Visual Merchandiser

Opera Trading Co. is one of the most prominent and leading luxury fashion retail companies in the UAE, with over 25 years of excellence in delivering shopping experiences. As part of the Opera Trading family, you will become our brand ambassador, representing what we stand for.

The Visual Merchandiser position is for our stores, VAO and Opera Shoes. Our stores are home to some of the world's most renowned brands like Christian Dior, Valentino, Givenchy, Christian Louboutin, Fendi, Chlo, Fornasetti, Frederic Malle and many others.

What will you be doing

The candidate for this position must consider being based mainly at the VAO concept store at City Walk in Dubai.

You will be responsible for creating a visually pleasing environment within our retail stores to provide customers with a unique shopping experience. You also need to create eye-catching and attractive windows to drive customer traffic into the shop.

Using your previous knowledge and skills, you will need to come up with creative methods of displaying the merchandise to ensure maximum sales per square meter. The display must be attractive, innovative, and most importantly consistent with the image of the store and depicting the right message.

You will also be responsible for maintaining the VM on a daily basis and all relevant activities. You will ensure the shop windows are always according to the brand and company guidelines, create, update, and maintain the standard operating procedures, train the sales staff, and support other operational activities on the shop floor.

Furthermore, you will be responsible for partaking in different store-related activities like team building, replenishment, inventory management, and others.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the shop floor is always in line with brand and company guidelines
• Conduct VM training and set guidelines
• Manage shop windows on a biweekly basis
• Create a visually pleasing environment to enhance customer experience
• Support in styling mannequins on the shop floor and windows
• Support in curation of special window ideas and themes for certain occasions/holidays
• Create, update, and maintain standard operating procedures for VM on the floor
• Overlook the training of staff on VM and replenishment guidelines

Qualifications

• Strong and rich previous experience in Visual Merchandising within Fashion and Luxury (+3 years experience or more)
• Deep knowledge of fashion trends and styling
• Strong product knowledge
• Good Customer Relationship Skills
• Creative and innovative
• Knowledge in Illustrator and Photoshop are a plus