Senior Designer, Visual Merchandising

The Senior Designer, Visual Merchandising, is at the forefront of designing compelling physical brand experiences and innovative in-store designs for global and international retailers. This individual will join our creative team in translating our visual language into compelling in-store experiences, spearheading the development of design elements necessary for global expansion. The role is centered on strong graphic design skills, incredible attention to detail, and a desire to take our brand’s visual merchandising to the next level. 

Key responsibilities include designing and developing in-store collateral and display units, ensuring global visual consistency, leading retail design that aligns with brand values, and streamlining visual merchandising approaches. This role also involves approving designs for new markets and developing region-specific guidelines to maintain brand integrity. Collaboration with sales, creative, and marketing teams, as well as engagement with vendors is crucial. Additionally, the role may encompass design for brand events and pop-ups, and being adaptable to manage projects beyond visual merchandising.

Strong production skills are a must. This role is for detail oriented designers who have a keen eye for typography and color and photography, and can balance creative explorations with the rigor needed for print-ready production.

This dynamic position demands creativity, attention to detail, and a commitment to sustainability, making it essential for shaping the brand's physical presence worldwide.

This role is hybrid (estimated 2-days in-person per week) and open to candidates based in Los Angeles Metropolitan area.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop in-store collateral and display units to facilitate category display strategies, working in close coordination with global marketing, that uphold to brand standards.

• Establish and maintain visual and conceptual consistency across all visual merchandising channels globally and internationally, coordinating with creative and cross-functional teams in pre-and-post production stages.

• Lead the execution and implementation of retail design and that align with brand creative codes, values, and sustainability and budgetary guidelines.

• Develop and implement streamlined approaches to visual merchandising, ensuring that in-store experiences align with overarching strategies.

• Review and approve drawings for new retailers and markets, ensuring compliance with standards and guidelines, and provide support as necessary.

• Implement design modifications for existing retailers, ensuring effective support for markets.

• Lead the production of print-ready files for internal reviews and vendor approvals.

• Collaborate with the Visual Merchandising and vendor partner to enhance design/experience, which includes researching new materials and technologies.

• Develop and implement on-brand guidelines for regions and markets, encompassing standards, considerations, alternatives, and processes (e.g., approvals) to ensure brand integrity across all retail partners.

• Collaborate with sales, creative, and marketing teams to establish and implement processes and guidelines.

• Lead design for any physical creative expression of the brand, including but not limited to event design (press & consumer), experiential and pop-up design. Be the point person for experiential agencies, providing creative direction on projects, plans and renderings.

• Be nimble and open to tackling projects beyond visual merchandising, supporting and leading creative efforts for other brand, sales and marketing initiatives as they arise

• 7+ years of experience as a lead designer of display units, in-store expressions and event displays; previous experience working with national beauty retailers such as Sephora or ULTA required

• Advance experience using the Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Google and the Microsoft Suite

• Understanding of 3D model rendering is a plus

• Must have a strong portfolio that exemplifies a broad range of concept development and execution for visual merchandising

• Precision: an architect’s mindset that thrives in the details; understands materials from a mechanical and creative perspective

• Familiarity with project tracking tools such as Asana

What we would like to offer...

• $92,000-120,000 annually*

• Bonus Opportunity

• Health Benefits - 100% employer-paid medical, dental & vision coverage

• Flex Time Off - No cap on personal time off and paid company holidays

• Seasonal Flex Days - Flexible scheduling to enjoy extra time under the sun during the Spring & Summer season

• Parental Leave - Up to 18 weeks paid parental leave

• 401(k) - Save for your future with a 401(k) with a company match

• Flexibility & Wellness Stipends - Monthly stipends to support remote work & self-care

• Hybrid Work Model - Find your flow, working from home or from one of our offices

• ILIA Products - Quarterly stipend to replenish your favorite products and try new ones

*This is the anticipated salary range for this position. The actual salary offered will carefully consider a few factors including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

About ILIA

ILIA makes clean skin-centric beauty. We see skincare and makeup as one and believe that skin should look like skin. With transparency as our guide and color as our vehicle, we challenge the conventions of clean beauty to create something radically new, through safe, groundbreaking formulas that protect + revive the skin. Headquartered in Laguna Beach, California, ILIA brings together a strong group of innovative thinkers, rule-breakers and creative problem solvers. We pave the way forward as the leading clean makeup brand in what is being called the Clean Beauty Revolution. Fast paced growth provides constant learning, collaborative teamwork, and the desire to be the best at what you do. We celebrate taking risks and doing what hasn’t been done before.

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