Chief Visual Architect

Description

Position Summary: Leads brand visual guidelines, ensures consistency, coordinates visual store design and renovations, and integrates marketing and commercial strategies. Key Responsibilities: 1. Lead visual guidelines and brand consistency 2. Visual design for stores, renovations, and rebrandings 3. Cross-functional coordination with key departments and specialties **Job Description** ---------------------- Leads brand visual guidelines, ensures consistency and standards, and coordinates with external partners to guarantee optimal results. Lead and coordinate the development and implementation of brand visual guidelines, ensuring aesthetic consistency, accurate interpretation of the commercial concept, and alignment with defined standards. Provide external teams with knowledge, criteria, and tools to elevate in-store visual quality and achieve commercial objectives. Store and Renovation Visual Design: develop and supervise permanent visual design for new openings, renovations, and rebrandings, integrating architecture and visual elements at the point of sale. Ensure designs enhance the shopping experience, product hierarchy, spatial readability, and commercial performance while respecting brand standards, operational functionality, and execution timelines. Apply visual guidelines and standards defined by the Marketing department across projects; document and update store visual standards (facades, shop windows, interiors, product display, materials, lighting, and graphics). Ensure correct implementation, serving as the technical and creative reference for all involved departments. Cross-Functional Coordination (Commercial / Marketing / Operations): maintain ongoing coordination with Commercial, Marketing, Operations, and Engineering departments, integrating commercial requirements and brand strategies into visual space design. Specialties (Visual – Architecture – Lighting): define initial project visual guidelines and lead coordination with Engineering and Implementation teams to ensure proper integration of critical visual specialties: lighting, furniture, materials, graphics, equipment, and technology. Guarantee aesthetic consistency and technical feasibility of the design. Construction and Visual Implementation Support: provide technical and visual support during construction and implementation phases, resolving adjustments and deviations impacting store image. Coordinate with suppliers, contractors, and implementers to ensure execution quality, finishes aligned with visual standards, and proper final store presentation prior to opening. Visual Standards for Tenants: define visual criteria for facades, shop windows, and layouts based on contractual restrictions or negotiations with tenants. Visual Experience Analysis and Optimization: analyze the visual performance of operational stores, identifying improvement opportunities in product display, circulation, lighting, and visual communication. At Falabella Peru, we foster an inclusive and diverse culture focused on equity and respect for different perspectives—including gender, religion, disability, LGBTQ\+ identity, ethnicity, and diversity. Therefore, all our selection processes are conducted under this principle. **Candidate Requirements** -------------------------- * 3–4 years of experience in retail or related fields. * Licensed architect. * Experience in visual and retail project design and construction. * Proficiency in AutoCAD (mandatory), Project, SketchUp, intermediate Excel, Revit. This position is open to candidates with disabilities. **Selection Process** ------------------------ Our selection process is conducted via Aira — a recruitment platform designed to enhance your application experience. To apply, you only need: 1\. Apply to the position 2\. Check your email 3\. Log in to Aira and answer the requested questions and/or tests Then, if your profile matches our requirements, we will contact you by email (via Aira) to proceed to the in-person stage. **About Us** ------------------ We are over 88,000 people who work every day toward our firm Purpose — Simplify and Enjoy Life More. We operate in 9 countries and consist of five major brands across diverse industries: Falabella Retail, Sodimac, Banco Falabella, Tottus, and Mallplaza. Each brand shapes who we are, and together — as One Team — we strive daily to reinvent ourselves and exceed our customers’ expectations. A team full of dreams that makes things happen. We dare to launch and innovate, take risks, and create opportunities enabling us to remain at the forefront — driving continuous reinvention to deliver the best shopping experience at every touchpoint with us.