Tag: Store

Company: Roots Canada

Location: Toronto, ON

Expected salary:

Job date: Thu, 15 May 2025 05:09:33 GMT

Job description: Nature & Scope → Your Role at RootsWe are seeking a visionary yet detail-driven Director of Creative & Technical Store design to lead the future design of our retail environments. This role will be responsible for leading the end-to-end design process of future stores, ensuring each location encapsulates the physical representation of the Roots brand and a nod to the heritage of Roots, while incorporating design elements that elevates the customer experience and addresses store operational needs.As the ideal candidate, you should be passionate about Roots and eager to lead the future direction of our store design. You have prior experience designing retail stores for brands and understands the balance between design aesthetic, brand cues, customer experience, and operational needs. Finally, you have a good understanding of the regulatory, construction, and cost implications of store designs, capable of effectively working with cross functional internal and external stakeholders to execute on the designs.Key Responsibilities → How You’ll Make an ImpactCreative Leadership

• Lead the design and development of future store concepts for Roots, balancing the rich heritage with the modern evolution of the brand.
• Coordination with retail operations, visual merchandising, marketing, and merchandising teams to ensure designs serve the customer journey and operational needs.
• Integrate digital touchpoints and omni-channel strategies seamlessly into physical spaces.
• Develop a store design framework to ensure consistent store rollouts for current and future stores across our various store formats.
• Lead and/or partner with external agencies on future elevated flagship-type store concept development.
• Become a key liaison between Roots and our global partners to ensure consistency of brand representation in physical footprints.

Technical Leadership

• Lead and/or partner with external architects to translate creative concepts into scalable, buildable technical drawings and construction documents.
• Oversee store planning, millwork details, lighting, fixture design, and materials specification.
• Close coordination with store construction teams to manage designs to capital expenditure budgets.
• Ensure compliance with building codes, landlord requirements, ADA/accessibility standards, and construction best practices.

Design Execution

• Oversee timelines, budgets, vendor relationships, and execution standards for all design initiatives.

Qualifications & Experience → The Skills You Bring

• 7+ years of experience in store design, architecture, or interior design – preferably in retail apparel brands.
• Thorough understanding of materials, lighting, fixture development, and construction documentation.
• An understanding of Canadian commercial building codes; experience managing landlord design requirements would be considered a plus.
• Proficiency in CAD, SketchUp, Revit, Adobe Creative Suite, and/or rendering software.
• Strong portfolio showcasing both creative and technical design capabilities, demonstrating the ability to merge brand storytelling with functionality.
• A strong interest and understanding of global retail trends and customer behavior in retail environments.
• An understanding of construction project costing would be considered a plus.
• Strong leadership, communication, and project management skills.

Position Summary: Director of Creative & Technical Store Design at Roots

Nature & Scope:
Roots seeks an innovative and detail-oriented Director to lead the design of its retail environments. This role is crucial for developing store concepts that reflect the Roots brand heritage while enhancing customer experience and meeting operational needs.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Creative Leadership:

   • Develop future store concepts while maintaining brand heritage.
   • Collaborate with various teams to align designs with customer journeys and operational demands.
   • Integrate digital and omnichannel strategies into store designs.
   • Create a consistent store design framework for various formats.
   • Partner with external agencies for flagship store development.
   • Act as a liaison to ensure brand consistency with global partners.

2. Technical Leadership:

   • Work with architects to translate designs into technical drawings and construction documents.
   • Oversee aspects like store planning, lighting, and materials specification.
   • Coordinate closely with construction teams to manage budgets and ensure compliance with regulations.

3. Design Execution:

   • Manage timelines, budgets, vendor relationships, and execution standards for design initiatives.

Qualifications & Experience:

• 7+ years in store design/architecture/interior design, ideally in retail.
• Strong knowledge of materials, lighting, and construction documentation.
• Familiarity with Canadian building codes and landlord requirements is a plus.
• Proficient in CAD, SketchUp, Revit, Adobe Creative Suite, etc.
• Strong portfolio showcasing creative and technical skills.
• Understanding of retail trends and customer behaviors.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and project management skills.

Ideal Candidate:
Passionate about Roots, with a balance of aesthetic vision and operational understanding, ready to lead the store design direction.