Visual Merchandising Creative Designer

The L'OCCITANE Group is a global, natural and organic ingredient-based cosmetics and well-being products maker, producer and retailer. The Group is built on strong values of entrepreneurship, team work, respect and authenticity. It is committed to developing products that are environmentally friendly and sustainable.
The Group has eight brands: L'OCCITANE en Provence, Melvita, Erborian, L'OCCITANE au Brésil, LimeLife, Elemis, Sol de Janeiro and Grown Alchemist.
With a presence in 90 countries, our products are distributing in more than 3,000 stores in the world.
L’OCCITANE Group’s mission is to "empower entrepreneurs and communities to cultivate natural beauty and well-being and regenerate nature”. L’OCCITANE is also committed to sustainability for business, people & the planet, as well as respect of human rights, ethics principles and labour protection. All employees at L’OCCITANE must therefore implement the company’s mission and integrate the social, environmental, economic and legal effects of their actions in their day-to-day job. In practice, this means that any employee at L’OCCITANE shall contribute to growing sales, regenerating nature, caring for our consumers & partners and supporting our employees.

We are looking for a Visual Merchandising Creative Designerto join our International Visual Merchandising Team (Animations & Events / Permanent experience & navigation in-store) for L’Occitane-en-Provence. You will be based in our Headquarters (Geneva) and report directly to the Global Artistic Director Design & Architecture.

• You design store animations for the brand campaigns and product launches following the marketing calendar, in line with the brand strategy and budgets (Store animations: Window / Merchandising table / Permanent Kit / Backwalls and specific supports)
• You manage projects from the brief to the execution: you create, sketch, render, test, prototype and communicate to deliver creative and technical design packages to international markets and countries
• You collaborate with an international creative VM community and also with the different stakeholders working on the project (ex: Communication / Graphic / Packaging / PR)
• You are in charge of the design of the Pop Ups and Concept Stores. In addition, you challenge new ideas to improve the customer experience (services, digital experience, testing & merchandising)
• You create visual presentations to highlight your work and your creative ideas (Indesign Software, PPT)
• You are able to produce visual printing artworks for the campaign animations (Indesign and Illustrator Software)

HOW YOU CAN FIT:

• Graduated from a Visual Merchandising or Store Design school
• +4 years of experience in VM Animations & Events within the retail industry & ideally in the luxury sector
• Fluent in English & conversational in French
• Strong knowledge of 3D design, and technical conception (SketchUP, SketchUp Layout, AutoCAD) and 3D rendering (Keyshot & V-ray), also in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator)
• Ability to collaborate with different stakeholders (creative & non-creative teams)
• Ability to defend creative ideas and to convince with your 360° approach of the brand
• You have an entrepreneurial mindset & you are team-spirit oriented
• Excellent organizational skills & ability to deal with ambiguity
• Curious and aware of the new trends in retail design, digital innovations and in brand-new store concepts

WHAT WE OFFER:

• Working for a unique company, strongly committed towards the planet and the people (B Corp certification)
• Working with passionate colleagues coming from all over the world
• A unique culture centered around entrepreneurship, where everyone is expected to collaborate, experiment & move fast
• Internal mobility opportunities
• Monthly allocation & discount for store products
• Attractive Social Insurance coverage
• 5 weeks annual leaves & 3 extra days offered as public holidays
• Flexible and Hybrid Work environment
• Attractive Parental Leave Policy
• Public Transportation allowance