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About the Role

The Global VM Graphic Design Assistant Manager is responsible for the creative concept development, design, production, and global implementation of visual merchandising graphic assets across all retail environments. This role combines creative artwork, graphic design, project management, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver best-in-class VM assets that reflect brand standards and commercial objectives.

Responsibilities

Support the Global VM Lead Graphic Designer in delivering high-quality visual merchandising graphic assets across permanent and campaign executions.
Partner with the Global VM Lead Graphic Designer and Head of Operations to manage the global permanent plate programme, including implementation, maintenance, planogram creation and ongoing updates across all markets.
Develop original graphic concepts and creative design solutions for global VM campaigns, translating campaign briefs into engaging retail graphics that align with brand identity.
Originate campaign artwork from concept through to final execution, balancing creative innovation with commercial objectives, production requirements and global scalability.
Own the artwork production process for permanent plate graphics, ensuring all files are accurate, print-ready and aligned with global brand standards.
Create, maintain and update permanent plate planograms, ensuring consistency across all retail environments and supporting regional implementation.
Project manage global graphic artwork updates from briefing through to final delivery, coordinating timelines with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
Create original graphic concepts, develop creative assets and produce print-ready artwork for stores, counters, pop-ups and retail environments globally.
Ensure all artwork adheres to brand guidelines, print specifications and production best practices.
Manage version control and asset organisation for all Global VM graphic files, ensuring teams are working from the latest approved artwork.
Create, maintain and continuously develop the Global VM image, artwork and copy libraries.
Collate and manage approved copy from Marketing and Copy teams, ensuring all Global VM assets remain aligned with current brand messaging.
Work closely with Legal and Regulatory teams to ensure all graphics and copy are compliant and market-ready before release.
Collaborate with Global VM Managers to develop campaign guidelines and supporting visual assets for global launches.
Liaise with Creative Agency, Global Marketing, NPD, Print Suppliers and cross-functional partners to deliver efficient and effective design solutions.
Monitor project timelines, print deadlines and launch schedules, proactively managing priorities to ensure successful global rollouts.
Identify opportunities to improve artwork processes, file management and workflow efficiencies across the Global VM function.
Contribute creative thinking, graphic concept development and innovative design solutions that enhance the customer experience while maintaining brand consistency.

Requirements

BA (Hons) in Graphic Design, Visual Communication or a related creative discipline.
Demonstrated experience in graphic design, artwork or visual merchandising design within a luxury, beauty, fashion or premium retail environment.
Proven ability to originate creative concepts and develop campaign artwork from initial brief through to final production.
Strong portfolio showcasing concept development, graphic design and artwork execution across retail, visual merchandising or brand environments.
Demonstrated experience producing complex print-ready artwork across multiple formats, from small POS to large-format retail graphics.
Proven experience managing multiple creative projects simultaneously, balancing competing priorities and delivering to tight deadlines.
Experience creating and maintaining planograms, retail graphics or visual merchandising assets would be highly advantageous.
Advanced proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop.
Strong understanding of print production techniques, materials and artwork specifications.
Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to producing consistently accurate work.

Skills

Graphic design
Artwork
Visual merchandising design
Concept development
Campaign artwork
Print-ready artwork production
Planogram creation
Adobe Creative Suite (InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop)
Print production techniques
Project management
Organisational skills
Attention to detail

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Assistant Manager

Education Level

BA (Hons) in Graphic Design, Visual Communication or a related creative discipline

Benefits

25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
Additional day to celebrate your birthday
Inclusive parental leave policy
Pension
Life assurance
Medicash
Employee Assist Programs
Regular social connects with colleagues
Dog friendly days and spaces
Generous product discount and gifting

About the Company

Founded by British makeup artist and beauty entrepreneur Charlotte Tilbury MBE in 2013, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has revolutionised the face of the global beauty industry by de-coding makeup applications for everyone, everywhere, with an easy-to-use, easy-to-choose, easy-to-gift range.
Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty continues to break records across countries, channels, and categories and to scale at pace.
Over the last 10 years, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty has experienced exceptional growth and is one of the most talked about brands in the beauty industry and beyond.
It has become a global sensation across 50 markets (and growing), with over 2,300 employees globally who are part of the Dream Team making the magic happen.
Today, Charlotte Tilbury Beauty is a truly global business, delivering market-leading growth, innovative retail and product launches fuelled by industry-leading tech — all with an internal culture of embracing challenges, disruptive thinking, winning together, and sharing the magic.
The energy behind the brand is infectious, and as we grow, we are always looking for extraordinary talent who want to be part of this our success and help drive our limitless ambitions.
Charlotte Tilbury is a fast-paced and dynamic environment where nimble mindsets, striving to deliver the best and wanting to be part of a global #dreaamteam are key.
At Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, our mission is to empower everybody in the world to be the most beautiful version of themselves.
We celebrate and support this by encouraging and hiring people with diverse backgrounds, cultures, voices, beliefs, and perspectives into our growing global workforce.
By doing so, we better serve our communities, customers, employees - and the candidates that take part in our recruitment process.

Equal Opportunity

We celebrate and support this by encouraging and hiring people with diverse backgrounds, cultures, voices, beliefs, and perspectives into our growing global workforce.