Summary
The Visual Merchandising Manager leads day-to-day visual merchandising for a single boutique, ensuring CHANEL brand standards are consistently reflected throughout the client-facing environment. This role manages and develops the boutique VM team, partners with boutique leadership, and translates strategic direction into engaging displays that support client experience and business priorities.
Responsibilities
- Lead and execute visual merchandising activities, ensuring timely implementation of brand directives and impeccable presentation standards.
- Manage, guide, and develop the boutique VM team, establishing priorities and accountability.
- Translate VM direction into relevant, client-centric displays aligned with the brand vision and boutique needs.
- Partner with boutique leadership and staff to align execution with sales priorities, client needs, and business goals.
- Provide feedback on implementation and execution opportunities, and adapt plans as business needs change.
- Facilitate visual merchandising training and education for boutique teams.
- Support US launches outside the home market as required, including occasional flexible hours and travel.
Requirements
- Demonstrated visual merchandising experience, ideally in luxury retail, fashion, beauty, or a similar client-centric environment.
- Experience leading, developing, or coordinating a visual merchandising team in a boutique or comparable retail setting.
- Strong execution skills and the ability to translate strategic direction into polished, commercially relevant visual solutions.
- Collaborative communication, sound judgment, initiative, and the ability to operate independently while staying aligned with leadership.
- Excellent organization, prioritization, follow-through, and attention to detail.
- Ability to work a flexible schedule, travel as required, and lift 30-40 lbs.
