Visual Merchandiser

About the company

Ardmore Home Design (AHD), founded in 2008, is a privately owned, fast-paced, founder-led entrepreneurial company where we value people with strong skills to make our products and processes better every day. We design, sell, and distribute luxury home décor globally to interior designers and boutique/luxury retailers. The AHD family of wholesale brands includes Made Goods (flagship furniture made from unique materials), Pigeon & Poodle (home and bath accessories), Blue Pheasant (handcrafted tabletop products) and Burton James (seating home furnishing).

About the Role

The Visual Merchandiser plays a key role within our Visual team and is responsible for executing and maintaining visual standards and corporate direction relating to brand presentation for showrooms and tradeshows. A background in the home furnishings industry, with a strong emphasis on merchandising and managing the setup of tradeshows and/or showrooms is beneficial. The ability to travel to tradeshows and company showrooms for up to 40-50% of the year is required. This individual embraces and supports our in-person/on-site work culture and embodies our company values of Ownership, Collaboration and Respect.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, analyze, and adjust seasonal floor plans for showrooms in designated market/s
• Lay out multiple product SKUs prior to tradeshow or showroom setup; execute a visual layout based on available SKUs and SKUs arriving in tradeshow or showroom
• Analyze product sales in order to feature best-selling products; able to strategically analyze sales information to determine which products to add or remove from showroom/tradeshow inventory
• Partner with Visual Merchandising Manager and Visual Construction Manager to recognize and address brand presentation in designated markets
• Contribute and design new merchandising strategies with a brand specific focus
• Develop and source displays and fixtures when applicable
• Assist to manage/coordinator labor and freight for showrooms & tradeshows related to visual presentation
• Work with visual team to order graphics, logos or other collateral as necessary
• Able to size logos, photos, interface with printers or outside graphics companies
• Assist with occasional operational tasks as related to tradeshow and showroom setup such as barcoding and tagging product displays

Qualifications

• Minimum of an Associates degree in Design or other related major
• Minimum of 2+ years of tradeshow and/or showroom visual merchandising experience
• Experience working for a luxury brand in home furnishings
• Strong working knowledge of SketchUp and Adobe Suite is a plus
• Pro-active; able to figure things out with little direction
• Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills
• Able to multi-task and make decisions quickly
• Works effectively in high pressure situations; will do what it takes to get the job done with a positive and mature attitude
• Able to think ahead and anticipate future needs without being told by upper management
• Sophisticated problem solving skills; able to make split decisions with little information on hand
• Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to interact professionally and effectively with all levels of management and staff
• Able to manage vendors and resources
• Able to travel 50-60% of the time
• Must exhibit good communication and influencing skills to work across all levels of the organization
• Passionate, highly motivated individual who is a self-starter

Benefits

Offer 3 weeks paid time off and 6 paid holidays per service year

Enjoy a high-paced and collaborative work environment

Receive up to 6% 401k employer contributions

Take advantage of paid time off away from work, including scheduled company holidays.

Participate in competitive benefits and incentivizing programs