Sr Specialist Visual Merchandising International - Ulta Beauty, Inc.

Experience the possibilities of our progressive, omnichannel approach to beauty retail. At Ulta Beauty, our Marketing team is applying the latest technologies to personalize the buying experience of true beauty enthusiasts—in ways that surprise and delight. Building love and loyalty, one communication, one experience, one brilliant idea at a time. We represent the perfect blend of strategy and creativity. Of tactics and analytics. To make Ulta Beauty a brand guests will advocate for. Growing share of heart. Delivering with disciplined consistency. Whether your deepest passion is for design or content, strategy or data, or some combination of all things marketing, Ulta Beauty will provide significant latitude to explore your talents and passions, with opportunities to stretch and deepen, to grow and build. Truly, the possibilities are beautiful.

THE IMPACT YOU CAN HAVE 

As the Visual Merchandising Sr Specialist, International, you will act as the critical liaison between Ulta Beauty’s US teams, global partners, and external vendors, ensuring seamless communication in support of new market expansion and ongoing VM development. Reporting to the Manager of Visual Merchandising within the Concept Development team, you will manage information flow, flag potential risks, and solve or escalate as required. Leveraging your design/visual background, you will champion Ulta Beauty’s Global VM standards, ensuring proper translation across markets. You will support the team’s efforts to mold Ulta Beauty’s in-store experience as we pursue new market growth.

YOU'LL ACCOMPLISH THESE GOALS BY:

• Primary liaison between Ulta Beauty US teams, their international counterparts, and external manufacturing partners, facilitating new market launches, brand updates, and transfer of new VM concepts across markets.  
• Ensure Ulta Beauty’s VM standards and identity are consistently represented and implemented across international markets via rendering and prototype reviews; update VM documentation as required.
• Identify opportunities to continually improve the in-store experience, targeting innovation and guest experience as primary sales growth drivers.
• Be expert in the Visual Merchandising intersections between the Ulta Beauty and International VM teams, supporting the process and transfer of key in-store presentation information
• Monitor ongoing processes to identify challenges, troubleshoot issues and proactively flag risks or exceptions, ensuring timely resolution or escalation to appropriate stakeholders.
• Lead onboarding for new vendors, brands, and partners, ensuring seamless transition into VM Ways of Working processes.
• Serve as conduit between Ulta Beauty and partner teams – primarily the broader Visual Merchandising team, Store Design, Store operations, and Merchandising.
• Proactively anticipate upcoming initiatives to inform strategic inclusion into project pipeline.

THE ESSENTIALS FOR SUCCESS 

• At least 3-5 years of experience in corporate visual merchandising or in-store marketing, optimally complimented with in-store working experience.
• Undergraduate degree in relevant field (Marketing, Design, Visual Merchandising, Project Management) and/or equivalent field experience focused on visual merchandising.
• Experience with the interconnection between store fixtures, graphic communication, product merchandising and store operations.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Self-starter capable of working independently, taking initiative, and making decisions while managing multiple projects
• Fluency in software programs as required to visualize and communicate concepts, such as Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, and project management tools.
• Ability to review engineering drawings, work through prototypes and sample store set-ups, and work with suppliers on production requirements.
• Work travel may be required to International locations, local stores, manufacturing plants, or conferences.
• Fluency in Spanish preferred (written and spoken).

WORKING CONDITIONS 

Ability to assist in mock store or live store sets or installations:

Moving or transporting boxes, fixtures, visuals up to 35 pounds across store environments or between locations. Unpacking visual boxes, or fixture/ product display boxes & keep the mock store clean and organized.

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At Ulta Beauty (NASDAQ: ULTA), the possibilities are beautiful. Ulta Beauty is the largest North American beauty retailer and the premier beauty destination for cosmetics, fragrance, skin care products, hair care products and salon services. We bring possibilities to life through the power of beauty each and every day in our stores and online with more than 25,000 products from approximately 500 well-established and emerging beauty brands across all categories and price points, including Ulta Beauty’s own private label. Ulta Beauty also offers a full-service salon in every store featuring—hair, skin, brow, and make-up services.

We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest records, conviction records, or other criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of any applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, and the New York City Fair Chance Act.