Visual What?

I am a Visual Merchandiser at one of the greatest departments stores in the world... Selfridges London.

But I'm often asked, What IS a Visual Merchandiser?

As a Visual Merchandiser on the Womenswear VM Team I:

- Maintain the standards across floor
- Design floor plans
- Rail layouts
- Merchandising the rails (deciding what piece should go next to what)
- Design creative installations to fit with the wider concept
- BUILD creative installations
- INSTALL creative installations
- Create mood boards
- Style and change mannequins
- Work long shift stating at 7am
- Work night shifts
- Climb up ladders
- Drill, hammer, saw, paint, glue, sand... you name it; I do it.

ALL of the above challenges my MS and I have to find ways to work around the nature of my job to ensure I don't cause a relapse by over exhausting myself.

At the end of the day it's my DREAM JOB and I'm not giving that up for anything.

If you want to see some of my work, I've updated the MY WORK | VM tab on the home page so take a look :-)

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