Visual Manager-Omega Brand

We are seeking that dynamic, hands-on Visual professional who possesses the unique combination of upscale fashion/luxury experience and a true entrepreneurial drive to personally make it happen.

This position is accountable for managing and developing all visual guidelines for the Omega brand. Includes in-store fixtures, visuals and custom displays and shop-in-shops; Managing the flow of communication between corporate visual merchandising, the field visual team, and field management through regular conference calls and store visits to support Company guidelines; Helping field visual managers interpret corporate visual guidelines, collaborate with field visual managers during special events at flagship locations; Create and maintain merchandising display planograms and window installations.

This position also ensures that the team meets the annual budget, visits stores on a regular rotation to ensure that visual merchandising expectations are met, oversees and supports the visual merchandising of the flagship boutique, and trains visual managers on current visual standards.

Other accountabilities include identifying business opportunities, creating strong visual presentations that drive business, and staying abreast of regional business trends by reading business reports and shopping the competition.
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ummary of Key Responsibilities:

·Responsible for the "concept to creation/ to communication/ to in-store execution"
·Create seasonal merchandising plans based on overall marketing objectives
·Maintain the Visual Merchandising Guidelines as set forth by corporate policy
·Ensure all stores have the necessary tools and information to maintain company merchandising standards
·Create an easy access database of all store specific dimensions, capacities and merchandising components
·Maintain a photographic library of all retail partners
·Follow up on quality of merchandising execution at store level
·Coordinate all required visual merchandising materials for new store openings
·Effectively coordinate all outgoing communication to/from the field and headquarters
·Immediately respond to any and all inquiries from the field
REQUIREMENTS
A Bachelor's Degree or equivalent with 5-7 years of management experience is required. Superior visual merchandising abilities along with excellent leadership, communication, and motivational skills are essential. Strong attention to details, an understanding of fixturing from concept to completion, the ability to facilitate new store openings, and a natural creative ability are imperative. An awareness of luxury marketing trends and the ability to interpret them back into visual merchandising and working knowledge of Microsoft Office are required. Knowledge of Quark, PhotoShop, and Illustrator is a plus.