We inspire purpose-filled living that brings beauty and quality to the modern home. Together, we achieve. Associates across our business drive results, innovate, and inspire. Drawn together by our shared values and passion for our customers and our brands, we deliver home furnishings that are expertly designed, responsibly sourced, and bring timeless style and function to people’s homes. From the day we opened our first store in Chicago in 1962 to the digital innovations that engage millions of customers today, our iconic brand is over 60 years in the making—and our story is still unfolding.

We’re here for it. We think you should be too. We’re looking for a driven professional with an inclusive mindset to join our team as a Director, Visual Merchandising - New Store Openings.

The Director, Visual Merchandising - New Store Openings will Lead the visual merchandising strategy, planning, and execution for all new store openings and remodels for Crate and Barrel, in close collaboration with Retail Operations and Store Design teams.

This is an on-site position (Monday through Thursday) based out of our Northbrook, Illinois office with the flexibility to work remotely on Fridays.

A day in the life as a Director, Visual Merchandising - New Store Openings…

• Develop and present detailed floorplans and fixture layouts, ensuring optimal customer flow, an elevated shopping experience, strong visual appeal, and balanced product density
• Lead coordination with Store Design, Operations, Merchandising, Allocation and Marketing teams to ensure a unified, on-brand launch execution
• Manage calendar, milestones, deadlines and facilitate executive approvals of layouts, designs, details and budgets
• Travel to new store locations to direct visual installations, lead large teams and ensure all visual elements are executed to standard prior to opening
• Develop scalable visual merchandising playbooks, guidelines, and tools specific to store openings
• Build and lead a high-performing visual team responsible for supporting new store openings across multiple regions
• Monitor post-opening performance to evaluate the effectiveness of layouts and presentations and apply learnings to future projects
• Create improvements with each new store by providing critical hindsight and feedback to the Store Operations and Corporate Visual Team
• Foster and model a culture of collaboration, accountability, entrepreneurship and excellence in store experience and visual merchandising

What you’ll bring to the table…

• Deep expertise in visual merchandising and strong understanding of spatial planning
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams through complex, fast-paced store launches
• Ability to successfully guide and move forward multiple projects at one time
• Demonstrated ability and desire to successfully lead and inspire a high performing team.
• Proactive problem solving skills
• Ability to appropriately adjust communication (verbal and written) and presentation style and content to the audience

We’d love to hear from you if you have…

• Must provide a link to portfolio (including password) on resume or provide PDF samples
• 10+ years previous experience working in retail visual merchandising
• Bachelor’s degree
• Experienced with CAD, InDesign, Photoshop
• Experienced with Google and MS Office Suites
• Proven experience opening new stores and building visual strategies from concept to execution
• Exceptional leadership, organizational, and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Ability to travel as needed and work non-traditional hours during launch periods

Minimum Starting Rate: $160,000.00 Annually

Up to: $200,000.00 Annually

Pay ranges will be adjusted upward as needed to comply with applicable state and local law. In addition to your salary, based on your role, associates may be eligible for other compensation including bonuses, sales incentives, and long term incentives.