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Director, Global Visual Merchandising – Calvin Klein Jobs in New York, NY at Calvin Klein
Title: Director, Global Visual Merchandising – Calvin Klein
Company: Calvin Klein
Location: New York, NY
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Position SummaryThe Global Director of Visual Merchandising is responsible for developing and executing innovative and compelling showroom, window, in-store, and consumer messaging visual product strategies on a global scale, focusing on all own and operated businesses along with key joint venture partners. As the Director of Visual Merchandising, you will be responsible for creating an immersive and cohesive brand experience that resonates with our consumers and elevates the Calvin Klein brand across all visual merchandising touchpoints.
Primary Responsibilities/Accountabilities Of The Job
Develop and implement visual merchandising strategies: Lead the development of showroom, window, in-store, and consumer messaging strategies that align with the brand’s overall objectives and resonates with the target audience across full-price and Outlet environments.
Oversee and execute the global showroom for line opening: Collaborate with the cross-functional teams to develop compelling and visually stunning showroom presentations that tie back to the overall seasonals product strategies including key looks and must buys.
Review and provide feedback on all regional showroom plans and see through to final executions including visual merchandising guidelines, key mannequin looks, and brand activations.
Define and provide clear guidance on global seasonal guidelines and VM principles to all regional and external teams. Review all regional plans to ensure that they mirror back to the Global brand VM strategy.
Drive product presentation in window and in-store merchandising excellence: Collaborate with retail and internal teams to ensure the merchandising strategies align with store layouts and optimize product visibility.
Continually communicate with the creative environments team on product strategies that will help direct window and in-store creative.
Travel to stores and work with regional VM teams on executing strategies across the globe. Support and provide visual solutions that are within the brand guidelines. Flexibility to travel.
Listen and collaborate with local store managers and retail teams when visiting markets, taking into consideration local nuances to inform decisions.
Review proposed floor and zoning plans with the Global Store Design team ensuring new store openings and remodels are following the brand product strategies.
Support new flagship store openings and store re-models globally.
Track projects and be able to provide updates on all initiatives in partnership with the Brand Environments Project Management Team.
Work with the Brand Experience team on activations that require visual merchandising support.
Interpret needs for the company to identify best practices in the visual merchandising division.
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Qualifications & Experience
Experience: 7-10 years of Visual Merchandising experience
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in related field
Skills
Highly creative, with strong fashion and styling sensibility.
Excellent time management, multi-tasking, and organizational skills.
Ability to work independently while handling multiple projects.
Excellent software knowledge of:
Adobe CS (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign & Acrobat)
Google SketchUp + Plugins a plus
AutoCAD a plus
Styling product for photography
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