Visual Merchandising Designer - Industrial Color Extended

Visual Merchandising Designer

Industrial Color is looking for a visual merchandising designer to support our luxury beauty client in a 4 month assignment with the potential for full time permanent role. This spends 3 days per week onsite in midtown Manhattan. The visual merchandising designer will be involved in various aspects of visual merchandising from initial design development to execution. The role involves developing innovative and customer centric design solutions through collaboration with the Retail and Merchandising teams. The designer will bring their ideas to life through presentation materials and detailed drawings. Additional responsibilities will include maintaining consistency of the brand VM style standards throughout the markets.

Accountabilities

• Work closely with the Retail Design and Visual Merchandising team to create compelling Visual Merchandising designs in POS
• Develop and design seasonal and launch programs across beauty and fragrance categories for all retailers
• Design and guideline development for seasonal product launches including launch podiums, window displays, events and special projects based on briefs from global marketing and creative departments.
• Design from initial concept through 3-D computer renderings
• Create 3D proposals and planograms for seasonal updates to permanent fixtures, counters and units
• Create technical drawings and planograms in Sketchup for merchandising displays, launch units, and permanent merchandising.
• Create comprehensive technical Design Turnovers for production vendors.
• Adaptation of Global design direction for unique retail executions and Local market needs.
• Collaborate with internal cross-functional and external agency partners.
• Maintain awareness of trends, styles, materials and technology relative to the prestige and luxury beauty market.
• Maintain knowledge and awareness of sustainable design best practices and proactively apply to all projects.

Support with project management and related administrative tasks with the creative and visual teams to ensure on-time release of all creative assets