Job Summary

Bring your creativity and eye for detail to the Auburn University Bookstore! We’re seeking a Visual Merchandiser to shape the look and feel of our retail floor. In this role, you’ll design and maintain layouts and planograms that maximize selling space, enhance the guest experience, and make store navigation seamless.

As a key member of our team, you’ll create engaging and effective merchandise displays that align with our general merchandise plan. Partner with general merchandise and marketing teams to ensure consistent in-store presentation and messaging. Provide outstanding customer service while maintaining a clean, organized stockroom. Analyze merchandise buying plans and adapt displays to drive product sell-through.

If you’re passionate about visual design, thrive in a fast-paced retail environment, and enjoy bringing spaces to life, this role offers the chance to make a visible impact every day.

Essential Functions

• Designs, implements, and maintains strategic retail floor layouts and planograms to optimize product visibility and customer flow.
• Develops compelling and effective merchandise displays that enhance the customer shopping experience and drive sales.
• Delivers exceptional customer service by engaging with guests, addressing inquiries, and ensuring a welcoming store environment.
• Oversees stockroom operations, ensuring cleanliness, organization, and efficient inventory management.
• Evaluates merchandise buying plans to inform inventory decisions and optimize sales strategies, while partnering with the Retail Sales Manager to ensure timely stock availability aligned with Visual Merchandiser display setups.
• Partners with general merchandise and marketing teams to align visual merchandising with brand standards and promotional campaigns, while coordinating buying decisions with the Merchandise Buyers to enable cohesive storytelling across product categories.
• Supervises and mentors a team of student general merchandise associates, fostering a positive and productive work environment.
• Performs additional duties as assigned to support store operations and team success.

Why Work at Auburn?

• Life-Changing Impact: Our work changes lives through research, instruction, and outreach, making a lasting impact on our students, our communities, and the world.
• Culture of Excellence: We are committed to leveraging our strengths, resources, collaboration, and innovation as a top employer in higher education.
• We’re Here for You: Auburn offers generous benefits, educational opportunities, and a culture of support and work/life balance.
• Sweet Home Alabama: The Auburn/Opelika area offers southern charm, vibrant downtown scenes, top-ranked schools, and easy access to Atlanta, Birmingham, and the Gulf of Mexico beaches.
• A Place for Everyone: Auburn is committed to fostering an environment where all faculty, staff, and students are welcomed, valued, respected, and engaged.

Ready to lead and shape the future of higher education? Apply today! War Eagle!

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate’s degree plus 4 years of experience in retail sales operations, visual merchandising, and/or customer service. OR Bachelor’s degree plus 2 years of experience in retail sales operations, visual merchandising, and/or customer service.

Minimum Skills, License, and Certifications

• Knowledge of retail floor layout and planogram development.
• Strong analytical skills for merchandise buying plans.
• Strong team leadership and management skills.
• Skills in creating visually appealing merchandise displays.
• Organizational skills for maintaining stockroom cleanliness.
• Ability to provide excellent customer service.

Desired Qualifications

Degree in Marketing, Business Administration, Fashion Merchandising, or related field desired.

Posting Detail Information

Salary Range: $38,390 - $57,590

Job Category: Other

City position is located in: Auburn

State position is located: Alabama

Posting Date: 09/11/2025

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