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Position Objective:

The Area Visual Merchandiser (VM) is responsible for leading the visual merchandising strategy across a large area/region/country of stores, ensuring that the visual presentation aligns with the brand identity and enhances the overall shopping experience. The role focuses on guiding and mentoring Senior VMs and VMs, ensuring consistent execution of brand strategy, conducting market research, and staying up-to-date on industry trends to drive visual innovation. The Area VM is also responsible for collaborating cross-functionally to optimize visual merchandising for commercial impact

Key Responsibility:

Brand Image & Visual Merchandising Execution:

• Lead and guide Senior Visual Merchandisers and Visual Merchandisers in multiple stores, ensuring the execution of high-quality visual merchandising aligned with the brand’s image and commercial goals.
• Strategize and oversee the design, planning, and execution of window displays, in-store layouts, and promotional setups, ensuring consistent visual standards across all locations.
• Conduct regular team meetings to communicate objectives, share market insights, provide creative direction, and address challenges.
• Ensure visual consistency across stores by regularly reviewing visual displays, layouts, and product placement.
• Develop and adjust floor plans and product zoning based on sales trends, customer behavior, and market insights to enhance customer engagement and sales.
• Monitor the performance of visual strategies in collaboration with in-store teams, adjusting displays as necessary to maximize commercial opportunities.

Collaboration & Strategic Alignment:

• Collaborate closely with the operations, buying, and brand management teams to align visual merchandising strategies with inventory levels, promotional activities, and sales targets.
• Support marketing initiatives by ensuring that visual merchandising aligns with campaigns, seasonal launches, and brand communication efforts.
• Provide strategic insights through ongoing market research, competitor analysis, and customer lifestyle studies to inform visual strategies.
• Lead pre-opening activities for new stores, ensuring brand standards are maintained and visual displays are optimized for launch.

Market Research and Innovation:

• Conduct market research and trend analysis to identify new opportunities for visual merchandising that align with the brand's identity and commercial goals.
• Benchmark against competitors and industry trends to drive innovation in store displays and layouts.
• Recommend adjustments to visual strategy based on consumer insights, shopping behaviors, and market shifts.

Budgeting & Reporting:

• Manage and track the visual merchandising budget for your area, ensuring cost-effective execution while maintaining high standards.
• Provide regular reports on the effectiveness of visual merchandising activities and recommend areas for improvement.

Training & Development:

• Mentor and develop Senior Visual Merchandisers and Visual Merchandisers, providing ongoing training and feedback on display techniques, brand guidelines, and market trends.
• Establish best practices for visual merchandising execution, ensuring that junior team members adhere to high standards and that knowledge sharing is encouraged across stores.

Other Responsibilities:

• Visit stores regularly to assess visual merchandising performance, provide guidance, and ensure that all stores maintain brand standards.
• Gather and analyze feedback from store teams, customers, and sales performance data to continuously improve visual merchandising strategies

Desired Experience:

The ideal candidate should have 7-10 years of experience in visual merchandising, with at least 3 years in a leadership role overseeing large areas or regions. Strong skills in managing multiple stores, mentoring visual merchandising teams, and aligning visual strategies with commercial objectives are crucial. Experience in market research and the ability to innovate visual solutions based on trends and customer insights are essential.

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Your role will be to deliver and maintain exemplary standards of visual merchandising including promotion, recommendations and implementation.

You will work with the Store Managers and their teams to lay out effective store and window displays within the company and brand guidelines.

Qualifications & Requirements:

You will have/be:

- At least 2 years' retail visual merchandising experience.

- Good planning and organisational skills.

- The ability to apply sound brand principles to projects and campaigns.

- Qualifications in Visual Merchandising or Art & Design are an advantage.

Advertised: 01 Oct 2025 Arabian Standard Time
Applications close: 31 Mar 2026 Arabian Standard Time

Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al‑Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions; automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, Al‑Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands. Al‑Futtaim Group’s entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enables the organisation to continue to grow and expand; responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.

A Senior Visual Merchandiser Display Stylist must stay informed about all aspects of popular culture and creativity to bring a fresh perspective to a brand. They will be responsible for presenting products in a way that attracts customers and maximizes sales.

• Display the brand by seasonal trends and be able to mix and match outfits in window/ in-store as per the Company’s brand standard.

• Display window and in-store mannequins/torsos to promote the brand styling and implementation standard
• Display window and in-store mannequins/torsos to promote a specific product or top seller promotion.
• Coaching store people/ Visual Merchandisers on how products should be displayed on mannequins/ torsos in windows/ in-store.

• Drawing designs and plans by hand or computer
• Deciding how to use space and lighting creatively
• Creating visual merchandising packs to send to each market/store
• Setting up displays, and graphics, arranging action areas and implementing posters in window/indoor

• New store openings, the Job holder will be responsible for physically being involved in the placement of graphics and Visual Merchandising displays.

• Advanced knowledge of PowerPoint, Photoshop, and Illustrator for computer‑aided design work.
• Innovative - Generates suggestions for improving work
• Creativity and imagination
• A good sense of design, color, style and fashion
• Practical skills, such as carpentry and needlework, etc.

University Degree graduatepreferably in Interior Design, Merchandising, or Fashion

Minimum three years of Visual Merchandising experience in the Retail Fashion business

Has experience in a Senior / Supervisory or Team Lead role.