Retail Design Intern - London, United Kingdom - Parfums Christian Dior
Description
Position:
POSITION:
RETAIL DESIGN & FRAGRANCE VM INTERN
DEPARTMENT:
MERCHANDISING
LOCATION:
LONDON,
UK
REPORTS TO:
RETAIL DESIGNER & VISUAL
MERCHANDISING MANAGER
PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
- Guarantee accurate, qualitative brand image through all new store openings in UK and Ireland according to company and corporate guidelines.
- Contribute to the development of the Dior image in the UK and Ireland through the design, build and installation of new counters & fragrance backwalls.
- Ongoing innovation of existing counters to incorporate newly developed furniture.
- Ensure the integrity of all the institutional brand requirements across the Fragrance, Make Up and Skincare.
- Support and assist the Merchandising Team to ensure the Dior brand values/messages are maintained and are consistent in store.
RETAIL DESIGN RESPONSIBILITIES
- Take responsibility from conception to implementation of counter builds, refurbishments, and design initiatives
- Produce creative POS designs in accordance with the merchandising guidelines to optimize brand visibility.
- Challenge and negotiate conditions to ensure brand image is not compromised.
- Be responsible for the designs and prototypes of any counter build.
- Provide project plans, designs and technical specifications to the international purchaser to obtain costings.
- Create opening reports and manage the recording of all counter builds.
- Manage project budgets, tracking and raising PO's
- Ensuring all suppliers are paid and we maintain within the project budget.
- Management and awareness of our warehouse storage, making sure to reuse fixtures where possible.
FRAGRANCE VM RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage along with VM Manager with permanent project rollouts, for example Backwalls, Gondola Ends, Permanent Tods.
- Create briefs and brief into suppliers directly, ensuring projects are on time and in budget.
- Raise POs for all Fragrance projects, check actuals monthly in budget.
- Organise tester orders for sites/windows etc.
- Help with site installs in London and UK especially around Christmas.
- Support the VM manager to rollout out the new permanent TPS &TFS Backwall concept.
Profile:
POSITION WITHIN THE ORGANISATION
Direct Reports:
- Retail Designer
- Visual Merchandising Manager
Internal Stakeholders:
- Merchandising Team
- Marketing Team
- Commercial Team
- Training Team
- Account Managers (instore)
External Stakeholders:
- Suppliers/Shopfitters
- Creative Agencies
- Retailers
PERSON SPECIFICATION
Key Competencies
- Good sense of design process, planning and a keen eye for attention to detail
- High levels of creativity and aesthetic sense
- Ability to understand and defend the brand DNA.
- Ability to visualise store environments and enhance the customer journey.
- Team player
- Ability to organise and manage priorities for self and team.
- Negotiation skills
- Product design and management of prototypes
Technical Skills
- Design background
- Software packages: Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), 3D CAD (Vector works, Google Sketch-Up)
- Knowledge of furniture and materials for counter builds
Profile
- Good relationship builder
- Knowledge of the cosmetic market an asset but not essential (competitors, agents, retailers )
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