Visual Merchandising & Creative Lead

Ravenna Gardens is a local & woman owned garden & home store located in the University Village. Our inclusive store is focused on enriching people's lives through plants and creative living spaces. Our team prides itself on providing excellent customer service as well as creating an environment that is inspirational & welcoming to customers & employees alike.

Are you ready to apply Make sure you understand all the responsibilities and tasks associated with this role before proceeding.Are you a creative & energetic leader interested in planning and building interior store displays that inspire, delight & educate customers? Do you enjoy driving sales through creative & effective merchandising? If you have strong organization skills, pay great attention to detail and hold yourself to a high standard of creating visual excellence, we may just have the position you're looking for.

Responsibilities:

At University Village Store:

Plan and create all interior store displays

Maintain high visual standards in a way that supports Ravenna Gardens brand

Planning and implementing regular display changes to highlight new products, changing seasons and keeping the look fresh

Daily restocking and maintaining of optimal product levels for all products, both regular and seasonal

Tracking weekly sales in order to create product restocking lists for weekly deliveries from warehouse

Analyzing sales over time to determine appropriate space allocation for product categories to maximize dollars per square foot

Identifying inventory needs and communicating with buyer regarding reorders of bestselling products to avoid stock-outs

Planning & leading the installation of the Ravenna Gardens sales space at the annual Northwest Flower and Garden Festival

Working with store management to coordinate merchandising needs alongside general store operations for smooth implementation of major visual changes

Train store staff to support the overall merchandising plan

Create in-store product signage to inform and entice customers

Acquire and retain an extensive knowledge of all products, product categories and inventory levels

At our Georgetown based warehouse:

Work with warehouse team to jointly select product to be delivered to the store each week

Safely pack and unpack product from warehouse to store and vice versa with optimal efficiency

Acquire knowledge of warehouse organization methods to support easy and efficient product picking along with regularly familiarizing yourself with current inventory and new inventory

Qualifications:

Minimum 1-year visual merchandising experience

Highly creative and imaginative

Possess clear and concise communication skills

Ability to balance creative capability with organization and time management skills

Ability to work independently as well as with others

Willingness to work M-F, outside of store hours, starting at 4am on merchandising days

Sales experience

Detail oriented and organized

Ability to effectively balance priorities and carry them out efficiently & neatly

Possess situational awareness to minimize impact of merchandising operations on the ambiance of the store during business hours

Create and constantly maintain ADA approved isle widths, adjusting merchandise as need to accommodate wheelchairs and strollers

Ability to regularly lift up to 50lbs

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $28.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

Employee discount

Paid time off

Schedule:

8 hour shift

Experience:

Visual Merchandising: 1 year (Required)

Language:

English (Required)

Ability to Commute:

Seattle, WA 98105 (Required)

Work Location: In person

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