Visual Merchandiser

Job description / Role

Job description / Role
The candidate is expected to:
• Align company sales goals and messages with appealing design
• Create and arranging window displays
• Design signage and interior displays
• Develop strategies to highlight promotions, price changes, clearance, and holiday/seasonal needs
• Anticipate and maximizing customer interest, reaction, and expectations with visual displays
• If available, collaborating with company teams to create, build, and display merchandise
• Take photos of process for comparison
• Maximize profitability with engaging signage and campaigns
• Create displays that are creative, on-trend, and appealing
• Monitor time constraints, costs, and budget
• Arrange in advance new ideas and strategies for displays of new product launches

Requirements

Requirements
A successful candidate must:
• Self-directed and able to work without supervision
• Energetic and eager to tackle new projects and ideas
• Strong listening skills; confident presentation and decision making skills
• Comfortable in both a leadership and team-player role
• Up-to-date on industry trends, best practices, and market trends
• Extensive knowledge of the brand and product preferred
• Must at least have 2 or more years intensive experience in retail industry and visual merchandising

About the Company

Established in 1978, by the Baker family who still own and manage the company today, Gulf Marketing Group is one of the Middle East's leading, family owned companies. Gulf Marketing Group operates regionally, across the GCC and boasts a diverse portfolio of brands, retail outlets and services. Gulf Marketing Group subsidiaries operate in key sectors such as retail and distribution of sporting goods and lifestyle brands, health and fitness, food and food processing, integrated 3PL logistics, real estate, healthcare and pharmacies, education and technology. Since 1978, Gulf Marketing Group has introduced more than 90 international brands into the Middle East, as well as building the reputation of our homegrown brands as reliable and quality driven companies.

We are proud to be one of the top 10 retailers in the Gulf region with:

• More than three decades experience managing international brands in local environments
• A prestigious portfolio of world class brand partners
• Anchor tenancy in all major GCC shopping malls
• A proven track record of securing exclusive retail and distributor agreements
• An experienced management team
• Strong customer relationships