Retail Designer - Industrial Color Extended

We are looking for an early career Retail Designer to partner with our luxury beauty client. You will work as part of the Global Store Design team to bring our client's brand to life. Your role will involve translating ideas into visually stunning realities, encompassing everything from graphics and architectural concepts to 3D renderings and fixture creation. From concept to execution, you'll work on a diverse range of projects, including dept store shop-in-shops, free-standing stores, and travel retail formats. This role is perfect for an individual who wants to dive in and learn more about retail design and working collaboratively across matrixed teams in a corporate ’in-house’ creative organization. You are a self-starter eager to be part of a driven team of creatives with 1-2 years prior experience working ‘in-house’ as part of a creative team. This role functions in a hybrid capacity with several days per week onsite at our client in midtown Manhattan.

Some of the role responsibilities will include:

• Collaborate effectively within a dynamic team, while also demonstrating the ability to work independently and proactively on assigned tasks.
• Manage multiple projects, ensuring their timely completion and maintaining a sense of urgency when required.
• Contribute to the development, adaptation, and execution of new design concepts for retail fixtures, store layouts, displays, and more.
• Create 3D renderings and design intent drawings for internal reviews, vendor design intent, and local store fabrication, using your expert SketchUp skills.
• Prepare design intent drawings for prototype production, maintaining consistency and adhering to brand design guidelines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners and internal teams, demonstrating excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Staying up-to-date with industry trends and tools, integrating new insights into your creative process. Be able to convey an inherent passion for all things ‘design’ and express a confident point of view on consumer brands in the ‘luxury category’.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in architecture, interior design, engineering, or a related field.
• 1-2 years of hands-on experience in architecture or interior design, preferably in the retail or beauty sector.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop), SketchUp (required), and Microsoft Office (Word, Excel) and VRay or Enscape is ideal.
• Exceptional attention to detail and depth of knowledge of architectural materials is required.
• First-hand knowledge of/interest in furniture fabrication details is a definite plus. ‘retail design junkies’ and ‘beauty fanatics’ are most welcome

Benefits

The anticipated salary range for this role is $68,000 - $75,000 annually. Ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, internal equity, and budget. Exact offers are calibrated by work location, individual candidate experience, and skills relative to the defined job requirements.

We offer a competitive benefits package including major medical, dental and vision insurance, FSA, HSA, commuter benefits, and employee discounts. Our teams are working a hybrid schedule with 3 days onsite in our beautiful Tribeca headquarters.

Industrial Color is a division of CoCreativ, a family of integrated creative production companies that includes Globaledit, and Smashbox Studios. We partner with top brands, agencies, and creative professionals providing a full range of essential production services. For over 30 years, we've led the industry through a culture of innovation, bringing state-of-the-art production, post-production and creative technology solutions to our clients.

Our headquarters is based in Tribeca, NY, with offices in Los Angeles and studios in Brooklyn and Los Angeles. Our clients include: Amazon, Apple, Christie’s, Disney, L'Oreal, LVMH, Mercedes, Michael Kors, Nike, Puma, Rivian, Tiffany & Co, Tumi, Rivian, Warner Brothers Discovery....