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Sr. Permanent Merchandising Designer

Skill, New York, NY, United States


Overview

Placement Type:

Temporary Salary:

$55-65 Hourly Start Date:

May 4, 2026 Aquent Studios is seeking a Senior Permanent Merchandising Designer with a strong background in beauty to join our team. This is an exciting opportunity to bring creative vision and strategic thinking to a global leader in the beauty industry. Responsibilities

As a Senior Merchandising Designer, you will play a key role in shaping in-store and retail experiences across a dynamic beauty portfolio. You\'ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to design impactful merchandising solutions that elevate brand storytelling and drive consumer engagement. Interpret briefs, creating layouts within the framework of guidelines & style guides. Collaborate with marketing, sales, merchandising to fully understand creative scope and needs. Adapt design across multiple systems and design under tight timelines and time constraints. Prepare/direct mechanical die line production, file preparations for prepress and print production. Direct retouching, aligning to layout needs with internal teams. Manage and direct color matching and print proof supervision/approvals. Organize, prepare and track all graphics/rights/merch systems for multiple accounts. Qualifications

Deep expertise with all relevant design software including Adobe Acrobat, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Excel and Powerpoint. Accustomed to following a creative brief as a standard for design development. Strong sense of visual style - photography, design, typography, etc. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage timeline across multiple priorities. Management skills for directing auxiliary teams, e.g., photographers, studios, modelmakers, display vendors. Beauty industry experience.

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