Design Manager, Visual Merchandising and Experiential Design - IC Extend

Job description

Industrial Color is looking for a highly creative and skilled Design Manager, Visual Merchandising and Experiential Design, to play a pivotal role in translating brand narratives into compelling physical retail experiences and innovative pop-ups and events activations for our luxury beauty client. This role will primarily support the Visual Merchandising and Experiential Design teams by developing ideas for all merchandising expressions, creating conceptual mockups, detailed renders, and preparing presentations. The Design Manager will act as a crucial liaison between creative strategy and the development and cascade of directives and guidelines to markets, ensuring seamless alignment with marketing messaging and successful adaptation of guidelines with regional teams. This role operates in a hybrid model with several days per week spent onsite at our client in Midtown Manhattan. Key Responsibilities: - Concept Development & Visualization: Contribute to the ideation and development of innovative visual merchandising concepts and experiential design strategies that elevate brand presence and drive consumer engagement across various retail touchpoints. - Creative Execution & Prototyp...