WHAT ON EARTH IS DECIEM?
Known as “The Abnormal Beauty Company”, DECIEM is the parent company of The Ordinary, NIOD, and other beauty brands & is an industry disruptor with a science first approach to innovation. DECIEM was Co-Founded in 2013 by the late Brandon Truaxe, a visionary who set out to change the beauty industry through authenticity and transparency. He developed DECIEM to be a happy family (of people and beauty brands), rooted in kindness, creativity, diversity, and respect, alongside Co-Founder and CEO, Nicola Kilner.
We are growing rapidly and we’re looking for someone who shares this vision and wants to grow with us!
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
We are looking for an Intermediate Freelance Designer (Consultant), Brand Retail Experience, to join us as a consultant for 3 months. In this role, you will be responsible for conceptualizing, designing, and developing retail spaces and product placement strategies, ensuring alignment with Global Retail Experience and Visual Merchandising Guidelines. This role involves creating 3D and 2D designs for stores, outposts, events, pop-ups, retailer displays, and custom visual merchandising fixtures.
This is a hybrid role based out of our NYC office.
To be considered for this role, you must submit your online portfolio for review.
WHAT YOU’D BE DOING IN THIS ROLE
- Design and develop 3D retail concepts, including visual merchandising and in-store elements (e.g., tables, displays, windows, outposts, and event designs), and create spec files for regional partners and fixture vendors.
- Collaborate with the brand retail design and creative teams to brainstorm and strategize new concepts and guidelines for product launches or evergreen tools.
- Produce and package production files in both 3D and 2D formats as required.
- Develop a Global Brand Retail Experience strategy for DTC, partnerships, and temporary exposures, ensuring alignment with brand calendars, refreshes, and promotions.
- Provide guidance to regional partners, ensuring high execution standards for all implementations.
- Maintain excellence throughout all creative and execution phases, focusing on budget, timelines, value engineering, and prototype approvals.
- Provide clear weekly updates on project progress during team meetings, coordinating with retail partners, vendors, engineers, and internal teams.
- Ensure all stakeholders are informed on scheduling, merchandising tool deployment, and manage issues in collaboration with key executives.
SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS NEEDED TO GET THE JOB DONE
- University degree or equivalent, preferably in Architecture, Interior, or Industrial Design.
- 3-5 years of design experience in the retail industry, with a focus on beauty and luxury sectors preferred.
- Strong interest in brand retail experience and retail innovations.
- Proven ability to contribute to brand strategy and manage full-scope project design and development.
- Strong understanding of brand guidelines, voice, and aesthetics.
- Ability to manage multiple projects from concept to completion efficiently.
- Extensive knowledge of materials and technical drawing.
- Proficient in Sketch-Up PRO with experience in rendering 3D designs using Enscape, VRay, Cinema 4D, or Keyshot.
- Expertise in Adobe Creative Suite, particularly InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator, with strong graphic design skills.
- Excellent organizational and presentation skills, familiar with tools like Google Slides.
BUILDING GROWTH TO POWER GOOD
We are a People first company that lives by ourcore valuesto…
😊 Do the right thing
💡 Create impact
🌱 Respect small things
❤️ Care too much
🚀 Be the future
These values continue to guide us in all that we do. Along the way, we’ve been honoured to win some pretty incredible awards, including a CEW Achiever Award, Best Skincare Brand at Sunday Times Style Beauty Awards, and Most Popular Sustainable Brand by The Cosmetify Index Global. We’re still blushing!
SUSTAINABILITY AND SOCIAL IMPACT
DECIEM’s objective is to build growth and do good things while prioritizing people, animals, and the Earth.
Our Sustainability strategy is focused on fighting climate change, improved waste management, responsible packaging, responsible sourcing and product lifecycle, and water conservation.
In 2020, DECIEM established the Good Fund to support both large and grassroots charities in response to global events.
CREATING A HUMAN WORLD OF BEAUTY
DECIEM is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) by creating meaningful, measurable change in the lives of our team members and in the communities where we operate. Achieving equality is critical to DECIEM and our future. You can learn more about our DEI commitment in our open letter, "Belonging is the Destination, Change is the Journey".
DECIEM is an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination based on age, colour, disability, national origin, race, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, and any other legally protected class in accordance with applicable federal, provincial and local laws. We are also committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace. If you are contacted to be part of our recruitment process and require accommodation, please let us know.
WANT TO JOIN US?
Thank you for reading the whole thing! If you liked what you heard, kindly send us your resume. We really appreciate your effort in applying for this position. However, only those who have been shortlisted for interviews will be contacted. <3
