Assistant Manager, Visual Merchandising

Born/Co-founded in 2009, Maison Francis Kurkdjian is a luxury fragrance house that carries the name of one of the most celebrated perfumers of our time. Based in Paris, Maison Francis Kurkdjian is a Maison housed under LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury group. The Maison is known for its creativity, know-how, product quality, global upscale distribution, and customer experience.

Designed out of the tradition of a luxury perfumery, the fragrance nevertheless advocates a contemporary vision of the art, of creating and wearing perfume. Maison Francis Kurkdjian has a very selective distribution network in more than 45 countries over the world within the ultra-premium segment of the market. In the US and North America, products are sold at Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, and select Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdales, Holt Renfrew and Nordstrom stores as well as the Maison Francis Kurkdjian boutique in the Miami Design District and Houston River Oaks.

Maison Francis Kurkdjian is part of the LVMH Group.

The Assistant Manager, Visual Merchandising will support the creation, planning and implementation of visual merchandising through the US, Canada, and Mexico in adherence to the Maison Francis Kurkdjian visual standards. The Assistant Manager, Visual Merchandising will support the VM production of outposts, campaign or repush creative, and events (VIC, Press, KOL, Friends of the Maison, in-store experience). Ensure the visual standards of Maison Francis Kurkdjian are exemplified through planning and production results, while working closely with Production Vendors, Retailer partners, Manager Visual Merchandising, and Visual Team  Assistant Manager, Visual Merchandising reports directly to the Manager, Visual Merchandising.

• Support the Manager, Visual Merchandising in the creation of the design layout, formal proposal presentations, and VM production for Events, VIC, KOL, and in-store experiences.
• Support the Manager, Visual Merchandising on reviewing production material and prototypes with Vendors as needed for campaigns, repushes, pop-ups, outposts, and window production.
• Support and partner with Sales team, Marketing team, Events and Training team on singular and small scaled visual merchandising requests, while working closely with Manager, Visual Merchandising, HQ, production teams, and retailers.
• Support and partner with Operations Manager, Store Design and Visual Merchandising on POSM forecasting for future campaigns, re-pushes, new store openings.
• Support and partner with production vendors on VM tool forecasting and ordering for future campaigns, re-pushes, new store openings, and semi-customization.
• Ability to create VM distribution lists per campaign or repush for US, Canada, and Mexico.
• Support Manager, Visual Merchandising on design process to make sure the projects deliver on time, on budget and results are qualitatively.
• Ability to create visual presentations recapping projects for HQ, North America team, and retailers.
• Ability to create visual merchandising design proposal presentations for HQ, North America team, and retailers to support the Manager, Visual Merchandising .
• Ability to create and adapt visual merchandising schematic designs to the US, Canada, and Mexico market needs, using Adobe Suite software skills.
• Ability to create and layout VM schematics for new store openings and semi-customization locations, using sketchup software skills.
• Partner with Manager, Visual Merchandising on travel schedule to support production prototypes with vendors, business needs or production installations as needed.
• Self-manage travel expenses and travel budgets.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed, average of 20% quarterly.

• 6 - 7 years of experience in Visual Merchandising, preferably with a background in design production, planning and implementation.
• Exceptional visual standards and the ability to execute the Maison Francis Kurkdjian visual direction.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills both verbal and written.
• Solution-oriented and high sense of ownership.
• Ability to oversee and follow through on…