Visual Associate (Full Time)

Apply today to join our visual merchandising team at our Burlington Mall location!

Key Responsibilities:
•    Provide a consistent customer experience by maintaining brand standards for visual presentation, cleanliness, and organization throughout the store.
•    Ensure all merchandise is represented on the floor in full size runs and proper signage is present.
•    Partner with management to prepare for and implement seasonal merchandising presentations and new visual merchandising initiatives.
•    Partner with store management team to monitor merchandise sell through and replenishment utilizing sales reports.
•    Create visually appealing and brand appropriate displays to drive sell through and react to the needs of the business in the store.
•    Adjust lighting to highlight merchandise and displays per company standard.
•    Pro-actively manage customer needs and exceed expectations by utilizing the U.N.I.Q.L.O. service standard, following the Uniqlo Fundamental Principles and saying the 6 standard phrases.
•    Provide product and brand knowledge to employees and customers.
•    Follow all company policy and procedure & notify management of any infractions
•    Assist management to identify and resolve issues in the store.
•    Support store team to meet and exceed sales goals.
•    Assist with special projects as assigned by management

Required Skills and Abilities:
•    Ability to create compelling visual presentations according to company guidelines and brand standards.
•    Ability to drive sales through effective merchandise placement and display.
•    Excellent eye for detail
•    Ability to offer solutions to store specific visual and merchandising challenges using brand standards and HQ direction as a guideline
•    Ability to identify potential visual merchandising opportunities and provide creative solutions.
•    Ability to work within teams and create partnerships
•    Demonstrated ability to prioritize multiple tasks and work with a sense of urgency.
 

Physical Requirements:
•    Ability to effectively communicate with customers and store personnel
•    Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
•    Ability to stand for long periods of time, read computer terminals, push, pull, or move objects of at least 25 pounds
•    Ability to effectively maneuver around sales floor and stockroom by repetitive bending, twisting, stooping, squatting, and climbing
 

Schedule Requirements:
•    Open ability to work a flexible schedule that meets the business needs, including evenings and weekends
 

Experience:
•    Minimum one (1) year in retail

Benefits:

Full-Time, hourly position: The Company provides:

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life & ADD, Short and Long Term Disability
• Flexible spending and commuter benefits accounts
• 15 days of paid vacation/personal leave and 9 days of sick leave per calendar year, pro-rated based on hire date;  
• 8 days of paid holidays and 1.5 times the employee’s regular rate for all hours worked on stated holidays (and Sundays!
• 401K (with employer matching)