In-Store Visual Merchandiser

Job description / Role

Position Objective:

Enhancing the overall shopping experience for customers by creating visually appealing and aesthetically pleasing displays for a store or a large department within the store. Working closely with the senior visual merchandisers team you will assist in implementing and maintaining the store's visual standards to drive sales and brand image for a small store or a department within a store.

Key Responsibility:

Brand Image

- Collaborate with maintenance and cleaning staff to uphold the visual standards of a small store or a department within a store.
- Provide guidance and training to store staff on maintaining visual standards and ensuring a cohesive brand image.
- Propose changes to improve the overall shopping experience and maximize sales potential.
- Make recommendations for improvements based on customer feedback and sales data.
- Communicate any deviations or challenges to the Visual Merchandiser for resolution.
- Ensure that the brand identity and presentation standards in both windows and in-store are achieved consistently by creating eye catching displays whilst incorporating commercial sales opportunities.
- Implements the brand specific visual merchandising standards.
- Coordinating store display in line with brand guidelines and strategy.
- Developing floor plans and maximize visual impact.
- Arranges merchandise, signage, fixtures and in-store layout guide.
- Taking Photograph in every change done in the merchandise display.
- Make use of creative lighting for windows.
- Maximizing placement of new lines, re-merchandising the store when new trends build.
- Creates layout of the store according to its categories.
- Ensures proper merchandising of the items.
- Collect review and feedback of the merchandise.

Other Responsibilities

- Working with senior Visual Merchandising team and sales team to achieve commercial goals.
- Involve in Pre-Opening of the stores and timely visit to ensure that brand's standard is properly implemented and followed.
- Conduct research of the current market trends and lifestyle.

Desired Experience:

The ideal candidate should have 1-2 years of previous experience in a retail environment, preferably in a visual merchandising or sales role, is essential. This background helps in understanding store operations, customer behavior, and how visual displays can influence purchasing decisions. Additionally, around 6 months - 1 year d irect experience assisting in visual merchandising tasks, such as setting up displays, following planograms, and maintaining store aesthetics, is highly valuable

About the Company

The Apparel Group is a global fashion and lifestyle brand conglomerate residing on the crossroads of a modern economy - Dubai, UAE. The mercurial growth in the last 17 years has been by acquiring a host of world class fashion labels from around the world - Nine West, Tommy Hilfiger, Kenneth Cole, Aldo & Tim Hortons just to name a few.

Today the group caters to thousands of eager shoppers through its over 1530 stores, 75 International brands and employing 12,000 multi cultural staff in over 4 continents. Apparel believes in turning dreams in to reality and we give everyone - our customers, our stakeholders, our employees - an equal opportunity to do so.

Apparel group has carved its strong presence not only in the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, and Saudi Arabia but opened thriving gateways to market in India, South Africa, Poland, Singapore, Jordan, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. Additionally, clear strategies are in place to enter emerging markets such as Hungary, Pakistan, Egypt and Philippines.