Job Summary
As part of Apple’s global Marketing and Communications group, the 3D Visual Merchandising team develops physical deliverables for Apple products and services experiences in support of Apple Retail, Events, and Channel partners globally. The team is responsible for crafting and developing complex visual merchandising fixtures, furniture, product experience, and display solutions.
The 3D Production, Documentation Manager provides strong written and verbal communication skills; project management, vendor management, fixture documentation expertise to deliver on a wide variety of 3DVM projects and R&D initiatives. You will be instrumental in leading the documentation process, partnering with our design development team to drive Plan of Record deliverables while managing budgets, timelines, cross-functional team engagement to ensure successful project hand-offs and enable project deployment at scale.
Our team provides best-in-class quality by collaborating with Marcom’s Design groups and building trusted relationships with cross-functional team, agency and supplier partners.
Key Qualifications
- 7+ years of retail fixture development experience (preferably with consumer electronic products) in a design agency, architecture firm, or corporate in-house studio
- Project leadership with experience managing the design development documentation process for 3D physical deliverables
- Aptitude for project management, strong eye for quality, construction details, and attention to detail
- Curiosity and desire to explore new solutions and creatively problem solve
- Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments and self motivate
- Proactive, inventive, highly organized, and calm under pressure approach
- Works optimally both as a team member and a project lead
- Ability to build relationships through open and clear communication, transparent collaboration and consistently delivers results
- Ability to make accurate and timely decisions
- Strong written, verbal communication, and presentation skills
- Architectural and engineering drawings familiarity
Description
- Support fixture design development project team as documentation lead, manage project scoping, planning, documenting prototype build and installations, documentation deliverables, (including reviews, budget management, timeline management and status updates).
- Provide proactive, creative solutions and lend strategic, innovative thinking to all development projects, documentation deliverables, discussions and processes
- Participate in supplier reviews; document feedback and action items
- Execute against project strategy and negotiate project shifts with nimble, innovative and strategic approach
- Collaborate with Design Project Management, Producer, Operations, Finance, Corporate Procurement, Legal and Production team members to deliver best-in-class 3DVM solutions
- Serve as an ambassador for the 3D Production Team, establish and maintain trusted and positive relationships with colleagues, internal cross-functional partners and vendor partners.
Education
BA or BS degree preferred, or applicable experience
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
This role is based in Santa Clara Valley, with international and domestic travel lasting up to 10 days at a time.
