Senior Manager of Visual Merchandising

Why Join Us?

At Design Within Reach, home comes first. We believe in creating and sourcing pieces that move with you and are meant to be enjoyed over a lifetime from home to home, generation to generation. For us, that means exceptionally crafted, built-to-last, and beautifully designed furnishings. Our purpose is to design for the good of humankind. It's the ideal we strive toward each day in everything we do. Being a part of Design Within Reach means being a part of something larger than your work team, or even your brand. We are redefining modern for the 21st century. And our success allows Design Within Reach to support causes that align with our values, so we can build a more sustainable, equitable, and beautiful future for everyone.

About This Opportunity

This position is responsible for setting the visual presentation of the retail assortment by store location and size. You will be working directly with merchants and allocation team to provide solutions on how to best display product assortment to optimize selling. The ideal candidate is a creative who is results and detail-oriented individual with a passion for retail with experience in a home furnishings retail brand or interior design background. This position will also oversee the Manager of Visual Services, Field Visual Managers and will report to the Director of Visual Merchandising.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for leading all-store implementation processes and driving consistent execution of the brand's visual strategy to create an exceptional customer experience which include and not limited to conceptual presentations, merchandising and in store retail presentations.
• Translates the brand guidelines and sets directives to elevate the brand presentation in stores
• Understands and can speak to interior design, visual merchandising, and graphic design concepts
• Partner with the Merchandising team to ensure all product is placed and has the best selling opportunity
• Oversee roll out of all Visual presentation materials to the retail fleet
• Oversee all floorplan merchandising strategies and meetings
• Oversee new stores from planning to execution
• Continually seek out inspiration, trends, and ways to elevate the product and its presentation

Education and Experience

Skills and Abilities

Who We Hire?

Simply put, we hire qualified applicants representing a wide range of backgrounds and abilities. Design Within Reach is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veterans from every branch of military service, and more. Here, you can bring your whole self to work. We're committed to equal opportunity employment, including veterans and people with disabilities.