Online Visual Merchandiser - Home Living
The Very Group, United Kingdom
Job Description
I have a fantastic role available for an Online Visual Merchandiser working on our Home amp; Living category. This will be a 12 month Fixed Term Contract with a start date in August 2021.
About the role.
The role of the Home amp; Leisure Visual Merchandiser is to create engaging stories with which to inspire our customers to make online purchases. This is done through several channels our Website, Social Media, Email, Brochures and TV adverts. You will really get the opportunity to bring our Garden, Interior, Sports (to name a few) products to life working in our Product Studio, The Lightbox. Whilst you won't physically handle the product, you will be accountable for choosing which products work and our creative team will do the set design and photography.
To be considered for this role, applicants will need to have worked in ONLINE VISUAL MERCHANDISING and ideally within HOME INTERIORS.
Key Responsibilities:
- Liaising and working with several teams such as Buying, Design, Marketing, social teams and PR
- Conducting research on current or future trends in design and lifestyle to create competitive ‘stories’
- Maintaining and working within a budget
- Meeting with key stakeholders to discuss brief requirements and strategies
- Using artistic skills or computer aided programmes to create visuals and plans
- Seeking feedback from colleagues on completed tasks and working practices
- Carrying out ‘comp (comparison) shops’ to maintain awareness of other retailers visual merchandising concepts
Our benefits.
- 250.00 flexible benefits allowance
- 27 days holiday + bank holidays + option to buy or sell 5
- Onsite gym with over 25 classes
- 25% discount on our Very.co.uk clothing and footwear, 15% off home and electricals
- Health and wellbeing agenda
- Private pension matched at 6%
- Bonus potential (performance and business related)
- On-site discounted restaurant and coffee houses
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free on-site parking *Subject to availability and postcode eligibility
- Flexible working options
How to apply.
These are fantastic opportunities for someone who is passionate about Home Interiors looking for their next career move. If you're interested to find out more, please contact Kieran Grundy in the talent acquisition team at The Very Group or apply online.
Please note that the talent acquisition team are managing this vacancy directly, and if successful in securing this role, you may be required to undertake a credit, CIFAS and CRB check.
If you’re a current employee of The Very Group, please apply via Talent Online as an internal applicant.
We're an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
About us.
Hey, we’re The Very Group. Home of Very.co.uk, Littlewoods.com, and a team of 4,500 super-talented people.
We’ve been reinventing shopping experiences for over a century. Technology has played a huge part in that, helping us transition from catalogues’ to pureplay online retail, but we’re not the finished article.
As the UK's largest integrated online retailer and financial services provider, we have a pretty unique position across three huge industries (tech, credit, retail) and our ambition is bold, to build the number one shopping destination for shoppers who value credit anywhere online.
But we believe with our passion and track record for reinvention, we can improve how the world pays and shops for the things they love.
Want to join the reinvention? Apply now.
Requirements
Potential candidates should ensure they understand the difference between online visual merchandising and shop floor visual merchandising. As we are an online retailer, we are not ‘hands on’ and very rarely handle physical product - most of our role is done via computer.
Key skills we are looking for:
- Great communication and negotiation skills
- The ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Basic computer skills
- A degree or a higher standard of education
- Creative flair and imagination
- Ability to work with constructive criticism
Necessary Requirements:
- A home interiors based background either in design, styling or VM.
- Demonstrable visual design skills with a strong retail VM portfolio
- Knowledge of current visual merchandising trends and best practices.
- Maintaining and working to a budget
- A clear understanding of retail trends and seasonality.
- Creative and innovative