Area Visual Merchandiser - North West

Job Title: Area Visual Merchandiser

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: North West, ideally located within Manchester area due to geographic location of majority of visits.

Base Salary: Competitive

Annual Bonus: 10% bonus, paid quarterly

Annual Travel Allowance: £5,400 per annum, £450 monthly.

Infinite have the privilege of recruiting for a global sports and lifestyle brand.

As a Visual Merchandising expert you will be responsible for the execution of seasonal and campaign guidance across all retailers within your territory. Across the assigned stores, you will take accountability for branded spaces in our client’s portfolio, driving the performance and commercial gains whilst successfully reporting back your impacts and findings. The right candidate would maintain strong partnerships with retailers in order to have a deeper understanding of the store’s needs, enabling the opportunity to influence creative decision making that impacts brand visibility throughout the store.

• Regular documented feedback and imagery of in‑store VM achievements to project management team via in‑house reporting tool and Microsoft Teams.
• Build strong relationships with retail management and in‑store colleagues to cascade information given by project management through 1:1 coaching and regular store walk‑throughs.
• Participate in team meetings and conference calls to understand client briefs and give detailed store escalations to project management.
• Capture shop floor insight in a concise, realistic and timely manner hitting reporting deadlines and expectations.

• Drive layout decisions in store, liaising with in‑store point of contact, utilising directives and retailer stock availability.
• Take ownership of VM standards providing an on‑brand shopping experience to all consumers.
• As a VM for our client you will be responsible for creating impactful Shop‑In‑Shop consumer experiences emphasizing category presentation.
• Implement flawless execution of Marketing activities aligned with clients asks.

• Attend VM team meetings and any additional product training sessions.
• Involvement in development opportunities as requested by Project Management.
• Quarterly showroom set‑up support if requested.
• Participation in adhoc projects; new store openings and resets across all concept stores.

• Basic hours to be completed between Monday to Friday, 5 days per week; there may be a need for occasional weekend and evening work, based on client needs and activations.
• Hours to be flexible in‑line with campaign launches, planned layout changes and out‑of‑store opportunities.

• Infinite Project Management Team
• Infinite Client
• VM peers
• Retailers including management & in‑store advisors

• High IT skills across the Microsoft suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Fluent in English.
• Good numeracy, literacy, verbal and written communication skills.
• Geographical mobility across the territory (Manchester, M62 to York, Sheffield).

• 2‑year dedicated VM regional experience (ideally in apparel).

• Commercial return.
• In‑store standards & compliance.
• Key relationships.
• Ambassador for VM, advocating the department across all retailers.