Visual Presentation Lead

La Senza is seeking a Visual Merchandising Lead. This role will create and execute the Visual Merchandising Strategy and provide thought-partnership to ensure that we meet our sales expectations and bring growth opportunities in Canada. The Visual Merchandising lead has significant cross-functional collaboration with Merchandising, Creative, and Store Operations.

Responsibilities

1. Lead product presentation planning for all seasonal floor sets and account for variances across store prototypes.
2. Collaborate on new stores & renovations to ensure departments expand/contract in a consistent manner which minimizes variances across the fleet.
3. Determine signage needs and integrate into presentations, brief Signage and Brand Creative teams on requests.
4. Oversee the creation of floorset documents for in-store execution in collaboration with Visual Coordinator.
5. Create a visual floorset strategy and collaborate with cross-functional partners on execution details ie: hours, assets, delivery timelines.
6. Bring new ideas to keep evolving our visual merchandising strategies to reflect trends in the marketplace and the evolving needs of our customer.
7. Identify fixtures, accessories, props, and creative materials for displays for floorsets or seasonal presentations.
8. Understand the upcoming product & promotional plans to ensure these activities are reflected into the visual plans.
9. Update visual standards and create training tools for stores to operationalize presentations across store prototypes. Provide ongoing training across field leadership & stores.
10. Keep abreast of industry and market trends that will inform presentations and keep La Senza competitive and relevant in the ever-evolving retail landscape.
11. Lead the seasonal mapping strategy, assessing store navigation, key investments in collaboration with DMs, signing off on all maps.
12. Support stores with floorset execution, leverage time to train and coach store teams in collaboration with DMs.

Skills

1. A portfolio of work showcasing experience in concepting window concepts, and building visual presentations for fashion retailers.
2. 5+ years of Visual Merchandising management experience with proven ability to train and develop others.
3. Ability to travel across Canada for training and store execution, as well as travel to Columbus, Ohio to collaborate with home office teams.
4. Strong business management skills; demonstrated ability to lead important strategic initiatives and multi-task.
5. Proven team management and leadership skills; can inspire and motivate teams to bring future state vision to life.
6. Ability to source and execute store concepts include props and other elements to bring storytelling to life.
7. Strong presentation skills required, with ability to collaborate across all levels of the organization to achieve objectives.
8. Adaptability to affect change in a rapid, read-and-react environment.
9. High degree of integrity and confidence in one’s abilities as a business and visual leader.
10. Thrives in a high growth, ambiguous environment with an entrepreneurial, can-do attitude.
11. Excellent interpersonal skills supporting a team environment.
12. Proven track record for building brands and achieving outstanding results.
13. Open ability to work a flexible schedule that meets the business needs, including evenings and weekends.
14. Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator) and MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word, Powerpoint).
15. Some travel required for store visits & training and to home office – 10-20%.

This role reports to the VP Marketing and will manage one direct report.