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About the Role
We are looking for an experienced full-time Junior Area Visual Merchandiser to join our growing field-based visual merchandising team. You will be responsible for ensuring that in-store visual merchandising is innovative, in line with brand positioning, and maintained to a consistently high standard, striving to exceed client expectations.
Responsibilities
- Ensuring brand visual merchandising (VM) standards are of a consistently high standard.
- Recreating room-sets/displays/windows seasonal changes following guidelines.
- Organizing adequate supplies of stock, props, materials, equipment, and tools for all planned work.
- Carrying out all duties consistent with the visual merchandising of homeware products in designated stores.
- Working across functions and with key stakeholders to plan effective product range moves within stores with a commercial mindset.
- Performing manual handling of large furniture and regular changes of all product ranges.
- Performing painting and decorating, and small DIY projects.
- Assisting on new store openings and refits nationally.
- Assisting within other regions when required.
Requirements
- 1+ years of experience in visual merchandising, preferably within the interiors sector.
- Experience in retail interior styling is advantageous.
- Very good DIY skills (painting, decorating, using power tools to install mirrors, wall art, curtains, etc.).
- Commercial understanding of the power of VM and its ability to influence product and brand performance.
- Project management skills including the ability to work under pressure and to deadlines.
- Confident in independent decision-making, troubleshooting, and problem-solving.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal; adept at promoting and explaining ideas to all levels of the business and influencing stakeholders.
- Able to work independently on projects with line manager support.
- Flexible approach to UK wide travel, including overnight stays.
- Passion for the OKA brand.
Skills
- Visual merchandising
- Retail interior styling
- DIY skills
- Painting
- Decorating
- Power tool usage
- Commercial understanding
- Project management
- Independent decision-making
- Troubleshooting
- Problem-solving
- Communication skills (written and verbal)
- Stakeholder management
Location
- Southwest region
- London store
- UK wide travel
Work Type
- Full time
- Field based
Experience Level
- Junior
Education Level
- Design qualification desirable
- Interiors qualification desirable
Benefits
- 33 days holiday (including bank holidays entitlement)
- Length of service increases for holiday
- Day off for your birthday
- Health Cash Plan
- Generous staff discount
- Enhanced Maternity Pay
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eligibility for a discretionary company Bonus Scheme
- Company pension scheme
- Life assurance cover
- Free eye tests
- Cycle to work scheme
- Interest free travel loans
- Social events
- Online wellbeing centre
About the Company
- OKA family, a fast-paced and dynamic business.