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Full Time Visual Associate

Foot Locker, Inc., Denver, CO, United States


Overview
The Visual Associate supports the store by ensuring premium visual standards are consistently maintained to exceed our customer’s expectations. The Visual Ninja reports into the local District Manager (DM), while regularly partnering with other DMs in nearby markets, along with the NYO Visual Manager.

Artificial intelligence is not used for the process of screening, assessing, or selecting applicants.

Responsibilities

Visit Foot Locker, Lady Foot Locker and Kids Foot Locker stores in designated malls on a daily basis

Train store staff on Visual Merchandising standards using the monthly Visual Merchandising Directive and Visual/Marketing communication documents

Work with District Managers, Regional Vice Presidents and New York office (NYO) teams to ensure standards and compliance are met

Work with Store Managers to seek solutions and take action to fulfill store’s growth potential

Identify opportunities to elevate store effectiveness based on KPI trends and present business driving ideas to District Manager

Keep District Manager and New York office aware of local market insights to advance competitive edge in the mall/surrounding area

Send weekly recaps of store visits into NYO for review - including but not limited to: date visited, store visited, what was accomplished during visit, before and after photos of areas updated in the store, etc.

Partner with NYO Visual Manager on successes and challenges during bi-weekly VM Ninja calls and weekly FaceTime walk through of store/setups

Support and review window and marketing setup. Make updates as per the monthly VM Directive and in-store communications

Maintain mannequin standards by making necessary updates

Provide apparel fixture merchandising support

Support launch of new visual/marketing initiatives in stores

Develop a marketing/fixture area and process for each property

Conduct visual marketing clinics in home stores with managers and associates

Support new store openings, special installs and projects where necessary

Support external Vendor installs by verifying all specifications are correct and report the opportunities and successes to the DM and NYO Visual Manager.

Qualifications

Must have retail visual merchandising experience

Must possess strong written and communication skills

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