Old Navy is hiring : Senior Visual Merchandising Specialist, Styling in San Franc

Forget what you know about old-school industry rules. When you work at Old Navy, you’re choosing a different path. From day one, we’ve been on a mission to democratize fashion and make shopping fun again. Our teams make style accessible to everyone, creating high-quality, must-have fashion essentials for the whole family, with love, season after season.

We opened our first store in 1994 in San Francisco and have been on a roll ever since. We cultivate a community of playful personalities that thrive in a fast-paced environment where our employees can be their most authentic selves. Here, we’re family.

About the Role

The Senior Visual Merchandising Specialist, Styling is responsible for supporting the creation and execution of global visual directives to achieve compelling visual styling and displays in store. They digitally and physically style mannequins and create compelling displays in partnership with the visual merchandising team to execute the full-scale presentations of all product that has been developed through the line adoption process, while also managing the sample intake process. This role works closely with cross functional partners to gather data needed for monthly store sets, windows and front of store presentations.

What You'll Do

• Maintain a pulse on current and relevant market and visual styling trends. Actively discuss and suggest key styling trends based on research to be used in storeset. Lead the Styling POV for respective divisions.
• Partner with Senior Manager of Styling and Divisional Visual Merchandising Managers to plan and execute overall styling needs for the entire box.
• Synthesize competitive styling trends, store experience themes, customer needs, and team creative brainstorms to create novel and useful updates to the Old Navy store experience through visual displays.
• Manage the in-season sample process for their respective divisions, identifying efficiencies with organization and time saving tactics.
• Active participation in all parts of sample pass off and preparation for respective divisions.
• Proactively collaborate with cross functional partners and Visual Merchandising teams to support store set process—including outfitting and displays and prepare to present to internal teams.
• Create mannequin looks and displays for all divisions that enhance the seasonal brand point of view and are a complement to the visual merchandising presentation.
• Support brand big ideas and family moments by creating front of store and window mannequins pods in partnership with the Visual Merchandising team. Synthesize trend and brand objectives to deliver a strong POV.
• Design relevant monthly How-Tos in partnership with the Visual Communications team to capture styling details, trend + color focus, display composition, and window elevation guiding principles to aid in consistent store execution.
• Active involvement and operational efficiency during all store sets, through digital and physical outputs to achieve visual communication deliverables – ensure balanced workload, participate in divisional and cross-functional meetings as appropriate, regulate project timelines and ensure all deliverables are met.
• Prepare written communication—including monthly style guides and event communication.
• Work with key cross-functional business partners (Design, Merchandising, and Stores) to support business objectives
• Identify and solve photo and production opportunities through active participation in monthly visual storesets.
• Actively support the Product Creation lifecycle with Design and Merchandising to ensure the product comes to life through compelling storytelling in support of brand strategies, and appropriate assortment levels across the fleet.
• Manage competing priorities between digital and physical sample management and outfitting.
• Participate in detailed planning and execution of monthly window styling including elevation translations for various store types.
• Partner with peers to develop and share best practices in systems, processes, etc.
• Participate in special projects as needed, taking a leadership role as necessary.
• Travel as needed

Who You Are

Benefits at Old Navy

Gap Inc. is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We are committed to recruiting, hiring, training and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and make all employment decisions without regard to any protected status. We have received numerous awards for our long-held commitment to equality and will continue to foster a diverse and inclusive environment of belonging. In 2022, we were recognized by Forbes as one of the World’s Best Employers and one of the Best Employers for Diversity.

Salary Range : $79,800 - $105,800 USD

Employee pay will vary based on factors such as qualifications, experience, skill level, competencies and work location. We will meet minimum wage or minimum of the pay range (whichever is higher) based on city, county and state requirements.

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