About the Role
This dual-expertise role supports a luxury beauty brand's store design team, focusing on design execution and rigorous project management. It involves driving end-to-end delivery of multi-stream creative and design programs, technical development, and quality oversight of store projects. The role requires producing high-quality AutoCAD and Sketchup documentation, managing millwork quality standards, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to align creative vision with execution reality. Expertise in optimizing workflows and managing vendor ecosystems is also key.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end delivery of multi-stream projects across multiple brands, managing timelines, milestones, and quality from design to completion.
- Maintain a consolidated, current view of the store design portfolio across brands for leadership and stakeholders.
- Lead cross-functional alignment across design teams, brand managers, vendors, and senior stakeholders for 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 documents, program recaps, and executive status updates.
- Lead the technical phase of retail design projects from design development to final execution, ensuring design and construction milestones are met.
- Produce and update detailed technical sets using AutoCAD, including fixture drawings, electrical/power plans, and floor/wall tiling layouts compliant with brand and landlord requirements.
- Review and annotate millwork shop drawings, ensuring precision in structural details, material specifications, and technical integration.
- Partner with design leads to preserve creative intent throughout the project lifecycle, from concept to in-store execution.
- Bridge the gap between design ambition and operational feasibility, aligning creative output with strategic goals.
- Leverage proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, SketchUp, and AutoCAD for design deliverables and vendor documentation.
- Develop vendor relationships across projects.
- Be solution-oriented and pro-active.
- Be detail oriented.
Requirements
- Demonstrated design expertise with a 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 is a strong plus.
- Strong ability to partner with and align cross-functional teams across simultaneous initiatives and projects.
- 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
- AutoCAD
- SketchUp
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Microsoft Office
- Retail design principles
- Brand rollout
- Prototyping
- Communication
- Interpersonal skills
- Highly organized
- Solutions-oriented
- Adaptable
- Detail oriented
- Pro-active
Location
- midtown Manhattan
- onsite
Work Type
- hybrid capacity
- several days per week onsite
Experience Level
- 5+ years of experience in design and project management
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree required
- Architecture, Interior Design, or a related creative field strongly preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $90,000 - $110,000 annually
Benefits
- 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 that includes Globaledit and Smashbox Studios.
- We partner with top brands, agencies, and creative professionals, providing a full range of essential production services.
- For over 30 years, we have led the industry through a culture of innovation, bringing state-of-the-art production, post-production, and creative technology solutions to our clients.
- Our headquarters is based in Tribeca, NY, with offices in Los Angeles and studios in Brooklyn and Los Angeles.
- Our clients include: Amazon, Apple, Christie’s, Disney, L'Oreal, LVMH, Mercedes, Michael Kors, Nike, Puma, Rivian, Tiffany & Co, Tumi, Warner Brothers Discovery.
