Visual Merchant Designer

Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Employment Type: Full-Time - Contract

Are you passionate about transforming brand identity into immersive, physical experiences? Join our client's Brand Experience Design team, where you will shape how the brand comes to life across global markets through retail, exhibition, and spatial environments.

✨ About the Role

As a Visual Merchant Designer, you will work at the intersection of interior architecture, visual merchandising, and brand experience. You will lead the creation of physical brand touchpoints—from concept development to execution on-site.
This role requires a unique blend of creativity, technical precision, global mindset, and design excellence.

🎨 Key Responsibilities

• Develop innovative interior and visual concepts for brand experience environments, retail spaces, and exhibitions
• Translate brand identity into material palettes, furniture concepts, layouts, and spatial narratives
• Produce high‑quality 3D visualizations and renders for cross‑team alignment and stakeholder communication
• Collaborate with brand, retail, procurement, and external suppliers
• Support international on-site implementation and coordination
• Identify risks early and propose cost-effective, design-led solutions

🛠️ Qualifications & Skills

• 3+ years of experience in interior, spatial, or architecture design
• Background in public, commercial, hospitality, or luxury retail environments
• Experience in international design studios across Europe and Asia
• Ability to take projects from concept to execution
• Technical proficiency in:
  • AutoCAD
  • Rhino
  • SketchUp
  • Revit
  • Blender
  • V-Ray / 3ds Max
  • Adobe Creative Suite
• Strong capability in producing conceptual and technical design documentation
• Excellent understanding of materiality, detailing, and construction
• Fluent in English (spoken & written)

💡 Personal Attributes

• Strong drive, collaborative mindset, and excellent organization skills
• Confident visual communicator; comfortable presenting work and design rationale
• Able to balance creative exploration with decision-making and execution
• Thrives in ambiguity and enjoys tackling complex, future‑focused challenges
• Cultural awareness, particularly in Chinese and Northern European contexts

🌏 Additional Information

• Occasional travel to China (approx. 1–2 trips per year)
• High autonomy and responsibility within the team
• Driver’s license required
• Portfolio required: PDF format, max 10 MB