Store Design Manager, Creative Services
6-month contract
Fully Onsite
40-hours a week, M-F
• Reports to Sr. Director of Design and Creative Services. Supports Creative Services Team which is department under Store Development and responsibilities include:
Design
• Advocate for the design process and design innovation through strategic planning
• Has a strategic point of view on store design process and implementation. Adept and dynamic manager throughout all phases of a project.
• Manage of development for high profile cross brand projects through all phases from concept to construction
• Ability to propose design solutions and recommendations to resolve for project specific issues
• Foster relationships to drive design alignment with cross-functional partners and brand stakeholders
• Key collaborator integrating Design with internal (Architecture & Engineering, Construction, Technical Services), Brand partners and external consultants.
• Perform checks of assigned projects to ensure complete coordination and manifestation of brand specific design standards
Project Management
• Develop project schedules, identity key milestones, and action tracking for deliverables and approvals.
• Risk management of responsible for Creative Services scope, schedule and budget. Anticipate and proactively identify potential hurdles and drive toward solutions
• Organize and document Creative Services Department workload and workflow. Own intake of design requests and develop execution planning.
• Consultant and Vendor Management inclusive of sourcing, contracting and accounting functions
• Organize project meetings and structure to meet goals and milestones
• Own and facilitate Weekly Project Status Meetings
• Responsible for making decisions to resolve any issues, communicate out to key business partners and executive leadership when appropriate
• Manage Departmental Budget documentation and tracking
Qualifications:
• Excellent understanding of proportion and ability to translate ideas, forms, and functions into cohesive design concepts
• Skill to create, understand and translate three dimensional space concepts
• Excellent verbal and visual communication skills
• Ability to multi-task between different brands, scope and project types
• Minimum 5-7 years work experience in interior or architectural design; 2 years retail design preferred
• Minimum of 2 years experience in supervisory role
• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Industrial Design, Interior Design
• Travel as required
• Flexible to work with Business Partners in different time zones
• AutoCAD, 3D rendering, PhotoShop, Illustrator, or any graphic program preferred
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