Planogram Retail Designer

Join a team supporting a global technology leader that is at the forefront of innovation, shaping how people interact with technology every day. This organization is renowned for its groundbreaking products and commitment to delivering exceptional consumer experiences worldwide. As part of their mission to connect people with cutting-edge technology, they are dedicated to creating immersive and intuitive retail environments that bring their products to life.

Aquent Studios is partnering with a global technology leader to find a dynamic and detail-oriented Retail Playbook & Merchandising Specialist. In this pivotal role, you will be instrumental in translating strategic marketing visions into flawless, real-world retail experiences for cutting-edge products. Your expertise will directly influence the success of major product launches and seasonal campaigns, ensuring every retail location, regardless of its unique footprint, showcases products with precision and impact to millions of customers globally.

This role has a definite end date of January 29, 2027.

Impactful Responsibilities

• Lead the creative development and operational tracking for comprehensive retail playbooks across major product initiatives and seasonal marketing campaigns.
• Develop custom layout mapping and detailed instruction synthesizing to ensure flawless execution across all retail environments.
• Author, package, and distribute highly detailed, store-facing Retail Playbooks and visual guidelines mapping out spatial strategy, hardware placement, structural schematics, fixture guidelines, and graphic installation instructions.
• Manage the ongoing workflow of inputting, organizing, and maintaining all new product initiative and campaign assets, collateral, and layout variations within dynamic retail content management systems and digital planogram software.
• Synchronize store design variations and fixture changes by managing active, open lines of communication with creative partners, project leaders, and external operational stakeholders.
• Coordinate and map requirements across six key store display facets: Demo Installations, 3D Elements (panels, platforms, brackets), 2D Elements (signage, cards, backlit wallpaper), Digital Content screen maps, Window Displays, and individual store-by-store layouts.
• Review store photos after playbook resets for compliance and provide feedback to the Operations team for improvements.

Required Skills & Experience

• Mastery of Figma for asset management, wireframing visual merchandising components, and collaborating on high-fidelity renders.
• Proven experience managing dynamic, database-driven retail content management systems and digital planogram software.
• Demonstrated competency in managing the high-pressure logistical and creative demands of launching fresh retail spaces and scaling layout frameworks across varied physical footprints.
• Expertise in translating marketing strategies into premium 3D physical retail environments, maximizing product visibility, and designing intuitive consumer experiences.
• Ability to dynamically adapt master planograms to accommodate late-stage changes in product assortments, supply chain shifts, localized store footprints, and specific fixture configurations (such as shallow/deep display padding).