Visual Designer

<p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong><u>Job Overview</u></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">The Show Floor Visual Designer will&nbsp;create imaginative, eye-catching merchandise displays to attract customers' attention and drive sales by utilizing design concepts, color schemes, lighting, and display props. In addition, the Show Floor Visual Designer&nbsp;will work with AFW Management and the Staging team to create an inviting show floor for our customers.</span></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong><u>Job Expectations &amp; Duties</u></strong></span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Typical duties include but are not limited to:</span></i></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><ul style="list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 24px;"><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Commitment to AFW’s safety policies and procedures and ability to promote safety awareness.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Partners with the Staging Manager to prepare for and implement seasonal merchandising presentations and new visual merchandising initiatives.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Processing product in the warehouse to get it ready to be merchandised.&nbsp;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Partners with store management on key visual merchandising decisions that impact workload and sales.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Researching to get an understanding of what is needed and coming up with design ideas.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Tasked with visual design and staging, partnering with buying teams to develop effective display themes and color schemes.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Regularly pulls, unpacks, and styles new products to create compelling and shoppable visual displays that align with seasonal themes and store standards.&nbsp;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Maintains brand presentation standards by continuously updating vignettes and ensuring displays are clean, complete, and customer ready.&nbsp;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Collaborates daily with staging, warehouse, and buying teams to plan and execute floor moves, product refreshes, and featured displays.&nbsp;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Ability to utilize basic design concepts to enhance showroom presentation.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Ability to understand and interpret AFW visual merchandising tools and direction.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Ability to offer solutions to store-specific visual and merchandising challenges using brand standards.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Actively participate in annual show floor inventory scans.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Make specific new merchandise displayed as soon as it is received.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Identifying and reading reports, tickets, and UPC labels.&nbsp;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Ability to efficiently work independently under direct supervision.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Maintain a clean and safe work environment.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Training provided by AFW.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">All other duties as assigned by management.</span></span></li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong><u>Job Requirements</u></strong></span></span></p><ul style="list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 24px;"><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Interior design degree or related field of education OR visual merchandising/or similar experience.&nbsp;</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Coordinate and work effectively with multiple departments to continuously improve processes, maximize efficiency, and exceed customer service expectations.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Ability to efficiently work independently under direct supervision.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Work as a team member by interacting and communicating with fellow associates in a cooperative and constructive way.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Must be able to learn, understand, and apply new technologies including but not limited to Storis, iPads, Excel, Word, etc.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Ability to work a flexible schedule that meets business needs, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.</span></span></li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong><u>Education &amp; Experience</u></strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Interior design degree or related field of education OR at least 2 years of visual merchandising/or similar experience preferred.&nbsp;</span></span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong><u>Compensation</u></strong></span></span></p><ul style="list-style-type: disc; padding-left: 24px;"><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Pay: Starting at $22 and up - Dependent on experience and education</span></span><ul style="list-style-type: circle; padding-left: 48px;"><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Pay Grade: $17.71-32.89</span></span></li></ul></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">At AFW we offer great perks: weekly pay, vacation and sick pay, benefits package (medical, dental, vision) and 401k matching!</span></span></li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong><u>Physical Requirements</u></strong></span></span></p><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Requires the ability to maneuver in confined and, at times, congested areas.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Requires the ability to stand, walk, stoop, &amp; bend for 8 hours daily.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Requires constant use of arms, hands, fingers, eyes, legs, and back.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Requires lift, lower, push and pull merchandise and display props of 50 Lbs.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">The Show Floor Visual Designer position requires lifting, bending, kneeling, stooping, and moving display props and accessories.</span></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong><u>Work Environment</u></strong></span></span></p><ul style="list-style-type: disc;"><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Fluorescent Lighting</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Concrete Flooring</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">The climate is affected by external conditions, including extreme heat and cold.</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Considerable exterior noise</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Extreme temperature fluctuations in the warehouse&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></span></li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong>American Furniture Warehouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. Working Safely is a Condition of Employment at American Furniture Warehouse – an Affirmative Action Employer M/F/D/V.</strong></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong>A pre-employment drug screen, background and fit for duty exam check must be passed upon job offer.</strong></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Since 1975, our motto has been Under Promise and Over Deliver and this is exactly what we do on a daily basis! At AFW, we strongly believe in recognizing those who exemplify excellence, and reward them for contributing to our collective success. We strive to provide a great work environment for our employees and give them the knowledge and tools needed to provide our customers with an even greater buying experience. At American Furniture Warehouse We Do It Right the First Time!</span></span></p>

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American Furniture Warehouse is a retailer of home furnishings, operating in Colorado, Arizona, and Texas. With more than 3200 employees, we pride ourselves on our ability to offer value and service to our customers.  When you join AFW you become part of a professional, customer service oriented company. 

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AFW is seeking highly motivated, energetic, hardworking candidates to join our team.

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AFW offers highly competitive pay and a full benefits package that includes 401k, medical, dental, vision and a host of voluntary programs including life insurance, disability, all at affordable rates.  

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