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Macy's

Director, Division Visual - WA/OR/ID/MT

Tacoma, WA

$125K - $208K/yr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Job Overview The Division Director, Visual Merchandising, serves as the strategic partner to the Divisional VP and is responsible for driving customer experience, sales, and brand loyalty through the ...

Macy's

Director, Division Visual - WA/OR/ID/MT

Tacoma, WA · On-site

$125K - $208K/yr

  • Medical

  • Retirement

  • PTO

Job Overview The Division Director, Visual Merchandising, serves as the strategic partner to the Divisional VP and is responsible for driving customer experience, sales, and brand loyalty through the ...

Slumberland Furniture

VP, Merchandising

Oakdale, MN

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

  • PTO

The VP of Merchandising leads the merchandising strategy, product assortment, pricing, and ... Visual merchandising * Customer experience * Partner with Marketing and Sales to create a ...

Slumberland Furniture

VP, Merchandising

Oakdale, MN

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

  • PTO

The VP of Merchandising leads the merchandising strategy, product assortment, pricing, and ... Visual merchandising * Customer experience * Partner with Marketing and Sales to create a ...

Slumberland

VP, Merchandising

Oakdale, MN · On-site

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

  • PTO

The VP of Merchandising leads the merchandising strategy, product assortment, pricing, and ... Visual merchandising * Customer experience * Partner with Marketing and Sales to create a ...

TileBar

Retail Visual Project Manager

New York, NY · Hybrid

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Life

  • Retirement

  • PTO

This role reports directly to VP, Visual Merchandising and must work cross-functionally with Retail, Product Development, Marketing, Operations, and Sales, the Retail Visual Project Manager will ...

RadNet, Inc.

VP, Merchandising

Oakdale, MN · On-site

$180 - $280/hr

  • Medical

  • Dental

  • Vision

  • Retirement

  • PTO

The VP of Merchandising leads the merchandising strategy, product assortment, pricing, and ... Visual merchandising * Customer experience * Partner with Marketing and Sales to create a ...

Blu Dot

Visual Merchandising Manager

Minneapolis, MN · On-site

$100K - $120K/yr

Visual Merchandising ManagerREPORTS TO: VP, Assortment, Design & Visual Merchandising ABOUT US: Blu Dot (www.bludot.com), an award-winning designer and maker of modern home furnishings, is currently ...

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As of Aug 15, 2026, the average yearly pay for vice president visual merchandising in the United States is $157,532.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $115,000.00 and $190,000.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

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To thrive as a Vice President Visual Merchandising, you need extensive experience in retail merchandising, a strong portfolio of creative visual strategies, and a bachelor's or master's degree in design, marketing, or a related field. Familiarity with planogram software, retail analytics platforms, and design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite is highly valuable. Strong leadership, strategic thinking, and effective cross-functional communication are essential soft skills to stand out in this role. These capabilities are crucial for creating compelling in-store experiences, leading large teams, and driving sales through impactful visual storytelling.

What is a vice president visual merchandising?

A Vice President of Visual Merchandising is responsible for developing and executing the overall visual presentation strategy of a brand or retailer. They oversee store layouts, product displays, and seasonal merchandising plans to enhance customer experience and drive sales. This role involves collaboration with design, marketing, and retail teams to ensure brand consistency across all locations. Additionally, they analyze consumer trends and sales data to optimize merchandising strategies. Effective leadership and a strong creative vision are crucial for success in this role.

What are some typical challenges faced by a vice president visual merchandising, and how can these be addressed?

A Vice President of Visual Merchandising often faces challenges such as balancing brand consistency across multiple locations, adapting to rapid shifts in retail trends, and coordinating between merchandising, marketing, and store operations teams. Success in this role requires agility in responding to changing consumer preferences, strong project management skills, and the ability to lead and inspire creative teams under tight deadlines. Building strong relationships with other department heads and staying informed on industry innovations can help address these challenges. Embracing data-driven decision-making and fostering collaboration often leads to more cohesive and impactful visual merchandising strategies.

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Infographic showing various Vice President Visual Merchandising job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 69% Full Time, 25% Part Time, 1% Temporary, 3% Contract, and 1% Nights. Highlights an 93% Physical, 1% Hybrid, and 6% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $157,532 per year, or $75.7 per hour.

Vice President, Visual Merchandising & Store Design

Hourglass Cosmetics

West Hollywood, CA • On-site, Remote

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 23 days ago

Job description

HOURGLASS COSMETICS - Vice President, Visual Merchandising & Store Design (Hybrid Role)
Connected by creativity and driven by purpose. Hourglass Cosmetics is a vegan and cruelty-free beauty brand, redefining luxury cosmetics with high-performance products, innovative formulas, and award-winning franchises. Recognized by Forbes, Fast Company and Time Magazine as one of the most inventive beauty companies, Hourglass leads the industry with its breakthrough products and its commitment to animal welfare. Founded in 2004, Hourglass is globally available in 32 markets and over 4,600 doors including Sephora, Ulta, Neiman Marcus, Selfridges, Space NK and more. Hourglass became part of the Unilever Prestige division in 2017. Discover more about the Hourglass brand story and mission on our website hourglasscosmetics.com.
The Vice President, Visual Merchandising & Store Design will lead the global VMSD department, driving operational excellence, scalable growth, and best-in-class design across global retail channels. This leader will implement global design initiatives while owning and overseeing departmental processes, budgets, timelines, seasonal planning, vendor partnerships, and project execution. The VP will optimize the department's global operating model to enhance workflow efficiency, organizational effectiveness and increase speed-to-market while protecting the brand image, ensuring consistent execution of luxury brand standards. The VP will ensure VMSD designs are holistically aligned with overall brand image, creative and marketing strategies. In conjunction, the VP will oversee vendor partnership and expansion strategies across regions, drive value engineering, scalability and cost efficiencies to support Hourglass's growing global retail footprint. This role will collaborate closely with cross-functional and regional teams while building a high-performing VMSD department. The ideal candidate brings exceptional operational and people leadership while championing elevated global design and brand standards.
WHAT YOU DO:
  • Own and optimize the operating model for global VMSD department, driving process improvement, planning cadence and organizational discipline needed to support a rapidly growing global footprint across retail channels and project types.
  • Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team across VMSD functions including Operations, 2D and 3D design. Provide strategic direction, mentorship, and actionable feedback that elevates design, production, operational output and team performance.
  • Work closely with SVP, Global Brand Image, Store Design & Visual Merchandising to implement brand design initiatives, delivering innovative visual merchandising, architectural store design, and immersive consumer experiences across retail channels. Ensure every touchpoint reflects luxury brand standards while delivering best-in-class execution.
  • Lead global VMSD operational planning to support brand expansion, overseeing vendor partnerships, value engineering, and scale efficiencies for new door openings, retail expansions, gondolas, and architectural store environments across all channels.
  • Build strong partnerships with global cross functional partners and Regional teams. Drive continuous improvement of project management systems and ways of working between the global office and regional partners, scaling process to match the pace of global growth.
  • Continuously evaluate departmental workflows and cross-functional processes to identify opportunities for greater efficiency, drive operational excellence, and ensure clear accountability for roles, responsibilities, and deliverables.
  • Drive streamlined collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders and vendor partners to increase operational efficiency, accelerate execution, and deliver cost-effective solutions.
  • Effectively manage priorities, timelines, and stakeholder expectations across multiple concurrent initiatives.
  • Oversee the end-to-end process for global seasonal visual merchandising updates, new store openings and secondary merchandising exposures, including:
  • Cross-functional planning and alignment on global planogram updates by retailer.
  • Program and project management to ensure timelines, approvals and vendor delivery dates are clearly communicated and tracked, with proactive risk mitigation.
  • Vendor development, design-intent communication and execution oversight to ensure brand standards are met with best-in-class results.
  • Coordination of shipping, delivery and installation with retailers, vendors, regional brand partners and field teams.
  • Oversee VMSD departmental financial accountabilities, including strategic planning and management of the global departmental budget; ensure global budget is consistently tracked, projects meet planned budgets, proactively flag risk, and value-engineer with vendors and designers when needed. Ensure regular updates and monthly YTD reports are issued to senior leadership.
  • Meet regularly with commercial teams to understand project forecasts, proactively plan resources, workload and timelines, and establish and communicate priorities across the organization.
  • Stay current on industry trends, emerging technologies, and the competitive landscape to inform operational strategy and continuous improvement.

YOU'LL LOVE THIS JOB IF:
  • You are STRATEGIC: You can translate brand vision into scalable, well-governed global process and can zoom between big-picture strategy and operational detail.
  • You are a strong and confident COMMUNICATOR: You lead up, down and across the organization, and build trust with regional partners and vendors alike.
  • You are extremely ORGANIZED: You aren't overwhelmed by juggling multiple global projects, budgets and timelines at once.
  • You are DETAIL ORIENTED and extremely THOROUGH: You understand the importance of precise, accurate information at a global scale.
  • You are AGILE: You adapt well to changing needs and priorities and pivot easily to hit goals and deadlines.
  • You enjoy PROBLEM SOLVING and proactively bring "out of the box" solutions to achieve goals.
  • You are PASSIONATE about beauty: You are eager to learn and absorb all things related to beauty, brand and retail operations.

QUALIFICATIONS:
  • Minimum 12 years' experience in Visual Merchandising, Store Design or related retail operations field (Beauty Industry a plus), including experience leading teams and managing direct reports.
  • Proven experience leading global development, execution and post-market care processes for visual merchandising updates with a beauty or prestige retail brand; deep familiarity reading and managing planograms across retail channels.
  • Proven experience owning and managing a global departmental budget, including vendor negotiation and value engineering.
  • Proven success building, scaling and leading process improvement across a global organization.
  • Must be proficient in Microsoft Office, Sketchup, Photoshop, PowerPoint, Excel and Smartsheet.
  • Highly organized with strong attention to detail; adaptable, resourceful and forward-thinking.
  • Strong verbal and written communication abilities, with experience presenting to senior leadership.
  • Prestige/luxury brand experience strongly preferred.
  • Must be able to work from the Corporate Office at least 60% of the time.

The expected base salary range for this position is $200,000 to $225,000 per year. The exact base salary is determined by various factors including experience, skills, education, geographic location, and budget. This position is also eligible for participation in the company discretionary bonus plan, based on personal performance and company results.
In addition to base salary, Hourglass Cosmetics offers a competitive benefits package to eligible employees, including medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, life insurance, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, disability insurance, retirement savings plans and company match, paid family leave, education-related programs, paid holidays, discretionary vacation time, and more.
Hourglass is an organization committed to diversity and inclusion to drive its business results and to create a better future every day for its diverse employees, global consumers, partners and communities. If you are an individual with a disability and need accommodation in order to apply for a job listing, please contact us at 310-392-7799 or careers@hourglasscosmetics.com.
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