Visual Merchandising Coordinator (Temporary) - vineyard vines

About Us:

vineyard vines is a highly successful, privately held, American clothing and accessory retailer founded in 1998 on Martha's Vineyard by brothers, Shep and Ian Murray. With Shep & Ian still at the helm today, vineyard vines has experienced exponential year over year growth and now operates over 120 retail locations locations including an outlet division, a successful e-commerce business, domestic distribution center, and expanding corporate headquarters. In addition, vineyard vines is carried in major department stores such as Nordstrom and Bloomingdales as well as numerous specialty boutiques across the US.

vineyard vines was founded on a state of mind that Every day should feel this good

You don't need to be on a beach, by the ocean or on vacation to have Every day should feel this good moments. It's a state of mind that we all experience, and one where everyone is invited. At vineyard vines, we don't live an #EDSFTG life away from our desks - we bring it to work with us, too.

In our stores, at our Harbor Drive headquarters or working remotely, our company culture is fun, encouraging and welcoming to all. We work hard and play harder, and we never take ourselves too seriously. And while we have many company goals, our number one priority is making vineyard vines a great place to work for all employees.

Our team is our family, and we'd never have grown to where we are today without them.

We're committed to building an inclusive team across all channels, departments and stores within our community. We hope you'll join us and see what the smiling pink whale is all about.

Overview:

The Visual Merchandising Coordinator will support the visual team in all store sets through visual merchandising and creative tasks. They will also order seasonal and new store opening collateral and work with vendors to assure timely deliveries.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support Visual Merchandising Manager in pre-season line adoption sets and in-season compass sets
• Assist with dressing and styling mannequins - steaming and pinning
• Assist with photography, uploads and organizes (by month, climate and tier) for visual team and compass tools.
• Support creative installs - including painting, hanging, rigging, etc.
• Support 2D and 3D design production.
• Assist with workshops and in person or virtual training sessions to support visual leads in teaching visual merchandising and creative techniques.
• Responsible for Mock Store and showroom maintenance including sample organization and return, keeping all working areas neat, clean and organized
• Partner with merchandising, wholesale, creative and sample teams to collect samples for each line adoption and compass set.
• Own meetings as needed and is the point person for samples on the team.
• Support visual team leads and field team to create training materials by filming, writing and/or formatting new and existing tools when needed.
• Attend weekly meetings with cross-functional partners for and along with the team.
• Deliver key messages back to the team from allocations, merchandising and marketing when needed.
• Assist with new store openings - Installations, organizing creative elements as well as on site merchandising.
• Attend seasonal resets, market visits and event set ups to support visual merchandising, and mannequins

What you bring:

• Visual design skills with a retail, visual or merchandising background
• Ability to install creative (patch & paint, hanging, displays, etc.)
• Proficiency in Adobe Suite - InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator. Other visual design tools is a plus
• Knowledge of current visual merchandising trends and best practices
• Proficiency in MS Office and Google Suite
• Creative and innovative thinker
• Strong listening, written and oral communication skills required
• Outstanding attention to detail and accuracy required
• Ability to react quickly with a strong sense of urgency
• Flexible and adaptive to changing priorities
• Able to organize and prioritize workload to meet deadlines
• Ability to innovate and challenge current norms to drive positive change and efficacy
• Team-oriented with the ability to interact with partners across the organization at all levels
• Ability to lift 50 pounds
• Internal candidates: 1 year of proven success in current role