Regional Visual Merchandiser Jobs

Who are we ?

Jewelry for brilliant women. Valerie Messika created her eponymous brand in 2005 transforming diamonds into Jewelry that has the knack of making your heart stop and your eyes sparkle. Valerie Messika is the heir to her father's history, André Messika, a leader in the diamond trade industry. The Jewelry house is now distributed in more than 500 points of sales in around 75 countries.

Messika USA is hiring a Regional Visual Merchandiser – West Coast (North America).

The Goal :

The Regional Visual Merchandiser is responsible for the regional visual merchandising activities, controlling and reinforcing Messika’s retail and wholesale stores ambiance and insuring respect for the merchandising strategy.

This position will be the main point of contact between stores, vendors, and the New York office.

She/he is responsible for the successful implementation of the in-store displays according to Messika ‘s image.

What you do ?

VM visits

• Ensure guidelines are understood and applied to ensure consistent branding.
• Educate sales teams on the VM image and best practices. Develop the VM community to have constructive feedback on VM tools, window animations, and identify potential needs or constraints.
• Share visit reports with the Visual Merchandising Manager after each visit.
• Work closely with the Visual Merchandising Manager to organize visits to Messika's internal and partner stores to review store displays.
• Production of custom visuals and bases for clients when necessary and within budget.

VM network development

• During visits train VM contacts in internal and wholesale stores to share strategies, VM tools, action plans, and to review the boutique displays.
• Develop a network of local vendors able to produce custom-made decorations and/or visuals compliant with a briefing from New York office/production follow-up & setup.

Openings

• Organize and prepare openings of new retail and wholesale stores in collaboration with the Visual Merchandising Manager and Sales Directors.

Events & animations

• Organize Visual Merchandising for events in retail and wholesale stores or press days and do the set up on site when possible.
• Participation in trade shows.
• With the Visual Merchandising Manager – Americas ensures campaigns are changed in time - artworks, productions and set ups.

Basic Requirements

• Collaborative team player and willing to learn from others.
• English fluent, Spanish is a plus.
• Good negotiation, communication, coordination, and project management skills
• 3-5 years of visual merchandising experience, preferably in the luxury or fashion industry (watches and jewelry preferred)
• Strong organization skills
• Detail-minded with constant innovation and work dynamic.
• Good sense of luxury aesthetics as well as apprehension of commercial objectives
• Proficient in using MS Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite: AI, PS, ID or other visual design tools.
• Understanding retailers and wholesale operations organization

Dimension

• Travel up to 70% of the time
• Geographical area under responsibility: US West Coast, Texas, Central US, West Coast Canada
• Remote Role based in California