Senior Associate, Visual Merchandising

About the role

The Wayfair Visual Merchandising team is a multi-talented group of strategic and innovative thinkers across many disciplines, partnering closely with cross-functional teammates to catapult Wayfair to be the leading destination for all things home by developing engaging advertising campaigns, next-in-class consumer experiences, and scalable brand systems.

What You’ll Do

• Plan and execute overall visual merchandising strategies within retail labs, ensuring strategy is in line with brand priorities to deliver a consistent omni-channel experience.
• Implement timelines and build processes to support seasonal visual merchandising milestones at SRB retail labs (mock stores).
• Implement creative product merchandising strategies seasonally to increase traffic, drive sales and foster customer satisfaction while adhering to brand's creative direction and business objectives.
• Partner with Planning & Allocations and Curated Merchandising to react to assortment changes in-season or as needed. In partnership with the Visual Presentation Associate, oversee the in-season presentation management in stores to react to product sell through, inventory levels, out-of-stocks and spatial constraints to drive executional consistency across the fleet.
• Assist in integrating seasonal marketing strategy into physical retail experience.
• Partner with Visual Communications, Merchandising, and L&D teams to deliver VM training (standards guide, floorset direction, VM styling guardrails) to the field.
• Liaise with internal partners; including Merchandising, Marketing, Promotion, Operations, and Planning/Allocations.
• Keep abreast of industry and market trends, competitive set, research lifestyle and design trends that will inform the merchandising strategy and keep each brand competitive and relevant in our ever-evolving retail landscape.
• Test, learn, and evolve visual solutions and compare results.
• Support new store openings.

What You’ll Need

• Physical retail experience required, with preferred experience in supporting New Store Openings (NSOs) and an entrepreneurial spirit.
• 2+ years of visual merchandising experience.
• Passion for interior design and home decor trends.
• Strong multitasking and time management skills.
• A positive attitude and a willingness to learn.
• Adaptability to organizational changes.
• High degree of integrity and confidence in one’s abilities.
• Evidence of “scrappy startup execution” and a “get it done” attitude when time is tight and stakes are high.
• Proficiency in Excel and/or comfort with using Google Workspace and Slack.
• Able to lift 40 lbs.
• Travel required.

About Wayfair Inc.

Wayfair is one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston, or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world, we’re reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving, we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If you’re looking for rapid growth, constant learning, and dynamic challenges, then you’ll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking. No matter who you are, Wayfair is a place you can call home. We’re a community of innovators, risk-takers, and trailblazers who celebrate our differences, and know that our unique perspectives make us stronger, smarter, and well-positioned for success. We value and rely on the collective voices of our employees, customers, community, and suppliers to help guide us as we build a better Wayfair – and world – for all. Every voice, every perspective matters.