Visual Associate Job Description
Visual associate
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Visual Associate Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Preparing and presenting multiple options for solving the problems
Help design marketing and promotional materials including but not limited to email campaigns or off-site banners, maintaining high productivity, quality standards and meeting turnaround time targets
Propose user-centered designs by integrating style guides, creativity, customer feedback, site metrics, and usability findings
Work with a multi-disciplinary team to contribute to evaluate the feasibility of proposed solutions
Propose and maintain detailed templates and specifications for all use cases
Work closely with Art Directors, photographers, copywriters and site merchandisers to help ensure quality control
Exhibit an ability to follow creative lead as expected, and also contribute to push the creative envelope in a constructive, memorable way with the customer in mind
Act as a Subject Matter Expert for visual design for design categories, helping resolve customer queries, troubleshooting when needed, training and mentoring new employees
Ensures design solutions meet best practices, including accessibility, internationalization and corporate standards
Works collaboratively with business stakeholders and the user experience designers to ensure visual designs satisfy market and customer expectations
Visual Associate Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Visual Associate
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: DMC, CTS, AVIXA, ICIA
Education for Visual Associate
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the visual associate job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in General Education, Art, Graphic Design, Architecture, Business, Interior Design, Fashion Merchandising, Marketing, Design, Fashion
Skills for Visual Associate
Desired skills for visual associate include:
Tools and measuring devices
Merchandise
Flower types
Cutting-edge fashion and understand fashion trends and how they pertain to merchandising the floor
Current fashion trends and styles
Adobe Photoshop
Barneys New York stores and an understanding of our vendors are
Colors
Floor sets
Latest trends
Desired experience for visual associate includes:
Must have at least 3-5 years of retail management experience in Visual Merchandising, Graphic Design or related work experience
Working knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite, Sketch Up, Microsoft Word, Excel and Microsoft Outlook
Must have excellent sketching and drawing abilities
Must be detail-oriented, meet deadlines consistently and communicate effectively (written and verbal)
Must be willing and able to perform physical activity that may include climbing a ladder, kneeling and reaching on a frequent basis
Excellent collaboration skills + experience
Visual Associate Examples
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Visual Associate Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of visual associate. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for visual associate
- Maintains project files
- Shares in the creation, maintenance, and implementation of visual design standards and guidelines
- Gains appropriate levels of proficiency with industry standard software and design tools to support visual design activities
- Stays abreast of visual design trends and technological advancements in the industry
- Creating usable assets and execute designs to client specifications
- Working with Launch Coordinator, Engineers and QA to deliver comps and coordinate client approvals, review final product and making modifications as necessary while meeting project deadlines
- Supporting the production design process and identifying opportunities to improve that process
- Supporting other mobile teams with asset production and visual design updates when time permits
- Developing and executing design solutions that meet specifications
- Adhering to deadlines and properly managing time over multiple assignments
Qualifications for visual associate
- Ability to work in the Mock Store floor for extended periods of time (up to 60% of shift)
- Ability to lift objects weighing 50 pounds
- Ability to operate normal office equipment
- 5+ years of related visual or merchandising experience required
- Ability to work a flexible schedule that meets the business needs, including evenings, night shifts and weekends in line with product campaign changes
- Experience working with audio and video conferencing equipment such as telephones, microphones, projection systems
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Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a visual associate. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for visual associate
- Train and mentor the Gallery team on floor sets, quality and visual standards, signage and graphics updates, gallery maintenance, recovery and cleanliness
- Being a great team player, preferably experienced working with agile teams
- Providing design support during project execution and helping with Visual QA to ensure design is implemented accurately and with the highest standard
- Helping create and maintain visual elements, icons, illustrations and pattern libraries
- Participating in internal reviews to obtain feedback to hone designs
- Collaborate with design, product, and engineering team to develop UI design approaches that meet business goals and satisfy user experience needs
- Create sketches and prototypes to communicate design concepts to the extended team
- Create style guides and pixel-perfect specifications to ensure cross-product design consistency
- Builds strong relationships with cross functional partners and works with Merchants, Planning and Allocation, and Marketing teams to intimately understand merchandising and marketing strategies
- Leads the monthly floor set production, working closely with senior management to creatively mock up Missy, Petite and Accessories presentation in the Visual studio
Qualifications for visual associate
- Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet the needs of the business may require weekends and evening shifts.Overnightsmay be required
- Ability to stand for long periods of time, bend, stretch, engage in repetitive motions, push, pull and carry items (mannequins, clothing, torsos)
- Must have an Associate or Bachelor’s degree in visual design, graphic design, fashion design or related discipline is preferred
- Must have at least 3 years of experience as a Visual Designer or a similar role
- Must be proficient in utilizing MAC Systems platforms specifically Adobe Creative Suite programs and open to learn new programs and systems
- Experience with Sketch-Up Pro
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Visual Associate Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of visual associate. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for visual associate
- Heavily participates in walk through presentation in the mock studio for seasonal store sets
- Works directly with senior management in assisting/performing styling and merchandising tasks in creating the brand room presentation for CEO walk through
- Drafts weekly direction for visual merchandising updates and in-store marketing to the field
- Will competitive shop to ensure current best ideas are explored and innovative and exciting new ideas surfaced
- Prepares and conducts Visual Training Workshops with District Managers, partnering with Manager
- Attends new store openings and/or store visits to validate corporate direction, check for learning and elevate presentation (schedule permitting)
- Collaborates with Store Communications and Purchasing on communication to the field regarding the rollout of new fixture programs
- Works closely with Graphic Designer in developing store set document from beginning to end
- Maintains database of calendars and distros
- Exhibit an ability to follow creative lead as expected, and you will also contribute to push the creative envelope in a constructive, memorable way with the customer in mind
Qualifications for visual associate
- Must be able to prioritize work and complete projects with a sense of urgency
- Must be a self-starter and team player willing to contribute to a fast paced, dynamic and creative environment
- Must have flexible schedule to fit business needs
- Candidate must have installation experience
- Candidate must have transportation (will be required to visit stores and transport props/printed assets)
- Must be open to feedback, changes and open to being challenged on a daily basis, collaboration and partnership is a necessity
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Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking for a visual associate. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for visual associate
- Create compelling visual merchandising solutions that meet store positioning and program strategies
- Ensure visual merchandising solutions align with and effectively convey the theme for each retail window
- Ensure consistent execution across multiple fixture platforms, store sizes and store layouts
- Emphasize shoppability and incremental sales
- Unite and inspire designers, creating world-class work
- Consistently create and elevate brilliant design thinking in our studio and beyond
- Collaborate on products and services that build the business and change the way our clients think about design
- Follow seasonal installation guidelines set forth by the Visual Manager and visual team
- Execute all aspects of pre preparation of propping, assisting on installation, presentation, lettering, and signage on the sales floor
- Assist in the gifting process as it applies to preparing boxes and customer wrapping
Qualifications for visual associate
- Ensure high quality floor maintenance
- Study and plan visual and fashion merchandising concepts
- Offer suggestions, information and training for visual display strategies and techniques
- Coordinate and discuss plans for setting visual displays with the Store Management Team
- Prepare short term plans to reach store objectives, goals, and contribute to team efforts
- 1-2 years applicable retail work experience
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a visual associate. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for visual associate
- Apply pixel-perfect attention to detail
- Accurately produce production-ready assets for development and engineering teams
- Support the Product Managers with application submission assets
- Visual Execution
- Create compelling seasonal In-Store and Window presentations to ensuring the brand is relevant in the competitive landscape and continues to push the brand forward
- Utilize knowledge of current trends and in the market place and future runway trends regarding styling and merchandising techniques
- Lead various leadership through store sets communicating key ideas and merchandising decisions with confidence and ease
- Ensure all marketing elements are accurate and placed in store set meeting studio timelines
- Collaborate with cross-functional partners in ensuring accurate seasonal assortments and on time sample availability based on studio timelines
- Manage all studio sample processes including stockroom management, sample organization and set preparation, organization, lighting and a clean workspace
Qualifications for visual associate
- Proven ability to adapt and implement changes required in a fast paced retail
- Plan and study concepts for visual display
- Provide information and maintain communication
- Prepare short term plans to reach objectives and contribute to team efforts
- Proven ability to adapt and implement changes required in a fast paced retail environment
- A minimum of two years’ experience in web design or software visual design