Visual Merchandise Associate

About the role

The Associate, Visual Merchandising contributes to Wayfair's Merchandising function by developing and implementing engaging visual display strategies aimed at enhancing brand recognition and driving sales, both in physical and online environments. This role ensures that visual presentations align with ongoing promotions, seasonal campaigns, new product introductions, branding guidelines, and optimal product placement. The Associate may also support consumer insights research efforts to inform visual merchandising strategies. This position is key to creating compelling shopping experiences that attract customers and maximize sales opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Support and execute overall visual merchandising strategies within 2-D test fits, retail lab (mock store) and growing store fleets, ensuring strategy is in line with brand priorities to deliver a consistent omni-channel experience.
• Support timelines and processes for seasonal visual merchandising milestones within Wayfair visual merchandising playbooks and select retail lab work.
• Support seasonal product placement strategy and execution in store/s by implementing effective displays and shopping experiences to increase traffic, drive sales, and foster customer satisfaction.
• Oversee the in-season presentation management in stores to react to product assortment changes, inventory levels/out-of-stocks and spatial constraints to drive executional consistency throughout the season and across the growing fleet.
• Assist in integrating seasonal marketing strategy into physical retail experience.
• Partner with Visual Communications, Merchandising, and Learning & Development 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.

Requirements

• 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.
• Able to collaborate across the organization to achieve objectives.
• Strong multi-tasking and time management skills.
• A positive attitude and a willingness to learn.
• Adaptability to organizational changes.
• A 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.
• Thrives in a high-growth, ambiguous environment.
• Proficiency in Photoshop. Comfortability in using Excel and/or Google Workspace and Slack.
• Able to lift 40 lbs.
• Travel required.