Gucci In Store Visual Merchandiser - Bicester Village

Founded in Florence, Italy, in 1921, Gucci is one of the world's leading luxury brands. Following the House's centenary, Gucci forges ahead into the next hundred years, continuing to redefine luxury while celebrating the creativity, Italian craftsmanship, and innovation at the core of its values. We are looking for an In Store Visual Merchandiser to join our Bicester Village team. You will be based in Bicester Village and support our store on a daily basis but also occasionally travel to Netherlands to support our Roermond outlet. As a Visual Merchandiser, your role will be to implement and maintain all visual directives and standards for interior merchandising, windows and In Store special events to ensure the consistency of all product categories in the store. You will support the business strategy and contribute to the Client experience inside the store.
Key Accountabilities

• Ensure products display according to the company image standards and current guidelines and also propose looks for mannequins
• Check windows and store maintenance and environment, ensuring that lighting, props and furniture are in excellent conditions. Reorder props and visual merchandising tools where necessary and constantly monitor the stock of the tools
• Partner with merchandising team to prepare and execute store zoning and product rotation
• Partner with Store Managers, Team Managers and the store staff to effectively support current business trends with visual needs making sure key products are selected and well displayed and always communicating with merchandising team
• Prepare the previously selected merchandise to be displayed in the windows and manage the product change for every rotation.
• Ongoing training of store staff in visual merchandising standards (such as permanent and seasonal visual merchandising guidelines)

Key Requirements

• Relevant experience in a Visual Merchandiser role within fashion retail companies.
• Strong creative hand with ability to research and communicate key ideas to drive visual standards.
• Computer literate, including excellent knowledge of Microsoft tools (Word, Excel & PowerPoint). Knowledge of Photoshop would be considered a plus.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to interface regularly with internal and external personnel at all levels.
• Ability to work in a fast and constantly changing environment.
• High level of organization and coordination with different departments at any level of the company