Visual Merchandising Director

Job Description

Working at Stella McCartney is a truly rewarding experience. As a luxury fashion company with a strong ethical standpoint we are leaders and innovators in our industry.Location: London HQ Working Style: Office Based Overview Reporting into the Chief Marketing Officer, the Visual Merchandising Director is responsible for the physical expression of the brand across windows, stores, events, experiences and pop-ups.The Visual Merchandising Director will lead a team to create visually stunning displays that showcase Stella McCartney product in the most compelling and attractive ways possible, keeping aligned to the brand values and narrative. Additionally you will overseethe store planning team to ensure a cohesive design approach in all retail stores and drive the entire visual experience in a 360 manor. Your Mission:

• Develops and directs global visual merchandising, planogram and display strategies, working with cross functional teams (Marketing, Creative, Retail and Communications) ensuring that visual execution and assets support the global 360 program.
• Manage and maintain Stella McCartney Visual Merchandising standards and guidelines, ensuring successful communication to all teams globally.
• Responsible for design, development and execution of temporary/permanent merchandising units related to seasonal campaigns/collections for the brand and for issuing merchandising related guidelines.
• Oversee merchandising projects management, including managing workflow from inception to execution while maximising productivity and efficiency and meeting deadlines.
• Maintaining awareness of merchandising trends relative to the competition, travel as necessary, and complete instore visits to observe counters in action and approve production, research trends and materials with a sustainable and ethical approach/mindset.
• Drive the Store planning and architecture teams to ensure that the instore experience is aligned with Stella McCartney ethos and vision, and relevant to boost customer sales and footfall.
• Maintain excellent relationships with internal and external stakeholders, conduct weekly/monthly meetings with global teams to ensure company direction is aligned and efficiently executed.
• Review and feedback to each region after launches.
• Support the wider business such as communication and marketing with key brand events and important projects.
• Analyse data and product performance and establish strategic merchandise direction.
• Develop global processes to define coordination, leverage learnings, eliminate duplication and maximise opportunity.
• Lead the team and provide guidance, coaching and support to ensure they are performing at their best
• Collaborating with our marketing and communications teams to ensure that our brand messaging is consistent across all physical experiences.
• Conducting store visits to ensure that our visual merchandising and store experience standards are being met, providing feedback to the team as needed.
• Staying up to date with the latest trends and innovations in visual merchandising and incorporating them into our strategy where appropriate.
• Ability to translate the brand narrative into physical touchpoints which are cohesive with store layouts, window displays and other marketing materials.

Your Talent:

• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written skills
• Proven experience as a Visual Merchandising Director within a luxury fashion brand
• Ability to multitask and switch gears in a fast-paced environment
• Creative problem solver with strategic thinking skills and strong business acumen
• Ability to make decisions under pressure and deadlines
• Ability to develop and foster superior partner relations across all levels
• Strong leadership skills and a high degree of initiative

• Strong interest in current and future design and fashion trends
• Excellent and creative understanding of VM, installations and event set-ups

Systems and Essentials

• Proficiency in MS software
• Understanding of Adobe creative softwares

Reward Our philosophy is to go beyond monetary return and consider ourselves responsible for your wellbeing, your family, your health, your time and the community.

• Up to 50% discount on Stella McCartney products
• Exclusive staff sales and sample sales - Including other LVMH brands
• Matched pension contribution up to 6%
• Extensive private medical and critical illness insurance, as well as life assurance
• Annual Health Screening
• Annual Leave Shop where employees can buy or sell annual leave
• Flexible working/core hours
• Enchanced Maternity/paternity packages
• Matched Give as You Earn charity scheme
• Fitness membership (Classpass credits)
• Volunteer and Birthday leave
• Health cash plan
• Financial wellbeing program
• Physical and Mental Wellbeing Support Services
• Employee referral bonus

Optional/ Paid Benefits Season ticket loan, cycle to work and tech schemes, travel and dental insurance and much more. We welcome people with disabilities and endeavour to make reasonable adjustments, if you do require such adjustments pleaselet us know within 48 hours of your interview. At Stella McCartney, we like to be bold. For us this means challenging ourselves and the wider industry in which we operate. As part of our commitments to inclusive fashion, we have an ambitious strategy to putdiversity, equity and inclusion at the centre of everything we do. Our starting point is to create a workplace where different voices are respected, heard and empowered in equal measure regardless of factors such as culture and backgrounds, and to influenceand disrupt fashion and other industries by providing opportunities for global diverse talent to shine.