Do you dream of designing great looking retail stores across multiple markets? And are you a detailed multi-tasker, able to keep track of many different projects and criteria? Then go ahead and apply for this role!
At Specsavers Northern European Support Office in Copenhagen, we’re looking for a Store Designer to execute retail designs for our Northern European region: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Netherlands.
What you’ll do
Over the years, the Specsavers / Louis Nielsen brand has become our greatest asset. With a vision to make better eye and hearing care accessible to all, it’s within our optical stores that customers engage and place their trust in our brand. That’s why we always strive for consistent execution of our great looking stores – no matter where and when our customers come to visit us.
As a Store Designer, you’ll handle all aspects of store design and layout production. This includes everything from designing shopfronts, through to the retail, dispensing, clinical and staff areas of our stores. You’ll also be involved in supporting the ongoing development of our portfolio of +450 stores, all located in different countries with local legislations, clinical standards, regulations, and requirements within Specsavers global shop fit.
Your specific tasks will be to:
- Own individual store design projects and follow the process of design, from receipt of design brief through to actual creation of plans, drawings, and renderings, to support Business Development teams in conversations with store partners, property, landlords, municipalities, suppliers, etc.
- Be responsible for completion of rebrand, relocation, expansion and new store projects across our five-country region.
- Ensure all store drawings are complete, technically accurate and put in motion in time to facilitate and support the project schedule.
- Present inspiring alternatives to shopfronts and store design solutions for situations where the store location or physical environment requires a non-standard approach.
- Contribute to ad-hoc concept development projects such as creation of new unitary, tactical shop fits, updates to the global shop fit, rollouts, trials, etc.
- Ensure Specsavers design principles, customer journey, technical standards and brand guidelines are applied consistently across the portfolio
- Work closely with the Business Development teams to ensure consistently executed great-looking stores across our entire Northern Europe region.
Who you are
We’re looking for someone with first-hand store layout and design experience, who has ideally worked in a fast-paced retail environment with an international retailer.
To be considered for the role, you must also have:
- A creative flair, imagination, and innovative thinking
- Commercial understanding and business acumen
- Excellent multitasking ability while also paying keen attention to detail.
- A logical and analytical mindset able to consider multiple and varied solutions to problems.
- Strong spatial awareness with ability to think/visualize and communicate concepts in 3D.
- Proven ability to build and maintain relationships with stakeholders across all levels and functions.
- Ability to take ownership of projects and work independently.
- Flexible with working hours as well as travelling between support offices and store visits in our five Northern European countries.
- Excellent communication skills in written and oral English – as well as one of our Northern European languages
Technical skills:
- Experienced with Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD
- Experienced with Adobe Creative Suite
- Preferably with knowledge of another 3D rendering programme (Enscape, or similar)
What’s in it for you?
At Specsavers (also known as Louis Nielsen in Denmark), we are on a journey to transform eye and hearing care – making it accessible to everyone who needs it.
Recently voted 6th best workplace in Europe by Great Place to Work, Specsavers/Louis Nielsen is constantly progressing and very passionate about being the best in everything we do.
As our new Store Designer, you’ll get to work with our diligent support office and store teams to make sure our customers feel at home whenever entering one of our modern, Scandinavian stores.
On top of that, you also get to enjoy the following perks:
- Join a smart, passionate, and confident team with colleagues from many nationalities.
- Great training and development opportunities where no two days will be the same in our fast-moving matrix environment.
- A flexible schedule with the possibility of working from home and business travelling around Europe, when necessary
- A salary package matching your qualifications with a pension scheme, health insurance and other staff benefits.
- Be part of a business that serves a significant impact on the future of eye and hearing care.
Is this you? Great!
Then we would love to hear from you. To apply, send your application using the button below.
We’re on the lookout for the right person to join us as soon as possible, so please apply with your English CV, and you’ll hear from us very soon.
If you have any questions about this position, you are more than welcome to contact the Store Design Manager for Northern Europe, Luke Hallas, at + 45 29 69 99 44.
