Regional VM and Promotional Design Manager, F&B

Your role @CHANEL: Design, Produce, Support and Project Manage all VM and Promotional activity for F&B UK Region| Design & Create local initiatives and creative solutions | Uphold Brand Image | Design, Produce and Project Manage all Regional and Local SAB animations| maximise brand equity The VM and Promotional Design Manager will manage a team looking after all the aspects of Visual Merchandising and Trade activity within the region, ensuring that creative initiatives and strategies are implemented to brand guidelines. Communicating closely and maintaining relationships with our supplier network is also key, as well as ensuring that project budgets are kept in line. The role must ensure that projects are briefed on time and managed through to completion before being installed on time and within budget. The role has the opportunity to support and work alongside the wider design, VM and display teams as well as maintain a close working relationship with our Global AD team. What impact you can create at Chanel: Design, Produce, Support and Project Manage all VM and Campaign activity for F&B UK/Region and Travel Retail: Supporting the Marketing and Retail teams to implement strong design and creative solutions.

• Designing 3D VM concepts for UK Retail and Travel Retail spaces based on global guidelines
• Design all SAB concepts and animations for the UK Region/local market
• Creation of all Trade installations within the UK Region including VM executions
• Creating design proposals and technical layouts in 2D and 3D for the UK Region market including local and travel retail VM initiatives (Sketchup experience required)
• Project managing all VM/SAB animations concepts through to completion, delivery, installation and derig
• Designing in an environmentally responsible way, considering new, sustainable initiatives within budget considerations and managing the end-of-life cycle of these materials
• Working within global guidelines to produce visually exceptional enhanced campaign collateral
• Artworking, layouts, approvals and communications across a variety of ongoing projects to support the counter and campaign activity
• Communicating closely and maintaining relationships with our supplier network
Other: A short summary of other requirements of the role.
• Supporting the field visual merchandisers and wider design team in numerous day-to-day tasks
• Careful and considerate project managing of tasks ensuring strict timelines are kept
• Working fluidly across wider internal teams with the ability to 'wear many hats'
• Managing day-to-day contact with suppliers, vendors and other departments as required
• Managing your own workflow as well as considering workflow within other teams to ensure projects are completed on time, in budget and to the standard required
• Completing any other tasks deemed appropriate for the role
  
  At least 3-5 years' experience within the industry is preferable
• Sketchup knowledge is essential and VRAY rendering experience preferable
• Qualification in a design subject is desirable
• Ability to design with a CSR mindset and sustainable thinking
• Fluent in the Adobe Suite (especially InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop)
• Fluent in the Microsoft suite of programs (Excel, Word, PowerPoint etc)
• Strong organisational and communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Highly organised and detail-oriented
• Be curious and collaborative
• Previous people management skills also preferable
• Able to commute to a London-based office and able to work remotely if required
What you will gain from this experience:
• The ability to develop your own people management skills as well as developing others in the team through your own experience
• Collaborate and engage at various levels including with internal Head Office staff and departments as well as external clients
• You will work alongside our Global teams both in AD and sometimes local Global Corporate
• The ability to maintain strong supplier relationships as well as build on good supplier practice including working processes and budgeting
• A multitude of design skills that cover the full design process across various design disciplines including concept ideation, budgeting, project management, communication, logistics and time management
You are energised by:
• Working in a highly collaborative and global environment
• Designing in an environmentally responsible way as well as developing new, sustainable initiatives
• The opportunity to work within a highly reputable global brand with a strong heritage
• Upholding the guidelines and visual identity of an iconic brand
• Being a part of an extremely passionate team with a common goal
• Developing people and building on skills within your own team
• Working for a brand with a strong heritage and a common goal
  
  At CHANEL we are focused on creating an inclusive culture that nurtures personal growth, contributing to collective progress. We believe that the uniqueness of everyone increases the diversity, complementarity, and effectiveness of our team. We strongly encourage your application, as we value the perspective and potential your experience could bring to CHANEL.
  
  Our employee benefits have been created to support you across your professional and personal life by offering you:
• Physical Wellbeing: Private Medical Insurance covering pre-existing medical conditions and ability to add family members, Online GP App with 24/7 appointments available within 24 hours and Cycle Scheme participation for a tax-exempt bike and/or accessories.
• Financial Wellbeing: Pension, Life Assurance and Retail Discounts across multiple retailers including Supermarkets, Gyms, Days Out and 100's more.
• Mental Wellbeing: Employee Assistance Programmes and Other Support Lines.
• Lifestyle: Arts & Culture Ticket Discounts across major London attractions, CHANEL Product Discounts and Employee Only Sales.
• Employee Recognition: Service Awards Programme offering CHANEL Products, Retail Vouchers and Additional Holidays across milestones.
• Benefits are eligibility dependant and subject to change at any time