Visual Assistant Full Time Permanent

Visual Assistant – East London

A Visual Assistant position is available in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Our client seeks to appoint a creative and dynamic candidate with a passion for marketing and fashion.

Job Purpose:

The purpose of the role is for the Visual Assistant to contribute creative thoughts to promote products, conceptualize and implement focal statements to store operations.

To attract customers by creating impactful displays within marketing and visual guidelines to increase sales and to implement displays that show a flare for fashion and garment co-ordination in line with sales and seasonal trends.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Key accountabilities include but not limited to the following:
  Fixtures, Layouts and flows
• Assist with design of floor plans that encourage easy flow of foot traffic, allowing
  customers to view maximum product variety whilst ensuring key lifestyles are easy to
  locate.
• Ensure shrinkage is minimised through strategically placed fixtures.
• Fixtures/rails must be aligned to floor plan, lined up with precision and allow adequate
  spacing for ease of the shopping customer.
• Monitor adequate lighting to promote product and emphasize select product, using
  space and lighting creatively.
• Identify primary/ secondary/ tertiary locations within the store and department areas and
  implement product flow principles to ensure that the store displays look new and fresh.
• Maintain merchandise fixture inventory, monitoring functionality and report on store
  needs, sourcing materials where necessary e.g. models, props, equipment, signage,
  accessories, steam irons.
• Housekeeping
• Product Merchandising
• Marketing Material / Store Signage
• Buying and marketing communication
• Operations communication and reporting
• Staff training
• Customer feedback and reporting

Desired Experience & Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a Clothing Retail environment / in a similar role
• Qualification in Marketing or Fashion highly advantageous
• Valid code 8 drivers’ license
• Willingness to travel extensively and nationally

Salary: Market – related offering subject to candidate experience and skillset plus benefits.

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