About the Role
This senior-level, dual-expertise role supports a luxury beauty brand's store design team, blending design execution with rigorous project management. The role drives end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-stream creative and design programs in fast-paced, high-stakes environments. It requires a design-fluent team member capable of shaping creative output and maintaining operational control over scope, timelines, budgets, and quality. The position involves collaborating with and aligning cross-functional teams, including designers, brand managers, vendors, retailers, and senior stakeholders, to bridge creative vision with execution reality. Responsibilities extend to optimizing workflows, orchestrating brand rollouts, and managing vendor ecosystems, fostering a collaborative environment for exceptional design outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-stream store design projects across multiple brands, managing scope, timelines, milestones, and quality from brief to completion.
- Translate strategic business objectives into structured, actionable project roadmaps; anticipate risks and drive proactive mitigation.
- Maintain a consolidated, current view of the design portfolio for specific brands to be shared with leaders and stakeholders.
- Lead cross-functional alignment across design teams, brand managers, vendors, and senior stakeholders across simultaneous large-scale initiatives.
- Act as a point of contact for cross-functional partners including brand teams, finance, vendors, and retailers.
- Support the creation and delivery of high-impact presentation materials, program recaps, and executive status updates.
- Apply deep design expertise, including retail design principles, brand rollout methodology, and prototyping, to evaluate and guide creative output across programs.
- Partner with design leads to ensure creative intent is preserved throughout every project lifecycle, from concept through in-store execution.
- Bridge the gap between design ambition and operational feasibility, ensuring detail-oriented creative output remains aligned with strategic goals.
- Leverage proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp, and AutoCAD to engage meaningfully with design deliverables and vendor documentation.
- Oversee vendor relationships across different projects.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree.
- 8 to 10 years of experience in design and project management, with a focus on complex, multi-stream design programs in fast-paced environments.
- Demonstrated design expertise, including strong command of retail design principles, brand rollout, and prototyping.
- Ability to evaluate and guide creative output.
- Proven track record managing large-scale design programs for high-profile clients.
- Experience in the Beauty or Luxury industry (strong plus).
- Strong ability to partner with and align cross-functional teams across simultaneous initiatives and projects.
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp, and AutoCAD.
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office.
- Very strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Highly organized, solutions-oriented, and adaptable.
- Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and adjust to pressing timelines in dynamic environments.
- Experience in a US retail or luxury brand environment (strongly preferred).
Skills
- Adobe Creative Suite
- SketchUp
- AutoCAD
- Microsoft Office
- Communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Organization
- Solutions-orientation
- Adaptability
- Retail design principles
- Brand rollout
- Prototyping
- Creative evaluation
- Creative guidance
- Project management
- Program delivery
- Scope management
- Timeline management
- Budget management
- Quality assurance
- Workflow optimization
- Vendor management
Location
- Midtown Manhattan
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Onsite several days per week
Experience Level
- Senior-level
- 8 to 10 years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
- Architecture (preferred)
- Interior Design (preferred)
- Related creative field (preferred)
Salary/Compensations
- $105,000 - $120,000 annually
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package
- Major medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- FSA
- HSA
- Commuter benefits
About the Company
- Industrial Color is a division of CoCreativ, a family of integrated creative production companies.
- CoCreativ includes Globaledit and Smashbox Studios.
- Partners with top brands, agencies, and creative professionals.
- Provides a full range of essential production services.
- Over 30 years of industry leadership through a culture of innovation.
- Offers state-of-the-art production, post-production, and creative technology solutions.
- Headquarters in Tribeca, NY.
- Offices in Los Angeles.
- Studios in Brooklyn and Los Angeles.
- Clients include Amazon, Apple, Christie’s, Disney, L'Oreal, LVMH, Mercedes, Michael Kors, Nike, Puma, Rivian, Tiffany & Co, Tumi, Warner Brothers Discovery.
