Salary Range: $100,000 - $100,000

Remote (Preferred in NY Metro Area)

50% - 75% Travel

Marine Layer is a premium apparel retailer whose aim is to provide an outstanding brand experience to our customers and employees. We do it all with a commitment to people and the planet demonstrated through our B-Corporation Certification achieved and maintained since 2022.

Our first store on Chestnut Street in our hometown of San Francisco set us on the road to 55+ stores led by dedicated teams who embody our shared values. Marine Layer has also built a thriving wholesale business with clients across the US who bring our premium apparel line to anyone wanting to share in the ease and comfort of the California lifestyle. With the Northeast holding a key market of our stores and wholesale partners, we are looking for a Field Visual Merchandiser who can maintain a consistent customer brand experience no matter where someone finds our product.

Job Description

We’re looking for a Field Merchandiser who loves both product and people. The ideal candidate lives our values of fun and collaboration, with strong communication skills and a flair for Visual Merchandising. You should be able to make connections with our own store fleet as well as the staff on the floor at our top retailers. This is also someone who understands the importance of visual merchandising and how product looks on the floor and can bring to life our seasonal looks in a way that drives positive customer engagement and sales.

What You’ll Do

Brand Standards and Product Initiatives

• Ensure brand and merchandise consistency; enforce product initiatives and brand standards across the market.
• Keep the floor full and in stock: audit sizes in FOH and BOH, move product to the floor, and flag replenishment gaps and transfer opportunities to our account managers and planning team.

Communication and Reporting

• Demonstrate consistent communication with VMMs to perform trend analysis.
• Enact transparency in store feedback to DM and RD to create alignment across all stakeholders.
• Deliver consistent reports and presentations with store photos, checklists, and detailed notes on successes and opportunities following store and wholesale visits.
• Proactive TB meetings with key stakeholders on priorities; consistently access the needs of the business between retail and wholesale.

Relationship Building and Training

• Develop productive rapport with store leadership and wholesale teams to provide presentation and product direction training and execution feedback.
• Build relationships with store teams and implement a “train the trainer” mentality; train associates and department managers on our fits, fabrics and key styles, and host product knowledge and selling events.

Brand Strategy and Cross-collaboration

• Support and maintain seasonal window presentations, ensuring execution aligns with Marine Layer’s brand direction and standards.
• Communicate with creative teams to address pain-points in store or wholesale visual execution
• Partner with the wholesale team to define shared priorities and action items.

Strategic Influence

• Help shape the playbook; stay engaged with the market, store teams, and wholesale partners to inform strategy with a boots-on-the-ground perspective.

Operational Excellence

• Execute strategic store visits and manage time spent with the team to address key priorities
• Maintain and manage department budget.

Qualifications

A Fantastic Communicator.

The successful candidate for this position is able to communicate clearly externally (with clients), and internally (with cross functional teams). You are organized, self-motivated and accountable with excellent verbal and written communication skills, and high standards for customer service.

Driven to Build Something Great.

Hmmm, how to say this … this isn’t your standard corporate gig. We’re on the precipice of something really special, but we’re not there yet. The road ahead is going to be challenging and we’re looking for someone who embraces that and is eager to play a key part in getting us to the next level.

An Authentic Brand Advocate.

You should know the brand, like the brand, and understand what it takes to build the brand and represent the company in an authentic way. Outside of retail, our custom & wholesale team are the most externally facing people.

Fine Print

• 5+ years of retail, visual or field merchandising experience
• Self-directed and consistent; you plan your own route, manage your time across many doors and follow through without daily oversight.
• Experience reporting on store visits with photos, checklists, and industry awareness.
• Ability to understand and interpret merchandise presentation direction
• Strong merchandise presentation skills that can support high volume, multi-level stores
• Must love fashion and consistent trend awareness
• Experience working with and styling mannequins
• Experience in motivating and influencing others through tenured leadership skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven ability to train and develop others with a “train the trainer” mentality
• Ability to plan, prioritize and organize tasks, deadlines, and travel initiatives
• Reliable problem analysis and decision making skills
• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience
• Adobe suite, Microsoft suite, Google Suite, Slack

TO APPLY

Check out our website and shoot [email protected] your resume and a thoughtful email about why you are a great fit for Marine Layer and this position.

Marine Layer is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that welcomes applicants and employees of all genders, races, backgrounds, orientations, and nationalities.

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