Senior Design Manager, Visual Merchandising & Store Design

$95,000 - $105,000/Yr

Hourglass Cosmetics - Central LA, CA

Full-time - Senior

Central LA, CA

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

About the position

The Senior Design Manager, Visual Merchandising & Store Design at Hourglass Cosmetics is responsible for the design development, management, and global execution of in-store architecture and visual merchandising displays across various retail formats. This role involves collaborating with the Design Director and regional partners to ensure that store designs and merchandising initiatives align with the Hourglass aesthetic and are executed on time and within budget. The position plays a critical role in new store design projects and the establishment of global design guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for conceptual design, development, project reviews, quality and design control, scheduling and project reporting.
• Manage requests for new store design projects, pop ups, events, and specialty merchandising initiatives.
• Review project briefs to ensure retailer guidelines, budgets, and commercial objectives are clear.
• Create 3D renderings of store design proposals for review and approval with Design Director VM/SD.
• Collaborate closely with Design Director VM/SD on new, strategic store design and merchandising initiatives.
• Develop design turnover drawings and communicate design intent to regional partners and external vendors.
• Review vendor technical drawings, construction documents, and manage the prototype approval process for final production sign-off.
• Own the review and approval process for projects designed locally by regions and external partners.
• Ensure visual lightbox requirements and artwork submission dates for new store openings are clearly communicated for on-time delivery.
• Work closely with regional partners and vendors to value engineer designs when needed.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years experience in architectural Store Design and Visual Merchandising-related field (Beauty Industry a plus).
• Proven experience managing the design development, review, approval and execution process with internal and external stakeholders and industry trades.
• Familiarity with redlining vendor technical drawings, DD sets, fixture contractor millwork drawings and construction document sets.
• Proven experience designing within planned budgets and developing value engineered solutions.
• Proficient in Microsoft, Sketchup, Photoshop, Powerpoint, Excel and Smartsheet.
• Proficient in 3D rendering program (V-Ray, Keyshot, Enscape, etc).
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail.

Nice-to-haves

• Prestige/luxury brand experience a plus.

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Family leave
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid holidays
• Retirement plan