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About the Role
The Manager of Store Design is essential for organizing and implementing the design of retail stores for all concepts, including new stores, relocations, fixture design, franchises, shop-in-shops, remodels, and special projects.
Responsibilities
- Implement innovative store designs and fixture designs to support changing brand and merchant needs.
- Act as an owner, managing new and remodel store projects across all brands from creating initial feasibility studies, leading the design development process, and supporting the project through construction until completion.
- Review project information received from real estate at initial transmittal for design layout, constructability, correct scope, and cost.
- Prepare real estate committee package for each project for executive approval.
- Manage a network of external architects and consultants to meet cost, schedule, and quality expectations for each project.
- Hold a deep knowledge of brand design standards and maintains quality across all consultants, franchise partners, vendors, and respective business partners.
- Collaborate closely with construction and procurement team partners to ensure projects complete on time and on budget.
- Serve as an architectural and design subject matter expert for business partners, including visual merchandising, IT, loss prevention, and store operations.
- Articulate design intent to non-technical business partners, providing customer service to help designs meet business partner needs.
- Prepare and present design packages at the executive level.
- Partner with the finance team to analyze metrics for project performance for past projects and create business-driven store design goals for upcoming projects.
- Administer architectural drawings and files, physical samples, submittals, and presentations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree (in Architecture or Interior Design preferred)
- Minimum of 5 years of commercial architecture experience (retail preferred)
- Experience and highly skilled in reading architectural drawings and plans, as well as detailed material shop drawings
- Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite and MS Office
- Ability to travel to approximately 2-4 job sites per month
- Deep knowledge of design including knowledge of different styles and materials
Skills
- Problem solving
- Ownership
- Customer loyalty
- Attentiveness
- Communication skills across all levels of management
- Time management
- Project management skills
- Presentation skills
- Negotiation skills
- Attention to detail
- Organization
- Process management
Location
- San Francisco
Work Type
- Onsite
Experience Level
- Minimum of 5 years of commercial architecture experience (retail preferred)
Education Level
- Bachelor’s Degree (in Architecture or Interior Design preferred)
Salary/Compensations
- $120,000 - $130,000
Benefits
- A generous discount on all Williams Sonoma Inc. brands through multiple shopping channels
- A 401(k) plan and other investment opportunities
- Paid vacations, holidays and other time-off programs
- Health benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance
- Health and dependent care tax-free spending accounts
- Medical, family and bereavement leave
- Same-sex domestic partner benefits
- Short- and long-term disability programs
- Life and travel insurance
- An employee assistance program
- Tax-free commuter benefits
- A wellness program that supports your physical, financial and emotional health
- In-person and online learning opportunities through WSI University
- Cross-brand and cross-function career opportunities
- Location specific sample sales
- A business casual work environment
- San Francisco based bike share program
- Time off to volunteer
- Matching donations to qualifying nonprofit organizations
- Company-sponsored community involvement
- Various discounts on local businesses
About the Company
- Founded in 1956, Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is the premier specialty retailer of high-quality products for the kitchen and home in the United States.
- Our family of brands are Williams Sonoma, Williams Sonoma Home, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, Pottery Barn Teen, Rejuvenation, West Elm, Mark & Graham, Outward, and GreenRow.
- We offer beautifully-designed, stylish and functional products for every area of the home, including the kitchen, living room, bedroom, home office, closet, laundry room and even outdoor spaces.
- We're a multi-brand, multi-channel, global enterprise supported by state-of-the-art technology and some of the most talented teams in retailing.
Equal Opportunity
- Williams-Sonoma, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- Williams-Sonoma, Inc. will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, or other applicable state or local laws and ordinances.