eCommerce Visual Merchandiser

eCommerce Visual Merchandiser

Location: Hybrid

Reporting to: Merchandiser

Sosandar is a leading fashion brand offering contemporary styles and trends that combine luxury with everyday wear. Our mission is to empower women with stylish, high-quality clothing, designed for versatility and comfort. We pride ourselves on delivering exceptional value and an elevated shopping experience for our customers.

We are looking for a trend-aware and commercially driven eCommerce Visual Merchandiser to join our fast-paced fashion eCommerce team. You will be responsible for curating and optimising the visual presentation of our fashion collections online — ensuring a seamless and engaging digital shopping experience that reflects Sosandar’s identity and drives conversion.

This role is ideal for someone with a passion for fashion, a sharp eye for styling, and a data-informed approach to online merchandising.

What you'll be doing:

Online Visual Merchandising & Styling

• Curate product listing pages (PLPs), category pages, and product carousels to showcase collections in a visually appealing, trend-led manner.
• Maintain visual consistency across the website aligned with brand aesthetics, seasonality, and fashion trends.
• Style outfits or "shop the look" edits to increase cross-selling and outfit inspiration.

Content Planning & Campaign Execution

• Partner with marketing and creative teams to merchandise seasonal campaigns, drops, and promotional launches on-site.
• Own the visual execution of homepage layouts, new-in edits, trend categories, and designer/collection features.

Trading & Optimisation

• Analyse trading data to influence product placement, push high-performing lines, and support underperforming categories.
• Ensure online categories are commercially optimised based on real-time data (conversion rate, add-to-bag %, exit rate).
• Conduct regular competitor and trend analysis to keep visual standards and merchandising fresh.

Stock & Product Coordination

• Work with buying and planning teams to ensure sufficient stock levels for featured products.
• Flag low stock risks and help rotate product features in line with supply.

User Experience

• Ensure a seamless, inspiring customer journey through intuitive navigation, consistent product categorisation, and fashion-forward storytelling.
• Use customer data (heatmaps, session replays, etc.) to identify and act on UX improvement opportunities.

Skills & Experience Required:

• 2–4 years’ experience in a visual merchandising or trading role within a fashion eCommerce environment.
• Deep understanding of online fashion retail, seasonal trends, and customer styling behaviours.
• Experience with Magento eCommerce platform.
• Proficient in Google Analytics and/or other eCommerce analytics tools.
• Comfortable with fast-paced environments and shifting priorities based on trade.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail and a creative eye for styling and product presentation.

Preferred:

• Basic Photoshop or image editing skills.
• Previous experience working with fashion imagery and editorial-style merchandising.
• Understanding of SEO, UX/UI, and CRO principles in a fashion retail context.

What's in it for you?

• 25 days paid holiday pro-rata, plus bank holidays, plus your birthday off!
• Holiday buy scheme
• Hybrid working
• 40% employee discount
• 4% employer pension via salary sacrifice
• Employee Assistance Programme (private GP consultations, prescriptions, physiotherapy, counselling, shopping discounts) for you, your partner and kids
• Life Assurance 4x your salary