Copenhagen, Denmark
Visual merchandiser
at Kvadrat
Kvadrat is seeking a visual merchandiser to join its team in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Kvadrat was established in Denmark in 1968 and has deep roots in Scandinavia´s design tradition. We hold a leading position in Europe’s high-quality contemporary textiles market. We supply architects, designers and private consumers across the world with textiles and textile-related products.
Kvadrat X is looking for a visual merchandiser to join the commercial team in Copenhagen.
About the job
The visual merchandiser plays a key role in ensuring a coherent brand experience across all sales channels of Kvadrat. The position is responsible for leading creative development for all visual merchandising and window related concepts across showrooms fairs, retail, wholesale, and parts of eccommerce.
Your main responsibilities will be to:
- lead design concepts for all VM and windows based on the commercial calendar
- manage direct discussions with store managers and other stakeholders across the business
- set clear and aspirational guidelines for windows and in-store for all showrooms, retail units as well as key partners within wholesale and eccommerce
- set visual merchandising guidelines for all seasonal showrooms
- regularly travel and secure an on-brand experience in Kvadrat showrooms
- build close relationships with marketing and commercial teams to ensure smooth running and execution of all projects
- review and access budgets with commercial director on a monthly basis to ensure we remain in line with cost projections
- research new, innovative ideas for a modern in-store experience
- support with event design layouts
- be responsible for prop maintenance and inventories
Competencies and qualifications
You have a collaborative work spirit, balancing creativity with commercial awareness. Great eye for detail and are able to work under pressure within budget and short timelines.
Your communication and presentation skills are excellent, and you can visually and graphically present ideas and directions.
As a person you are confident, independent, proactive, and positive forward thinking.
You have a strong awareness of trends and the ability to produce innovative, on brand research.
This job requires a lot of travelling in Europe, USA and Asia.
Application
If you have any questions about the position, please contact Stine Weinkouff, director Kvadrat X, at [email protected]. Send your application through the application form below.
We are Kvadrat
Our products reflect our commitment to colour, quality, simplicity, innovation and design. Kvadrat fabrics have been used in some of the world’s most intriguing architectural developments such as the Gherkin, London; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles; Oslo Opera House, Norway; Reichstag, Berlin; Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao; Copenhagen Opera House, Denmark and Guangzhou Opera House, China.
At Kvadrat, we consistently push the aesthetic, technological and functional properties of textiles. In doing so, we collaborate with leading designers, architects and artists, including; David Adjaye, Miriam Bäckström, Tord Boontje, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Thomas Demand, Olafur Eliasson, Alfredo Häberli, Giulio Ridolfo, Peter Saville, Finn Sködt, Roman Signer, as well as Patricia Urquiola.
We try to set up as few rules as possible. In return, we expect each person to always act in accordance with our basic values, and in doing so, to be quality driven in all decisions and actions, to act according to our mindset of ‘strong teams – one company’, to be passionate about your daily tasks at the job and the design culture that we are an integrated part of, to stay open-minded towards clients and colleagues, and to be honest in communication and treat others with respect.
Application closing date: 24 June 2022