Resume Skills and Keywords for Visual Merchandiser

Visual merchandisers are responsible for designing and creating attractive visual displays for retail outlets. As creative and innovative thinkers, they use their skills in visual design and space utilization to enhance the aesthetic appeal of window displays, walkways, counters, and in-store displays.

Skills required for a Visual Merchandiser role:

  • Visual Merchandising
  • Branding & Display
  • Customer Service
  • Store Sales Support
  • Inventory Management
  • Store Management
  • Product Placement
  • Merchandise Handling
  • Promotional Event Planning
  • Merchandise Presentations

What recruiters look for in a Visual Merchandiser resume: 

  • Proficiency in store and inventory management.
  • Working knowledge of current visual merchandising trends and best practices.
  • Ability to analyze sales merchandising reports and survey results.
  • Experience with promotional event planning.

What can make your Visual Merchandiser resume stand out:

A strong summary that demonstrates your skills, experience and background in visual merchandising

  • An inventive visual merchandiser with rich experience in creating and maintaining store displays that preserve the company image while creating an aesthetic appeal.

Targeted job description 

  • Skills in developing and changing displays to promote new product launches or to reflect festive or seasonal themes.
  • Ensuring uniformity of displays across multiple store locations.
  • Finalizing designs and creating detailed floor plans for display areas.
  • Sourcing the props, creative materials, and accessories for displays.

Related academic background 

  • M.Designing, National Institute of Fashion Technology| 2017
  • B. Designing, University of Petroleum, Energy & Science| 2015

Sample Resume of Visual Merchandiser in Text Format

GAURI DAVE

Visual Merchandiser 

+91-9876543210 | gauri@gmail.com |New Delhi, India

SUMMARY 

An inventive visual merchandiser with rich experience in creating and maintaining store displays that preserve the company image while creating an aesthetic appeal. An innovative and skilled communicator aids in customer service and acts as a link to the store and the wider public.

EXPERIENCE

Visual Merchandiser at Goodchi from Dec 2020 - Present, New Delhi

  • Creating and implementing a visual merchandising strategy for the store that's aligned with the brand, products, and target market.
  • Generating sketches of visual displays that meet the store’s visual design requirements.
  • Finalizing designs and creating detailed floor plans for display areas.
  • Sourcing the props, creative materials, and accessories for displays.
  • Installing and setting up window displays, walkways, counters, and in-store displays, or supervising contractors hired for this purpose.

Retail Merchandiser at Haha&more from Jan 2019 - Nov 2020, New Delhi

  • Secured the most lucrative spots in each store and appealingly positioned products.
  • Kept a regular inventory check to ensure that stores are furnished with sufficient supplies at all times.
  • Maintained cordial relationships with all stakeholders to uphold our reputation and to promote endeavours.
  • Cleared expired, broken, and otherwise unsuitable products from the displays.
  • Tracked sales and monitored the performance of each core product.
  • Suggested special offers and discounts on products.

Reset Merchandiser at TFB - That Fashion Brand from Jul 2017 - Dec 2018, Mumbai

  • Sold displays and shippers by presenting promotions and deals to the customer.
  • Assisted sales teams with planning, selling and conducting resets in retail accounts.
  • Unloaded fixtures and products during the project and stored/removed unusable materials as needed.
  • Removed old/deleted products and disposed of them according to the project brief.
  • Completed and ensured accurate shelf/product tagging.

EDUCATION

M.Designing, National Institute of Fashion Technology, New Delhi - 2017

B. Designing, University of Petroleum, Energy & Science, Dehradun - 2015

SKILLS

Visual Merchandising | Branding & Display | Customer Service | Store Sales Support | Inventory Management | Store Management | Product Placement | Merchandise Handling | Promotional Event Planning | Merchandise Presentations

LANGUAGES

English 

Hindi