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Visual Merchandising & Trade Marketing Manager

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Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Visual Merchandising

  • Own the visual merchandising strategy across all offline touchpoints
  • Design and execute VM guidelines that balance brand expression with retail practicality
  • Create layouts for displays, fixtures, shelves, windows, kiosks, and pop-ups
  • Ensure consistent brand representation across formats, cities, and partners
  • Collaborate with designers on POS assets, signage, and in-store communication
  • Regularly audit stores and retail partners to maintain VM standards

Trade Marketing

  • Plan and execute trade marketing initiatives to support launches, campaigns, and seasonal moments
  • Develop in-store marketing assets including danglers, shelf talkers, standees, testers, and demo tools
  • Work with sales teams to align trade plans with business goals
  • Support retail partners with toolkits, training material, and sell-in stories
  • Coordinate execution timelines with vendors, printers, and logistics teams

Retail Experience & Performance

  • Design retail journeys that educate, reassure, and convert customers
  • Think deeply about shopper behaviour, dwell time, and decision-making at the shelf
  • Track the effectiveness of VM and trade initiatives using qualitative and quantitative feedback
  • Continuously optimise layouts and assets based on performance insights

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Work closely with brand, content, product, and sales teams
  • Translate campaign narratives into strong retail expressions
  • Act as the bridge between creative intent and commercial execution

What We're Looking For

  • 47 years of experience in visual merchandising, trade marketing, retail marketing, or a blended role
  • Strong aesthetic sensibility with a clear understanding of brand storytelling
  • Practical experience working with physical retail formats (multi-brand, D2C stores, pop-ups, kiosks, exhibitions)
  • Ability to think creatively and operationally
  • Comfortable working with vendors, printers, fabricators, and retail partners
  • Strong project management skills and attention to detail
  • A balance of intuition and data-led decision-making

Nice to Have

  • Experience in lifestyle, fashion, wellness, FMCG, or consumer brands
  • Exposure to both D2C and general trade / modern trade environments
  • Ability to create simple mock-ups, layouts, or briefs for designers

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Job ID: 141648595