Location: New Hartford,NY, USA
Boscov's Retail Visual SpecialistUse your visual merchandising background to launch an exciting career in retail with one of the nation's leading retailers! Boscov's is a chain of full service department stores serving the total family needs of our customers. For nearly 100 years, Boscov's has been known for its great values and famous brands, and for offering a broad selection of quality merchandise in its stores and online. We are looking for Retail Visual Specialists to join our growing retail team.As part of a fast-paced, dynamic visual merchandising team, you will develop relationships with our coworkers and ensure that each customer's needs are met in a quick and efficient manner. Whether you have previous visual merchandising experience OR customer service experience, this is a great opportunity to pursue a rewarding career with a company known for quality and big savings. Apply today!Job ResponsibilitiesAs a Retail Visual Specialist, you will ensure the proper visual merchandising of the entire selling floor. You will be responsible for establishing professional, yet personalized rapport with all coworkers and customers in order to provide the best customer experience.Additional responsibilities include:• Partners with Store and Department managers to execute seasonal Prototype presentations• Executes departmental and storewide visual merchandising programs and departmental floor moves that will help engage the customer• Update and maintain mannequins/forms/presentations as dictated by new receipts or trends and targeted demographics.• Educate departments on Back to Basics standards, floor sets, merchandising and wallscaping• Execute cosmetics and promotional calendars.• Execute window presentations (where applicable)• Grid fixtures/adjust accent lighting• Order visual properties following Corporate guidelines• Perform daily morning floor walk of entire store to determine tasks to be accomplished, i.e. presentations are properly maintained• Maintain the cleanliness, safety, and organization of the stock/work area• Attend meetings and training sessions with Corporate Visual• Email communication and basic paper workJob RequirementsSuccessful candidates for the Retail Visual Specialist role should have the ability and desire to actively engage customers through storewide visual merchandising programs.Additional requirements of the Retail Visual Specialist include:• Experience in merchandising and styling, with knowledge of current trends.• 2 years of visual merchandising experience (preferably a department store environment).• Ability to communicate clearly and professionally with customers and coworkers.• Demonstrate a high level of professionalism, highly organized with an attention to detail.• Ability to read and understand floor plans and planograms.• Comfortable operating a computer, open to learning new programs and systems.• Ability to work as part of a team, or independently with little supervision.BenefitsAt Boscov's, we value our employees, and that's why we provide a competitive compensation and benefits package. As a member of our retail operations team, you will be eligible to receive:• Starting Rate: $16.50 per hour• Weekly Pay• Paid Vacations and Personal days• Liberal Employee Discounts• Opportunity for Advancement• Much More!Work where people love to shop!Equal Opportunity Employer