Store Designers to H&M Group Store Design

Company Description
Consumer behavior and customer expectations are rapidly changing, and so are we. The competitive landscape is being redrawn and digitalization and sustainability is driving the need to transform and rethink. This presents us with many challenges, but more importantly, with many exciting opportunities.
Would you like to be part of creating a better and more inspiring world through meaningful architecture and design services to all H&M Group brands? Then keep on reading!
Group Store Design delivers architecture and design services to several brands globally. Together with our brand partners, we strive to enable meaningful business growth by leading our industry towards more sustainable and relevant architecture and design solutions.
Job Description
We are now looking for Store Designers to join us on our future journey. As part of our new team, you help us realize store projects all over the world, for several brands, through collaboration with many brilliant colleagues, reflected in high-quality architectural packages and commercial plans based on customer needs and behaviors.
Your responsibilities
Effectively conduct project specific research about the customer and project objectives, including some analytical tasks connected to brand’s commercial plans
Create and/or review architectural and interior design packages as well as construction documents for various types of projects
Ensure strong communication with multiple project teams, brands, contractors, consultants, and local H&M Group teams
Provide guidance and innovative solutions to resolve technical and design challenges when needed
Follow up your projects and take ownership of analyzing both successes and learnings.

Qualifications
We are looking for an Architect or Interior Designer who wants to be a part of driving the success of H&M Group further. You have an overall understanding of and experience from spatial development, to full scale detailing and a great interest in fashion and retail. You are an open-minded team player who enjoys working in an international environment and can handle multiple complex projects at the same time. We believe you to be brave in your way of working, you get energy from trying the unfamiliar with an agile mindset and always welcoming the unexpected. You are a communicative person with a positive attitude, you take ownership of your work and always give it your best. Most important of all, we want you to be you, we encourage diversity and welcome candidates from all backgrounds!
We believe you have:
A bachelor’s degree within Architecture or Interior Design
5-8 years of hands-on work experience within the area of commercial/retail architecture or interior design, layout design and planning
Strong project management skills, ability to oversee and manage multiple projects simultaneously
Good understanding of the various stages of real estate projects, from initiation to completion and follow up, i.e. exploration, negotiation, building of business cases, approval stages, design, ordering and construction
Ability to prioritize and service multiple projects concurrently
Great communication and presentation skills
Proficient preferably in Sketch-Up and AutoCAD, otherwise Enscape, Adobe Suite, Revit or equivalent program
Fluent in English both written and spoken.
Ability to travel
International working experience or education is a plus.

We offer you a great opportunity of being part of pushing the physical retail experience in a new direction. We offer a creative work environment where culture and values play a big part in everything we do. We enjoy seeing people grow within our company and take a long-term approach to all of our recruitments.
Additional Information
These are permanent positions based at our Head Office in Marievik, Stockholm, Sweden. The role will include international travel.
If this sounds like an exciting opportunity, we are looking forward to receive your English CV and Portfolio (no need for a cover letter) as soon as possible, but latest April 6th 2022