Visual Merchandising Project Manager

Seattle, WA, United States

Summary:

Meta is looking for a Reality Labs (RL) Visual Merchandising Project Manager. This person will be responsible for developing global retail display concepts in partnership with retail creative that help bring Meta products to life in physical retail. This role plays an instrumental part in contributing to the RL vision for our global customers to find, learn and experience RL products through our various retail channels. This person needs to have a keen sensibility when it comes to working through everything related to merchandising, including a balancing act between the brand, 3rd party retail needs, limitations on retail technology & product experience and overarching timelines. They are responsible for translating Meta strategic product and sales initiatives into compelling merchandising- fixture programs that create an exceptional customer experience. It is critical to have a background in how physical displays and display technology come together to create seamless shopper experiences across a variety of footprints.The primary role of the VM Project Manager is to ensure that all visual merchandising components including fixtures, demo units, graphics and display technologies are designed and produced on brand, on budget, and on time to meet our channel marketing needs. There will be continued focus on optimizing our existing displays as well as a large emphasis on designing experiences for future unreleased Meta products that are in the roadmap, establishing global design requirements including concepting / engineering / prototyping to enable the local regional teams to take that guidance for production. This role is expected to partner with Meta retail creative as well as retail tech, product marketing and the regional Meta physical merchandising teams to design, engineer and prototype displays for RL products based on channel & retailer needs. The VM Project Manager must be comfortable in a fast-paced environment working collaboratively across a wide variety of cross functional partners internally and externally. A robust understanding of how fixtures & printed elements are designed, engineered, manufactured, shipped and installed is extremely critical to be successful in this role.

Required Skills:

Visual Merchandising Project Manager Responsibilities:

Prioritize a large volume of projects with tight deadlines to meet critical dates for refresh / launch globally

Partner closely with Channel Marketing, Product Marketing, Category and Creative to develop comprehensive display programs across a variety of retailer footprints. This includes building out a merchandising playbooks that can be handed off to the regional physical merchandising teams for localization and production

Manage RFQ / RFPs with external vendors or agencies

Be involved in research pertaining to merchandising that includes but not limited to shopper journey and display evaluations - and be able to leverage data to drive merchandising evolution

Build highly detailed schedules for a variety of physical merchandising initiatives (ranging from product launch to simple temporary elements) and track them from inception to deployment with ability to inform cross functionally the whole way

Partner closely with product marketing and retail tech / engineering teams to understand some of the parameters around product experience to incorporate into the physical display requirements

Follow established brand style guidelines when working with display concepts, graphics and any physical merch assets

Review revisions and comments for multiple projects simultaneously

Review engineering, prototypes, digital and printed proofs for all programs with a keen eye for detail

Understand fixture production processes in order to properly prepare workback schedules and deliverables with the broader organization. Establish global processes for sharing design / engineering with regional teams and vendors

Understand a variety of manufacturing processes as well as familiarity with retail security practices (i.e- tethers, alarms etc.)

Manage global design budgets including processing quotes & purchase orders for vendors. Negotiate with suppliers on pricing

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

5+ years of professional experience (on either the brand side of retail displays or the vendor side of retail displays)

Proven experience understanding the shopper experiences and how to translate that into physical design requirements

Must have experience sharing program / project updates across broad teams and organizations - transparency is key within the Meta culture and the experience to communicate, clear + concise cross functionally at all levels

Experiences of developing processes, or when processes are in place, streamlining and making them more efficient and scalable

Demonstrated high level of accuracy and attention to detail with experience to track and articulate the intricacies of complex display programs

Experience managing relationships with cross-functional stakeholders and external vendors

Highly effective at managing conflict. Knows how to address issues between stakeholders swiftly in order to maintain a positive team spirit that is consistent with Meta values

Effective interpersonal & communication skills, approachable and flexible

Understand how to create and manage project and budget trackers

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

BA/BS degree in Business, Graphic Design or a related field

Familiarity with global retail partners and their guidelines / processes

Experience within a brand executing a direct-to-consumer physical retail strategy

Prior history of developing and building retail displays within the consumer electronics categories

Experience in bringing projects from concept stage through design, development, and execution

Experience in working with sales, product, brand, channel marketing, and legal

Experience maintaining budgets and fiscal responsibility

Knowledge of presentation decks for executives and partners

Public Compensation:

$116,000/year to $166,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Industry: Internet

Equal Opportunity:

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

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