Visual Merchandise Manager – Part Time, Maximum Term 12 Month Parental Leave Contract
- Work Flexibly Part Time – 4 days per week
- Nurture our intimate network of retail stores in Victoria
- Join an ethical, B Corp Certified, sustainable fashion business
- Generous benefits including market leading profit share incentive
About The Role
We are looking for a talented Visual Merchandise Manager to be the Visual Merchandise champion for our intimate retail network of 10 doors throughout Melbourne. Reporting to the National Retail Manager, you will be responsible for operating at both a strategic and operational level, creating and delivering ideas from inception to implementation owning the look and feel of our shop fronts in each individual location.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Develop the VM creative strategy – plan, oversee and coordinate the design and timely execution of in store and window creative, ensuring our windows are aligned with the creative vision for the season
- Play a hands on role in bringing our shop windows to life through creative, sustainable design, respectful of the creative vision for the season, brand values and ROI
- Work closely with the business to create, communicate and implement in store VM standards & guidelines aligned with the business calendar
- Empower our retail team, acting as the subject matter expert for VM, mentoring and coaching the team to ensure seamless execution of new season launches, new product injections, outfitting and seasonal refreshes
- Provide thorough and timely communication to retail teams as required
What We’ll Love About You
You have a love of fashion, styling and a natural talent for VM, coupled with a strong understanding of the retail fashion apparel environment. You know the levers to pull to achieve mindful aesthetics coupled with commercial results. You love working with people to make it happen, from partnering with the team to interpret seasonal requirements from both a creative and sales perspective, through to providing coaching and direction to our in store teams to ensure seamless execution.
Your values are aligned to ours. You love what you do, and have a positive, proactive, and solutions focussed mindset. You’ll relish your role as a coach and mentor – we’ll love your ability to effortlessly collaborate across the team, ensuring everyone is on the same page and striving for the same goals. You are exceptional at aligning your work to the seasonal calendar and prioritising your hours, days and weeks accordingly.
Who are you?
You are a perfect match with:
- Visual Merchandise (or related) Qualification, or similar experience
- At least 5+ years’ experience in similar role within a bricks and mortar retail, fashion apparel environment
- Exceptional time management skills, with the ability to manage to key dates
- Strong communication and the ability to quickly build productive working relationships
- Experience in Adobe Creative Suite – Intermediate skills (Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign) Office Suite – Intermediate Skills (ie PowerPoint, Word and Excel).
- Must have own car and current driver’s licence (essential)
In return we offer:
- Salary and benefits commensurate with experience
- Access to a market leading profit share incentive plan
- Genuine commitment to work life balance
- Market leading product discounts for you, your family & friends
- Your birthday off every year
- 2 days paid volunteer leave every year
- The ability to purchase up to 2 weeks additional leave every year
About ELK
A pioneer of Australian design, ELK was established in 2004 in Melbourne, Australia. The ELK aesthetic holds a unique place within the international fashion landscape. With a highly considered approach by brand founders Marnie and Adam, ELK collections resonate with their global audience through sustainable and ethical practices, design refinement, trend curation and an intellect that is innately their own. Their sculptural accessories, hand-made leather and ready-to-wear collections define their artful vision while their devotion to ethical and sustainable practices has endured them as a leader in the practice of responsible innovation for the fashion industry.
At ELK, we nurture an open, inclusive workplace, valuing authenticity, transparency and community and celebrate individual strengths. We strive to ensure our team reflects the diversity of our customers and the communities in which we work. We embrace the opportunity to welcome talent who are passionate not just about what we do but why we do it, irrespective of background, life stage, identity, and ability. Join us on our journey as a responsible business, making better products for a healthier planet.
