The Company: The award-winning Indigo Living, a home furnishing retailer and interior design service provider, has been trailblazing design trends across Asia and the Middle East for over 42 years. With 8 Hong Kong stores, in-house furniture design, styling teams and an interior design team, Indigo is the go-to leader for beautiful, versatile and intelligent interior, furniture and accessory solutions that are unique, on-trend and designed to last.

• Our Tagline - Live Beautifully 
• We believe in INSPIRING LIVES THROUGH BEAUTIUL INTERIORS

The Position: We are looking for a part time Visual Merchandiser able to work three days during the work week: Monday- Friday. As a successful candidate, you will be involved in enhancing the Indigo brand image by maintaining the high visual merchandising standard throughout our 8 Hong Kong locations. We are currently looking for an individual who will be our key VM implementing the Indigo guidelines during not only the store set-up but visiting each store weekly to make sure the stores maintain the approved look and feel. Working closely with the Head of Image and Style, you will help to plan, create, and implement beautiful, stylish VM interiors that mirror our Lookbooks and the Indigo Living lifestyle across our retail stores. 

We are looking for a very dynamic, creative and passionate person.Motivated, organized and detail-oriented; able to work independently.  You will have a strong desire to grow and be challenged

The Location: Indigo Living stores are based in Ap Lei Chau, Cyberport, Central, Times Square, Mid-levels and Shatin. Head office is located in Cyberport, Hong Kong. This role requires travel between each of the stores.

Key responsibilities

Visual Merchandise Planning

• Liaise closely with the Buying team and Head of Image & Style
• Knowledge of what the complete seasonal collection is (NEW/CORE/SEAS) at all times
• Assist Head of Image & Style plan the complete seasonal collection across all stores
• Home accessories cabinet plan concept aligned with seasonal look book and looks
• Produce setup guidelines for home accessories for internal store books/guidelines across all stores
• Develop creative displays to enhance product sales – slow movers and highlight new arrivals
• Add value by sharing market observations and knowledge to the Buying team to facilitate VM development

Instore Visual Merchandising

• Supervise retail stores on a regular basis ensuring they are following the store book/guidelines and Head Office instructions
• Help achieve sales targets within stores- by keeping the store looking good/ as directed by Head of Image & Style
• Liaise closely with retail staff to understand their challenges and market changes
• Support Head of Image & Style in training retail staff on how to maintain their stores and upsell our product 
• Ensure that stores are maintained to a high standard- all shelves are clean, walls are freshly painted, lightbulbs are replaced

Seasonal shop change

• Put together mood boards and furniture selections based on New Trends for Head of Image & Style and Creative Director to approve using CAD/ Sketch up and Powerpoint
• Create Transfer orders so that all items are delivered on the designated day for Shop Change
• Ensure the smooth set-up of all seasonal, promotional and sale shop changes
• Book and manage the shop change schedule across Hong Kong stores, including handymen
• Photograph all stores on completion of shop change. Photograph all completed shelves/ display and insert imagery into digital store guidebooks for Store Staff’s reference.

Lookbook Photoshoot

• Work closely with Head of Image & Styling to understand the needs of the photoshoot
• Manage the delivery and set up of furniture
• Assist Head of Image & Style as needed in styling the room sets
• Manage the pack up of furniture and handover back to property manager

Admin

• Keep internal paperwork up to date. 
• Learning our internal software (Navision, Netsuite, Sharepoint, Smartsheet) and liaising with Merch team is key.
• Keep an updated and complete visual and paperwork record for store intervention
• Instore reports
• Working at head office with Image & Style and head of Buying to manage all samples/ product boards and material library. Keep all Master sets up to date.

Key performance indicators

• Teamwork across all business units
• To be responsible with the quality and accuracy of work produced
• Complete tasks within a given time frame, able to work towards tight deadlines and with a high degree of flexibility
• Have an excellent knowledge of our product collection
• File management and administration skills, with an awareness of inventory management and in-house inventory systems

Core competencies

• Diploma or above in Interior Design/Decoration or related discipline
• Must possess a strong sense of design, color and style with an understanding of global home design trends and latest materials.
• High level organizational skills with strong time management.
• Proficiency in Excel will be highly valued.
• Proficiency in Creative Adobe Suite (Illustrator, InDesign).  Sketch-up will be valued.
• Able to work creatively within a project team environment; Good communication and team skills, Self-motivated, hardworking, and willing to work overtime.
• Able to work under pressure and within tight deadlines.
• Fluency in spoken English a must, it will be beneficial if candidates are multilingual.

Are you interested in working with a fast paced fun group of people, like to live beautifully and want to be part of the growing Indigo family, if so, this role is for you. Willing to learn, work hard and have fun at your job.