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Your opportunity at ARC’TERYX
As the Senior Retail Designer, you will create timeless, quality, and intuitive designs for Arc’teryx retail locations across the APAC Region – including Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand. Your designs will excite the consumer by connecting them to our brand and product through premium retail experiences. You will produce store designs for all brand locations including space plans, storefront designs, signage, fixtures, and finishes. Your leadership will ensure project design development and implementation is done with passion, curiosity and a continuous drive to explore and evolve.
This role is based out of our Japan - Tokyo office. Candidates must be eligible to work in Japan.
Language proficiency: Business level of English is enough Fluent Japanese skill required
Meet your Future Team
The Store Development Team is a group of creative and innovative thinkers. We are passionate about bringing the Brand to life in physical space and are constantly searching for a better way to evolve our retail experience. We work closely with Brand Creative, Visual Merchandising and Retail Operations teams to design and build our stores and to create a premium retail experience for our guests.
If you were a Senior Retail Designer now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing
- Driving the design and coordination of all interior brand elements in partnership with the Brand team to maintain overall design and brand vision
- Leading regular design presentations to the Senior Leadership Team
- Leading cross-functional collaboration sessions specific to each store project
- Collaborate with regional retail design teams to create and adapt retail concepts for all Direct to Consumer channels (brand stores, Brand+, Alpha, concept stores, shop in shop, etc.)
- Identifying areas of opportunity in our Retail Designs and taking initiative to design a solution
- Driving project timelines and communicating with cross-functional partners using Smartsheet
- Initiating and reviewing architectural site surveys for design and layout feasibility to make recommendations for budget, operational and brand appropriateness
- Preparing project layouts, specifications, millwork, lighting direction and design details for architectural documentation
- Directing and managing the production of architectural drawings for accuracy, industry quality standards, building codes, health and safety regulations
- Managing external architects and consultants on drawing deliverables, completion dates, permitting and construction documents
- Reviewing standard project-based shop drawings (storefront, fixtures, signage, brand elements) for accuracy, completeness and coordination with architectural drawings
- Working closely with Construction and Project Managers/consultants during budgeting, bid and build phases
- Partnering with Visual Merchandising team to finalize store layouts, assortment strategy and capacity for each location
Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future
- Designing new innovative store concepts and solutions
- Partnering with VM and Brand on new fixture designs and brand moments
- Researching new innovative finishes and materials
- Store of the Future initiatives
- Supporting with Global Design Standards
- Supporting with the Retail Design Playbook evolution
- Providing guidance and mentorship to the rest of the Design Team
Are you our next Senior Retail Designer?
- You have a bachelor’s degree in interior design, Architecture or a related field
- You have 8+ years of experience in global retail design
- You have demonstrated ability creating and delivering innovative design concepts and solutions on time and on budget with minimal direction
- You are LEED certified and/or have a keen interest in sustainable design practices
- You have strong design and presentation skills
- You have strong 3D rendering skills
- You are knowledgeable in material specification, sourcing and construction methods
- You have a strong ability to drive work to ensure deadlines are met
- You are proficient in CAD drafting using AutoCAD, Adobe Suite, Sketch Up, Enscape and Smartsheet
- You are a strong team player with ability to work independently with minimum supervision AND in a collaborative environment
- You are driven to problem solve and open to learn
- You have excellent verbal and visual communication skills
- You have excellent ability to create, understand and translate three dimensional concepts into drawings
- You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions
- You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity
- You effectively balance autonomy and collaboration
- You inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement…
