Retail Store Designer

Description:

Looking for a passionate and fearless Store Designer who will play a key role in delivering on the promise of Sephora's innovative retail experience. Collaborating with the store design team and cross-functional partners, this position contributes to Sephora's success by elevating the overall quality of store design to uphold the Sephora experience while meeting cost, schedule, and operational requirements. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable working through the complexities of problem solving for a unique site condition as they are with maintaining a relentless eye for the overall best design solution for any given project scope. Project types include both new and existing stores.



D2D - Your role at Sephora:

As a Store Design Contractor, your main role will be managing projects within our lighting program. These roles and responsibilities may include but not be limited to:



· Gathering as-built/CAD reference drawing for existing stores

· Kick off Surveyor

· Schedule management of Survey

· Survey review

· Review 360 existing store photo

· Kick off Architects and Permit Expeditor

· Gather permit due diligence information

· Outline schedule and groups per permit due diligence information

· Prelim RCP/ Feasibility review, comment and communication

· Manage drawing schedule and tracking

· Review 100% check set drawing, comment and communication

· Review shop drawing, comment and communication

· Manage shop drawing schedule and tracking

· Manage permit tracking

· Construction administration, including answering RFIs and working through site condition conflicts

· Record set management

· Folding back record set RCP information into the latest MAPS file



Additional roles and responsibilities within Store Design that you may also be needed to perform include:



· Provide planning, interior elevations and storefront design studies based on our current Sephora design standards and specific site conditions. Design for unique conditions as required. Advocate for the design, ensuring we always put our best foot forward. Assist on special projects as required.

· Facilitate efforts to develop project scope of work including review of codes, tenant criteria, merchandise requirements and any other design elements that may need to be incorporated into a project.

· Coordinate closely with Real Estate, Retail Operations, Merchandising and Property Development throughout all stages of the design of our stores. Ensure that the field, merchant, and maintenance needs are addressed.

· Manage outside consultant architects and engineers to ensure project schedules are maintained and documents are accurate for landlord review, permitting, bid and any other required submittals.

· After start of construction, monitor communication between consultants and construction managers to quickly respond to field conditions and/or changes made to projects.

· Check all drawings to be sure they meet Sephora design standards and criteria. Coordinate with consultant architects and engineers to incorporate any changes or corrections into the final contract documents. Ensure that drawings are accurate throughout the project lifecycle to ensure that bid information is correct, and construction can begin on schedule.

· Explore the best options to expedite permit and landlord approvals. Act as primary contact between Sephora and tenant coordinators. Meet face-to-face as required. Partner with AOR to track permit approvals to ensure construction starts on schedule.

Contribute industry insights and fresh perspective to continually improve upon the delivery of on brand, beautiful, functional and cost-effective stores.

Must Haves:

* 5-10 years of experience in store design/architecture

* Strong experience with design project management

* Proficiency with AutoCAD, MS Office, and Adobe Suite (In-design, photoshop, illustrator)

* Bachelor's Degree in architecture or interior design (or related field)

Soft skills: has the ability to communicate cross-functionally between different teams/designers - will be managing around 10-15 stores at one time

Comes from a background in retail design

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.