Manager, Visual Merchandising and Store Design

　　West Hollywood,CA

　　HOURGLASS COSMETICS — Manager, Visual Merchandising and Store Design

　　Connected by creativity and driven by purpose. Hourglass Cosmetics is a vegan and cruelty-free beauty brand, redefining luxury cosmetics with high-performance products, innovative formulas, and award-winning franchises. Recognized by Forbes, Fast Company and Time Magazine as one of the most inventive beauty companies, Hourglass leads the industry with its breakthrough products and its commitment to animal welfare. Founded in 2004, Hourglass is globally available in 32 countries and 2,600 doors including Sephora, Ulta, Bergdorf Goodman, Nordstrom, Space NK and more. Hourglass became part of the Unilever Prestige division in 2017. Discover more about the Hourglass brand story and mission on our website hourglasscosmetics.com.

　　The Manager, Visual Merchandising and Store Design will support the Global Visual Merchandising and Store Design team by serving as the lead 3D technical designer and display developer for merchandising fixtures within all points of sale, including gondolas and shop-in-shops. Working collaboratively with team members within Vis Merch/Store Design, Product Marketing and Commercial, you will be involved throughout the entire seasonal lifecycle from product planning to launching in stores.

　　Once spatial studies are completed to verify product fit in the pre-planning phase, you will create seasonal planograms that accurately reflect the retailer’s product assortments within the fixture requirements and budget allocations. After planogram approval, you will develop dimensioned drawings for new displays that optimize product placements and presentation, taking into consideration Hourglass design standards, materials, graphic needs, and the consumer experience. You will then co-lead weekly meetings with our display vendors to kick off the designs and review technical drawings, prototypes and dielines, giving timely feedback along the way at each step. Once prototypes are approved, you will brief in the graphics portion of the project to the 2D team, as well as update 3D renderings in Sketchup that will be used for approval meetings and instruction sheets. For the larger footprint shop-in-shops, you will work alongside the store design team to develop fixture and merchandising display strategies and designs. You will also be a critical member of the team that creates global Hourglass store design and visual merchandising brand guidelines.

　　In addition to bringing a strong technical background and experience with display development, the ideal candidate will have excellent communication and project management skills and be proactive to respond swiftly in a fast-paced environment. Part technical designer, critical thinker, and documentarian, you are detail oriented with strong organizational skills to manage complex information and keep our documents/fixture library accurate and organized. You are self-motivated to manage timelines and projects, and you are a team player who enjoys working collaboratively. This is not a design role per se, but rather your skillsets will bolster the visual merchandising intersection of strategy, creativity, and operational efficiency. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in many aspects of visual merchandising and store design with an amazing team as we grow globally across diverse retail channels. Experience with beauty merchandising, planograms, retail design, and assortments are a plus. Must have technical design and display development experience.

　　Candidate Profile: Product design, industrial design, architecture, engineering, retail and visual merchandising or equivalent background. Portfolio with technical drawing examples is required.

　　Software High Proficiency: Sketchup, Adobe Illustrator. Additional CAD and rendering programs a plus.

　　Proficiency: Photoshop, PowerPoint, Excel, Smartsheet, MS Teams.

　　WHAT YOU DO:

　　MERCHANDISING PLANNING AND STRATEGY – 35%

　　With manager and cross-functional partners, plan the season to strategically highlight new product launches, discontinuations, assortments optimization, consumer experience and budget planning.

　　Validate product fit within merchandising fixtures during the product planning phase.

　　Create Illustrator-based, scaled planograms that are accurate to the retailer’s fixtures.

　　Attend weekly meetings with global and regional teams to present and review upcoming launches and planograms.

　　With manager, review estimated costs as planograms are developed. Identify opportunities for reducing complexity and costs across points of sale.

　　Understand in detail the vast Hourglass retail landscape, including retailer fixture gondolas and counters, graphic treatments, assortments, and merchandising strategies.

　　Organize the shop-in-shop furniture and product merchandising display library.

　　Understand the cadence of seasonal timelines to stay on track, from planning to launch.

　　Ensure planograms are approved and marked as final. Cascade and share files with teams via SharePoint and Smartsheet.

　　TECHNICAL DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT – 50%

　　Lead the display development process from technical drawing creation through prototype approvals.

　　Create technical drawings for product templates using Hourglass 2D and 3D standards, ensuring a cohesive and balanced product presentation.

　　Co-lead weekly meetings with display vendors to review fixture development and timing.

　　Review vendor drawings and details to ensure they represent the design intention.

　　Review prototypes for product fit and function, materials, and construction details.

　　Communicate comprehensive feedback to vendors via live meetings and in Smartsheet in timely manner.

　　Develop 3D Sketchup renderings for a variety of needs, such as new product drawings, retailer fixtures, visual merchandising displays, and store design layouts.

　　Review dielines to ensure they are accurate to kickoff graphics with 2D Design Director.

　　Work closely w/ Manager, VM Operations to communicate information regarding production timelines, graphics, shipping, and instruction sheets.

　　FIXTURE LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION AND GUIDELINES – 15%

　　From gondola to shop-in-shop, maintain the Hourglass library of fixture drawings, planograms, and 3D renderings to ensure they are accurate and to scale.

　　Keep files labeled, organized, and updated on SharePoint and Smartsheet.

　　Help create design guidelines based on best practices for product optimization, visual clarity, and graphics communications.

　　Review vendor instruction sheets to ensure installation instructions are clear.

　　Perform bi-monthly store visits to document Hourglass displays and assess market trends in merchandising and design.

　　WHAT YOU’LL GAIN:

　　A wealth of experience in store design and visual merchandising for multiple retail channels across the globe

　　In-depth understanding of how to roll out a global architectural and visual merchandising concept that supports regional needs while maintaining consistency across retail channels.

　　Awareness of the beauty industry beyond visual merchandising: from creative to e-commerce, marketing to sales, and how to achieve a 360, holistic approach to design

　　Exposure and experience working directly with VP, Senior team leaders across functions and regional partners around the globe to develop and execute the Hourglass brand aesthetic

　　YOU’LL LOVE THIS JOB IF:

　　You are extremely ORGANIZED: You are not overwhelmed by the thought of tackling multiple tasks at a time.

　　You are highly STRATEGIC: You are able to develop creative concepts and vision that support brand and business goals.

　　You are DETAIL ORIENTED: You appreciate the importance of having detailed and precise information.

　　You are a strong COMMUNICATOR: You are a people person, natural leader and collaborate well with others.

　　You are AGILE: You adapt well to changing needs and priorities and are able to pivot easily to achieve goals and deadlines.

　　You are PASSIONATE about beauty: You are eager to learn and absorb all things related to beauty, brand and creative strategy.

　　QUALIFICATIONS:

　　Minimum 5 years visual merchandising, retail, fixture design and/or related experience

　　Degree in product design, industrial design, architecture, engineering or other relevant educational experience and training preferred

　　Proven experience creating planograms, schematics or other planning guides

　　Proficiency in creating technical drawings to scale (Adobe Illustrator or additional CAD program a plus)

　　Proven experience with 3D development, from technical drawing review through prototyping

　　Proficiency creating 3D renderings (Sketchup preferred)

　　Proficiency in Photoshop, Powerpoint, Excel, Smartsheet, MS Teams

　　Prestige/luxury beauty brand experience a plus

　　Portfolio with technical drawings and/or planogram examples required

　　Must be able to work from Corporate office 60% of the time

　　The expected base salary range for this position is $80,000.00 to $90,000.00. The exact base salary is determined by various factors including experience, skills, education, geographic location, and budget. This position is also eligible for participation in the company discretionary bonus plan, based on personal performance and company results.

　　In addition to base salary, Hourglass Cosmetics offers a competitive benefits package to eligible employees, including medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, disability insurance, retirement savings plans and company match, paid family leave, education-related programs, paid holidays, discretionary vacation time, and more.

　　Hourglass is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion to drive its business results and to create a better future every day for its diverse employees, global consumers, partners and communities. If you are an individual with a disability and need accommodation in order to apply for a job listing, please contact us at 310-392-7799 or [email protected].

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