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We’re the feel-good fashion brand making style accessible and fun for over 55 years, on our website, mobile app and over 300 stores in the UK.
By living our values - we play to win, customer obsessed, we are one and it starts with me - we deliver That New Look Feeling for our customers and each other.
The Role: Maternity Cover
Working as part of the visual marketing team, to ensure a commercial and on brand shopping experience is communicated and the delivery of that experience is supported through establishment and maintenance of VM principles and best practice.
* To work alongside the design, buying and merchandising teams on space planning, merchandising plans, and seasonal objectives.
* To react to trade and seek opportunities to develop the brand positioning of these departments to ensure customer engagement and commercial gain.
* Deputising for the Senior Visual Merchandising Manager and Visual Manager when required
WHATS IN IT FOR YOU:
* 40% staff discount plus friends & family discounts throughout the year
* Access to our reward platform for external discount and offers
* Virtual GP access for you and your children – it allows you to speak to a doctor at a time and date that suits you
* All employees are covered by our life assurance policy from day one
* Unlock extra leave with our buy more holiday scheme.
* Celebrate YOU! Enjoy an extra paid day off on your birthday each year
* Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental leave.
* Spread the cost of your commute with interest-free season ticket loans
* Do your bit for the environment and save money with our Cycle2Work scheme
What you’ll be doing:
* Defining principles and best practice which will drive both brand look and feel, as well as commercial benefit to the business
* Drive the customer experience across all store concepts/sizes with a considered and adaptable strategy to work to varied stock packages / levels
* Work to a defined set of visual principles which drive ease of implementation and consistency
* Working alongside the BMD teams to ensure that the product strategy is understood and develop commercial and visual layouts that will drive the sales within each marketing category
* Working with BMD and Space Planning to ensure product ranges are landed to correct space, in correct time frames and coordinated with consistency to seasonal trends/timings.
* Collaborate with the 3D Visualiser to set and test space principles ahead of each product launch, visualise new ideas and elevate the customer experience.
* Drive strategic changes to the store environment across all touchpoints of the store experience – fixtures, signage, POS, messaging, mannequins, props etc.
* Delivery of all required communications – seasonal guidance, model store packs, weekly updates and principle packs
* Continually bringing new ideas and new approaches to product presentation, ways of working and methods of communication.
* Establishing new initiatives, trials, rollouts across the chain.
* Consider omnichannel at the heart of every decision.
* Strong interpersonal skills – role needs to work alongside/collaborate with numerous functions
* Ensure consistent VM messaging and comms are routinely issued on time.
* Establishing timelines aligning all areas of the store experience – POS, seasonal setups, merchandising, styling etc.
* Drive a seamless customer journey with product across windows, trend hotspots and product departments.
* Engage the field VM team and retail partners, to understand the market and local opportunities
* Regularly obtain feedback on strategy, communications delivered, and output gained with retail partners, to continue to develop the VM strategy
* Work alongside the field VM team to implement the seasonal strategy and provide best practice communication via Model Store
* React to trade / commercial opportunities to strengthen product positioning and provide guidance to maximise opportunities
* Remain aware of competitor activity to ensure New Look remains current and reactive to customer needs carrying out regular compshops – summarising key opportunities / actions.
* Support Senior Visual Manager and wider field team through leading by example and illustrating high standard of behaviours
Who you are:
* At least 2 yrs experience within Visual Merchandising experience at junior Management level.
* Proven track record of experience within fashion retail, ideally within a high street retailer.
* Proven across VM, windows and styling.
* Experience across store and brand experience – branding, shopfitting, fixtures,
* Proven working alongside buying, merchandising and design teams.
* Excellent knowledge across the fashion and retail industry.
* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
* The ability to adapt and react with pace
* Must be solution driven
* Proven influencer at all levels throughout the business.
* Can present and pitch ideas, lead retail walk throughs and retail engagement.
* Strong leadership skills.
* Team player, ability to collaborate and work alongside peer group.
Educational, qualifications and technical skills:
* Must be able to use In-design, Photoshop, PowerPoint and Excel. Knowledge of 3D software is an advantage
* Strong interpersonal skills – role needs to work alongside/collaborate with numerous functions
* Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
* The ability to adapt and react with pace
* Must be solution driven
Why New Look?
We care about you and the planet and believe fashion should be a force for positive change. We celebrate inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We’re proud of our inclusive culture and our talented team members who embrace our shared purpose, behaviours and values.
We prioritise development, offering training to support your progression, so you can be your absolute best and achieve your goals.
We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer, our colleagues work a range of patterns. If you have a specific pattern in mind, we're keen to discuss this with you in line with the output needed for the role.
Please ensure that your CV is in simple format e.g. Microsoft Word when applying using your CV to ensure smooth application process.
Seniority level
* Seniority level
Associate
Employment type
* Employment type
Contract
Job function
* Job function
Marketing
* Industries
Retail and Retail Apparel and Fashion
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