Country Road Group is embarking on a transformation to position itself for growth, leveraging its scale, capabilities and culture as a House of Brands. This involves investing in new and existing capabilities, resulting in exciting opportunities.
The Witchery VM Creative Specialist plays a key role in developing and executing monthly visual merchandising guidelines to bring the brand's vision to life in-store. This includes designing all creative elements for windows, in-store activations and key retail moments, such as props, installations and fixtures. The specialist defines technical specifications, including materials, dimensions and colours, for all design elements, ensuring consistency and quality.
This role also creates floor layouts and styling guidelines for new collections and product refreshes, provides feedback on department-specific fixtures, and produces comprehensive guidebooks to ensure seamless execution by store teams.
Key Accountabilities
* Supports the VM Head/Manager in developing, writing and administering monthly visual merchandising guidelines.
* Leverages the VM strategy and marketing brief to design creative elements, including props, installations and fixtures for key retail moments.
* Defines technical specifications (materials, dimensions, colours) for all props and fixtures.
* Designs proposed floor layouts and styling guidelines for new collections and product refreshes.
* Designs all creative for windows and in-store activations.
* Creates detailed guidebooks for store teams to implement new collections, campaigns and refreshes.
Key Capabilities
* Bachelor's degree in Visual Merchandising, Design, Fine Arts or a related field.
* Experience in visual merchandising, retail design or a similar creative role within a retail environment.
* Proven experience designing and executing in-store displays, window displays and product presentations.
* Strong understanding and appreciation for the brand, its aesthetic and target customer.
* Proficiency in design software and 3D design tools.
* Strong understanding of materials, dimensions and colour theory for props and fixtures.
* Knowledge of retail fixture design, window dressing and in-store display techniques.
Why work for CRG?
The Country Road Group is one of Australasia's largest Lifestyle Brand Houses, comprising iconic brands such as Country Road, POLITIX, Trenery, Witchery and MIMCO. We offer:
* Generous employee discounts across our House of Brands.
* Seasonal clothing allowance.
* An additional day of leave for your birthday.
* An industry-leading Parental Leave Program.
* Flexible working arrangements to support work/life balance.
* Annual learning calendar to support ongoing development.
* Support community partnerships through our Corporate Social Responsibility Program.
* We are committed to operating ethically, sustainably and responsibly.
Witchery is an aspirational Australian women's fashion brand that unites a love of design with a contemporary view on sophisticated style. We empower today's women to express themselves through our collections, wherever their life or ambition may take them. Ahead of the fashion curve, we design a curated wardrobe for all occasions. We are the Style Authority. We are Witchery.