Store Concept Designer, Brands

Location: Greater London

**** Expected salary**** - Salary up to £50,000 depending on experience.

- **** Hours and location of the role:***
* * 35 hours per week  
* Your home location will be our London Pimlico Head Office  
* The Partnership has adopted a hybrid working approach meaning you'll be able to work a mixture between the office and home based upon your personal needs whilst balancing the needs of the business. The team attends the office 3 days a week. Monday and Tuesday are core days, with the 3rd day being flexible across Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. The third day is also often used to visit branches or suppliers.
* Create and develop design concept solutions to meet design  and commercial briefs
* Help define the John Lewis look and feel, delivering a consistent approach to the store environment  , Brand look & feel  and customer areas
* Contribute to and maintain a thorough understanding of store design planning principles, the overall look and feel of John Lewis, shop fit, equipment and related capital and operational costs
* Has the skill, ability and knowledge to take a concept from idea through to store planning and implementation, including acting on stakeholder feedback, reviewing prototypes and taking it through our internal processes for approvals
* Design with cost in mind, working with our supply chain to develop the most affordable, effective materials and construction method
* Maintain excellent working relationships with all cross functional work streams and third party agencies
* Provide clear planning guidelines for new design solutions and end users in the branch
* Ensure all design solutions are in line with John Lewis brand guidelines and sustainability targets
* Set and manage; clear brief, timelines, risks, issues and for all projects
* All department store shop fit and equipment design changes are clearly tracked and communicated
* Coordinate with Store  Designers and other teams in a timely manner in-line with agreed internal and cross functional processes
* Ensure due diligence on all elements of the process and work is effectively developed, documented, managed and delivered for all design solutions
* Ensure all Health & Safety and DDA requirements are met and the approval level of due diligence has been completed
* Experience working with brands and their designs
* Understanding commercial and customer needs to design world class retail
* Ability to develop a concept from idea thought to delivery
* Expert in 3D design, retail design, FF&E design
* Ability to create concept sketches, visuals and mood boards
* Stakeholder management
* Designing to a budget
* Ability to work on a number of projects at once
* Work and deliver to challenging timelines set by the business
* Translating Brand strategy and Customer insight in to the designs
* Understanding how Retail operations affect the designs from operations and running costs
* Strong presentation skills, able to present confidently to senior stakeholders
* Experience working with brands and their designs
* Proven experience with 3D design skills with understanding of materials and construction
* Working experience of AutoCAD, In-design, Sketch up & Photo shop
* Proven experience of working within in-house design teams or design agencies
* BA Hons in 3D Design or similar (eg Interior Architecture, Retail design, Product design etc)
* Experience of working with and managing 3rd party resource (e.g. architects and shopfitters)
* Experience of managing a wide range of projects simultaneously
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