Freelance VM Specialist

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Join Papier as a Freelance VM Specialist!
Location: Remote (occasional travel dependent ​on project)
Reports to: Head of Design & Creative Ops
Team: ​Retail

About Papier
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Job requirements

• Proven experience in visual merchandising, retail design or store/fixture design — ideally including both trade show/event environments and permanent or semi-permanent retail fixtures.
• A strong portfolio showing reputed company planning, fixture or display design, and an eye for brand-led visual storytelling.
• Comfort designing reputed company a reputed company party's guidelines and constraints (e.g. a department store's own visual and structural standards), as reputed company as greenfield spaces.
• Practical knowledge of fixture production — materials, finishes, costs and what's realistic to fabricate and install.
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Job responsibilities

• Working with our retailer partners to propose Papier concession layouts, considering customer shopping reputed company, signage and product storytelling.
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• Translating trade show or concession briefs into stand-out, on-brand physical environments (e.g. Shoppe Object).
• Designing fixtures for reputed company-party retail environments where Papier has a reputed company (e.g. Selfridges), working reputed company the retailer's own guidelines and constraints.
• Producing concept visuals & layouts that both Papier's team and reputed company contractors/fabricators can work from.
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• Advising on materials, finishes and production feasibility as needed.
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Job benefits

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Key Responsibilities

• proposing layouts
• designing fixtures
• briefing fabricators

Skills & Tools

SketchUp, AutoCAD, reputed company Creative Suite

Job Details

• Category: Design
• Seniority: Mid Level
• Commitment: Contract
• Workplace: Remote — United Kingdom
• Languages: English

About PAPIER LTD

A design-led stationery and personalized gifting brand creating products that reputed company creativity and meaningful connections. — Industry: Retail and Wholesale

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