Freelance 3D Visual Merchandising & Retail Designer, Strategy & Design

At Front Row, we partner with leading brands to accelerate their ecommerce growth. We leverage our capabilities and proprietary technology to design, market, distribute and accelerate brands on a global scale. We’re continually cultivating functional areas of expertise and retaining the highest caliber of talent — while sharing knowledge and data, creating efficiencies, and looking at every aspect of our client’s business from a 360 perspective. We work effectively to give every client the hands-on support, niche knowledge, and first-access they need to win in the world’s most competitive commerce markets and make each of our six capabilities the first to act on the next big things.

We live for the exchange of energy between brands and audiences, you should too, and we’ve made it our mission to expand every brand’s market share and heart share. Because we believe every transaction has the potential to be transformational.

We partner with visionary founders and teams to create category-defining brands. Our search for solutions goes beyond the obvious, and our diverse circle of creatives bring fresh, varied perspective to the art and science of branding — constantly pushing back to question, challenge, and clarify. Through emotional narratives, arresting brand identities, holistic design, and immersive retail environments, we affect the change we too want to see in the world.

We develop ongoing social content, email marketing, social and streaming ads, photography and video for everything from evergreen messages to product launches.

We lead with instinct. We validate with evidence. And we value add for everyone. 

Requirements

The freelance Visual Merchandising Designer will support the Design Director to execute the following:

• Concept, create and deliver strong design solutions to support in-store Visual Merchandising and Marketing initiatives such as fixture graphics, store signage, gondolas, end caps and display
• Collaborate in the development and execution for visual merchandising design and artwork for point-of-sale
• Create and own all guidelines for seasonal and core updates to communicate concepts effectively to the markets and cross functional teams
• Support creation of briefs and mock-ups for internal concept development and review
• Understand how to adapt designs across channels and various markets
• Partner with cross-functional teams for creation of channel and market specific graphics and copy/language
• Ability to comprehend and coordinate multiple projects simultaneously
• Support all project phases from ideation to in-store execution and post-roll-out support
• Present ideas and participate in key brainstorms/meetings

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of related experience in visual merchandising and store design
• Ability to effectively communicate ideas through 2D drawings and 3D renderings
• Proficient in Rhino & Keyshot 
• Proficient in visualization
• Proficient in Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign)
• Knowledge of in-store execution and creation of design turn over drawings
• Strong presentation skills, both written and verbal, to share and communicate strategy
• Excellent project management skills and ability to multi-task and meet deadlines
• Experience in Beauty VM and retail is preferred
• Experience with Sephora and/ or Ulta VM design is preferred
• Knowledgeable in working with high-quality materials, finishes, furniture & fixtures to maintain the luxury image of brands

Benefits

• Be part of a highly skilled Design team, specialising in beauty health and wellness
• Fast paced agency environment with lots of exciting brands and projects to work on

$300-500/day