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vineyard vines is a highly successful, privately held, American clothing and accessory retailer founded in 1998 on Martha’s Vineyard by brothers, Shep & Ian Murray. With Shep & Ian still at the helm today, vineyard vines has experienced exponential year over year growth and now operates over 120 retail locations including an outlet division, a successful e-commerce business, domestic distribution center, and expanding corporate headquarters. In addition, vineyard vines is carried in major department stores such as Nordstrom and Bloomingdales as well as numerous specialty boutiques across the US.

vineyard vines was founded on a state of mind thatEvery day should feel this good.

You don’t need to be on a beach, by the ocean or on vacation to haveEvery day should feel this goodmoments. It’s a state of mind that we all experience, and one where everyone is invited. At vineyard vines, we don’t just live an #EDSFTG life away from our desks—we bring it to work with us, too.

In our stores, at our Harbor Drive headquarters or working remotely, our company culture is fun, encouraging and welcoming to all. We work hard and play harder, and we never take ourselves too seriously. And while we have many company goals, our number one priority is making vineyard vines a great place to work for all employees.

Our team is our family, and we’d never have grown to where we are today without them. We’re committed to building an inclusive team across all channels, departments and stores within our community. We hope you’ll join us and see what the smiling pink whale is all about.

The Wholesale Visual Merchandising Manager is responsible for ensuring business initiatives and visual strategies are supported in all wholesale accounts. Wholesale Visual Merchandising should tie back to key buys and the experience in each account should represent current company initiatives and brand creative and standards.

• In partnership with the home office, travel to wholesale accounts and free-standing specialty stores in the covered territories to work directly with in-store managers, account managers and district managers
• Conduct regular walk- throughs, workshops and in person training
• Implementing VM strategies in partnership with VM Harbor Drive
• Facilitate weekly VM calls to support effective planning and cascade the communication of compass visual strategies in partnership with district managers across focused markets
• Assist stores in the planning of merchandising application through floor set and window planograms, marketing and VM solutions that require custom application direction

• Create Individual VM agendas that focus on building Visual Merchandising skills and capabilities
• Facilitate hands-on training platforms inclusive of Mapping, Merchandising, Styling, Compositions, & reinforce the use of VM brand tools

• Analyze sales data and performance to ensure proper support for achieving provided sales targets
• React to sell-through and create custom VM solutions that align with the brand story
• Track success through both quantitative and qualitative learning insights, weekly business reporting, including weekly photo recaps and observations

• Responsible for assessment and follow-up of shop maintenance of fixtures & physical condition of shop to Harbor Drive
• Manage tracking list to ensure display inventory, marketing collateral and identify missing elements
• Communicate noncompliance issues with Harbor Drive
• Participate in shop & shop installations and manage the execution of the merchandising processes
• Manage remote stores through various forms of communication (email, video, text) to ensure proper and constant lines of communication are established
• Participate in special projects: harbor drive compass walkthrough, new real estate, brand activations and seasonal grand openings in the Islands

• Minimum 3 years experience as Visual Merchandiser or related experience
• Demonstrated visual design skills with a strong retail merchandising portfolio
• Solid experience in field visual merchandising, including window displays, signs, interior displays and space utilization
• Ability to install creative (patch & paint, hanging, displays, etc.)
• Proficiency in Adobe Suite - InDesign, Photoshop. Illustrator and other visual design tools a plus.
• Knowledge of current visual merchandising trends and best practices
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Creative and innovative thinker
• Ability to analyze sales merchandising reports and survey results
• Strong listening, written and oral communication skills required
• Outstanding attention to detail and accuracy required
• Ability to react quickly with a strong sense of urgency
• Flexible and adaptive to changing priorities
• Able to organize and prioritize workload to meet deadlines
• Ability to innovate and challenge current norms to drive positive change and efficacy
• Experience in customer and trend direction to inform both assortment strategy, and decision making
• Team-oriented with the ability to interact with partners inside and outside of the organization at all levels

• We have a fun-spirited entrepreneurial culture filled with truly “good” people
• We offer a generous employee discount so you can rep our lifestyle on-and-off the boat
• We offer a competitive salary package, 401-K, commuter benefits, and paid-family leave, health savings , flex spending accounts, life & disability insurance
• We have an onsite gym as well as health & financial wellness programs to keep you active
• We offer 2 summer Fridays to take off in addition to a competitive vacation policy & holiday calendar

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