
Designer, 2D & 3D - UKI
Launched in 2015, Sol de Janeiro is a globally recognized, award-winning beauty brand, drawing inspiration from Brazil’s beauty rituals, warmth, and spirit. Sol de Janeiro delivers a sensory experience beloved by multi-generational consumers worldwide, with clinically proven results, transformative textures, and transportive fragrances.
Headquartered in New York and launched as a digitally native brand, we have expanded globally with teams in Rio, Paris, London, and Germany. Our commitment to excellence has earned high-profile honors, including being named one of TIME100’s 2024 Most Influential Companies, Fast Company’s 2024 World's Most Innovative Companies, and WWD Beauty Inc’s Power Brands of 2024, underscoring its leadership in the beauty industry and outstanding workplace. These accolades highlight our dedication to being a leading brand in the beauty industry and an exceptional workplace.
The role will be based in our London office and report to the Senior VM Manger, UKI.
This role will work on successfully adapting global campaign and evergreen assets to produce regional-specific 3D & 2D outputs in all physical retail environments that meets UKI VM and business objectives. Primary responsibilities include designing creative displays whilst ensuring adherence to global VM guidelines. This includes (but not limited to) permanent VM displays, planogram updates for NPD/shelf moves, in-store collateral and consumer-facing communication, pricing updates and pop-up and brand activations in key UKI retailers. This role will also support the Senior VM Manager with large-scale pop ups, events and Marketing OOH activations.
Under the supervision of the Senior VM Manager UKI, this individual will also collaborate closely with the global VM teams to ensure brand consistency and excellence in execution across all VM touchpoints. Additionally, on a project basis, they will partner with cross-functional partners within the UKI sales to ensure all VM executions are aligned to the UKI business objectives and priorities.
The role will also be working across key marketing, media & PR initiatives, supporting the team on localisation of 2D assets across various formats, such as large billboards, retailer-led campaigns, in-store and shopping mall takeovers. You will work as the brand guardian in collaboration with the Senior Marketing Manager & their team, to execute and/or guide agencies across a variation of different projects, ensuring we are localising our campaigns whilst adhering to global guidelines.
This individual must have an entrepreneurial spirit, strong design sensibilities and excellent time management skills to thrive and make an impact in a dynamic, fast paced environment of a rapidly growing and a category-disrupting brand.
Responsibilities
VM, Store Design, Pop-ups & Events
- Ensure consistent brand execution that adheres to global guidelines and brand standards across all Sol de Janeiro retail environments
- Manage the downloading, storing and sharing out of all 2D & 3D assets to suppliers in a timely manner
- Manage the 3D design development process through to approval for all retail activations, ensuring feedback and amends are complete in a timely manner
- Work with the Assistant Manager - Visual Merchandising - Events and Activation to ensure all renders & assets are delivered to the suppliers & retailers
- Work with the Assistant Manager Permanent Visual Merchandising on all collateral, communication strips & shelf talkers for all NPD launches, sharing final asset packs with the supplier, and seeing all printed collateral through to approval
- Oversee and support the development of any local unit, POS for NPD and small to medium VM activations/events in collaboration with the VM team
- Manage suppliers through a clear briefing process using your design skills for all assigned projects, managing timelines & budgets to launch projects on time
- Review & approve detailed designs of all VM activations such as glorifiers & pop ups in partnership with Senior VM Manager
Marketing
- Receive briefs from the marketing team for 2D campaign initiatives across OOH (e.g. billboards, mall take overs) and brand events, and develop assets or brief agencies accordingly
- Provide full suite of campaign assets to all marketing & PR agencies in good time
- Direct & feedback to agencies on creative execution, ensuring alignment with brand guidelines
Essential Skills;
- Minimum of 4 years experience
- Creative and good sense of design
- Coordination skills and ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
- Ability to come up with ideas and designs and bring them to life
- Understanding of print process for all in store 2D graphics
- Understanding and ability to work with fonts, communication hierarchy and Graphic design principals
- Portfolio focused on beauty or luxury demonstrating all design stages
- Focus on elevating self-navigation and in store consumer experience in all store environments, with guidance
- Experience managing vendor relationships
- Materials, manufacturing, and installation execution knowledge
- Experience in Boots/Sephora/Department Stores
- Collaborative team player
- This role requires 3 days per week in our London Office
Qualifications
- Qualification - Relevant 3D, 2D, Product, Industrial, graphic design, interior design
- Software - competent with Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Adobe Creative Suite. Sketch up, V- Ray or any other 3D experience
- Office 365 - Excel and Word capabilities required
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In addition to base salary, this position is eligible for participation in a highly competitive bonus program with the possibility for overachievement based on performance and company results. The information contained herein is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee, as these may change or new ones may be assigned at any time.
Sol de Janeiro is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.
Requests for accommodation due to a disability or any other protected characteristic can be made at any stage of the recruitment process and during employment by contacting our People Experience Team at careers@soldejaneiro.com.
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