our teams to dream big, because that’s how we got here. Here at fresh, we intentionally foster a spirit of belonging. We celebrate our diversity and support every employee to feel welcomed, valued, respected, and heard. By embracing curiosity and collaboration, we recognize that our differences strengthen us. MAIN JOB OBJECTIVE The Senior Director, Global Visual Merchandising & Store Design owns and evolves the global visual merchandising and store design frameworks for Fresh across all physical channels of distribution. This role defines brand standards, design systems, and governance models that ensure consistency, scalability, and relevance globally, while enabling strong regional and local execution Job Description JOB RESPONSIBILITIES Store and Fixture Design: • Define and evolve global store design concepts, fixture systems, and visual standards across boutiques, shop-in-shops, and open-sell environments, • Partner with external architects and design consultants to develop scalable retail concepts aligned with brand strategy, • Provide clear design frameworks, guidelines, and brand codes to regional and local teams, • Define global visual merchandising strategies and launch frameworks in partnership with the Creative team responsible for campaign concepts, • Translate campaign concepts into scalable global VM principles, directives, and playbooks for regional and local markets, • Oversee the development of global VM guidelines and reference materials to support consistent and effective campaign implementation, • Own global interior merchandising principles, including planogram logic, brand code evolution, and in-store storytelling, • Ensure consistency of brand expression while allowing for appropriate regional adaptation, • Define global approaches and principles for theatre, hospitality, and experiential moments, • Establish global frameworks for pop-ups, special activations, and events across markets, • Define global brand expression principles for the Sephora environment and other external retail partners, • Define global standards for top-of-counter units and merchandising tools, • Lead and coordinate VMSD workstreams for local and regional market launches, including shop design, development, and buildout, in partnership with regional teams, • Set up and vet local and regional vendors in architecture, millwork, construction, project management, and print., • Establish credibility as global owner of VMSD frameworks and governance, • Lead the development of the future new store concept in partnership with an external architecture firm and the founders, • Build strong working relationships across Creative, Retail, and regional teams, • Must be able to remain in a stationary position on average of 7.5 hours/day, • Light to moderate lifting may be required, • While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to stand, sit, reach, stoop, kneel, and operate a computer, telephone, and keyboardQualifications PROFILE You can/have 12-15+ Years of Experience in a related field: • Project Management Skills – Ability to lead multiple projects from initiation, through concept into execution, • Leadership Skills – Ability to motivate and focus colleagues on goals and objectives, • Analytical Skills – be able evaluate personal and departmental successes/failures and determine next steps on a given project, • Experience with Branding Initiatives and Consumer Marketing Strategies, • Knowledge in Department and Industry standards, • Creative and Managerial agility, • Adobe Suite (InDesign, Photoshop), • Agile: Anticipate and champion change, • Collaborative: Communicate and dream with others, • Growth Minded: Seek opportunities that offer the chance to be a curious creator, • Accountable: Take ownership of actions and responsibilities, • A Strategic Thinker: Implement new ideas from data and insights to create the unexpected, • Driven for Results: A relentless pursuit to achieve business objectives, drive revenue and contribute to organizational success Additional Information WHAT WE OFFER YOU Training & Development and Culture • Fresh and LVMH Sponsored Trainings and Workshops for Personal and Professional Development, • Opportunities for networking and building relationships with LVMH Community and Network, • Free professional consultation, referrals and counseling through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP), • Comprehensive paid time off inclusive of Floating Holidays and Summer Fridays, • Fertility Services, Maternity and Newborn Support, Adoption and Surrogacy Assistance, including cryopreservation when part of fertility treatment, • Paid Parental Leave (Inclusive of Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Surrogacy) at eligibility, • Travel & lodging for those who can’t access care, • Fresh In-Store Discounts and Gratis, • LVMH Group Friends and Family Sales across all divisions within LVMH: Wines and Spirits, Watches and Jewelry, Perfumes and Cosmetics, Fashion and Leather Goods, etc., • Pre-Tax Commuter Benefits through Wage Works The salary range for this role is $190,000 - $250,000 USD. This role is based in New York City. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.