Project Manager, Visual Merchandising

Responsibilities

• Lead seasonal visual merchandising updates and new store-opening initiatives for shop-in-shop environments, including file turnover, art and video guides, testers, instruction sheets, and repair and maintenance needs.
• Manage end-to-end operations, development, and execution of secondary visual merchandising placements across domestic and international retail partners.
• Cook up projects involving fixtures, focal displays, outposts, launch pads, endcaps, towers, and other in-store merchandising formats.
• Develop and manage detailed project plans, production schedules, milestone trackers, and launch calendars across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Partner closely with Visual Merchandising, Store Design, Product Marketing, Trade Marketing, regional teams, and external vendors to align priorities, timelines, and deliverables.
• Create and maintain a departmental calendar for global permanent and secondary placements, including estimated launch dates, production deadlines, and market-specific requirements.
• Manage vendor communication, including briefing partners, tracking production status, reviewing samples and proofs, and resolving issues that may affect delivery or installation timelines.
• Cook up visual merchandising toolkits, installation guides, fixture drawings, planograms, and field communications.
• Support new retail door openings, renovations, and refreshes by coordinating fixture orders, graphics, product testers, installation materials, and field readiness.
• Track project budgets, estimates, purchase orders, invoices, and production expenses in partnership with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
• Identify risks, dependencies, and opportunities for process improvement; proactively recommend solutions to keep projects on track.
• Support implementation of software platforms by gathering, organizing, and maintaining fixture, product, and template drawings for initial setup and ongoing use.
• Maintain accurate project documentation, including status reports, meeting notes, asset trackers, and post-launch recaps.
• Ensure all visual merchandising materials and executions reflect brand standards, retailer requirements, and regional market needs.

Requirements

• Experience managing visual merchandising, retail operations, store design, fixture development, or retail marketing projects.
• Strong project-management skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, timelines, budgets, and deliverables in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience working with retail partners, field teams, external production vendors, fabricators, and installation partners.
• Excellent cross-functional communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and solutions-focused, with a strong sense of ownership and follow-through.
• Comfortable working across domestic and international markets and adapting to evolving business priorities.
• Proficiency with project-management tools, Microsoft Office, and presentation software; experience with retail planning, design, or asset-management platforms is a plus.

Contract

Hybrid Work Schedule - 3 days in office, 2 WFH