Senior Retail Designer

Your opportunity at ARC’TERYX:  As the Senior Retail Designer, you will create timeless, quality, and intuitive designs for Arc’teryx retail locations across the APAC Region – including Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Australia and New Zealand. Your designs will excite the consumer by connecting them to our brand and product through premium retail experiences.  You will produce store designs for all brand locations including space plans, storefront designs, signage, fixtures, and finishes.  Your leadership will ensure project design development and implementation is done with passion, curiosity and a continuous drive to explore and evolve.   This role is based out of our Japan - Tokyo office. Candidates must be eligible to work in Japan.    Language proficiency: Business level of English is enough Fluent Japanese skill required   Meet your Future Team:  The Store Development Team is a group of creative and innovative thinkers.  We are passionate about bringing the Brand to life in physical space and are constantly searching for a better way to evolve our retail experience.  We work closely with Brand Creative, Visual Merchandising and Retail Operations teams to design and build our stores and to create a premium retail experience for our guests.  If you were a Senior Retail Designer now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:

Driving the design and coordination of all interior brand elements in partnership with the Brand team to maintain overall design and brand vision 

Leading regular design presentations to the Senior Leadership Team 

Leading cross-functional collaboration sessions specific to each store project 

Collaborate with regional retail design teams to create and adapt retail concepts for all Direct to Consumer channels (brand stores, Brand+, Alpha, concept stores, shop in shop, etc.) 

Identifying areas of opportunity in our Retail Designs and taking initiative to design a solution 

Driving project timelines and communicating with cross-functional partners using Smartsheet  

Initiating and reviewing architectural site surveys for design and layout feasibility to make recommendations for budget, operational and brand appropriateness 

Preparing project layouts, specifications, millwork, lighting direction and design details for architectural documentation 

Directing and managing the production of architectural drawings for accuracy, industry quality standards, building codes, health and safety regulations 

Managing external architects and consultants on drawing deliverables, completion dates, permitting and construction documents 

Reviewing standard project-based shop drawings (storefront, fixtures, signage, brand elements) for accuracy, completeness and coordination with architectural drawings 

Working closely with Construction and Project Managers/consultants during budgeting, bid and build phases 

Partnering with Visual Merchandising team to finalize store layouts, assortment strategy and capacity for each location 

Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future:

Designing new innovative store concepts and solutions 

Partnering with VM and Brand on new fixture designs and brand moments 

Researching new innovative finishes and materials 

Store of the Future initiatives 

Supporting with Global Design Standards 

Supporting with the Retail Design Playbook evolution 

Providing guidance and mentorship to the rest of the Design Team 

Are you our next Senior Retail Designer?

You have a bachelor’s degree in interior design, Architecture or a related field 

You have 8+ years of experience in global retail design 

You have demonstrated ability creating and delivering innovative design concepts and solutions on time and on budget with minimal direction 

You are LEED certified and/or have a keen interest in sustainable design practices 

You have strong design and presentation skills 

You have strong 3D rendering skills 

You are knowledgeable in material specification, sourcing and construction methods 

You have a strong ability to drive work to ensure deadlines are met 

You are proficient in CAD drafting using AutoCAD, Adobe Suite, Sketch Up, Enscape and Smartsheet 

You are a strong team player with ability to work independently with minimum supervision AND in a collaborative environment 

You are driven to problem solve and open to learn 

You have excellent verbal and visual communication skills  

You have excellent ability to create, understand and translate three dimensional concepts into drawings 

You are proactive in identifying the root cause of issues and developing solutions 

You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity 

You effectively balance autonomy and collaboration 

You inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement 

You seek the best (sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment to do what is right 

Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it