Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a visual merchandiser can go next

2 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a visual merchandiser already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Visual merchandisers are specialised in the promotion of the sale of goods, especially their presentation in retail outlets.

Also known as assistant visual merchandiser, image controller, senior visual merchandiser, retail visual strategy manager, display designer, graduate visual merchandiser, visual merchandising supervisor, display assistant, window display assistant, visual merchandising associate, window dresser, visual merchandising controller.

Technicians and associate professionals 23 skills on file 2 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: merchandiser, 38%

Fig. 2 · Career map 2 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
merchandiser 38% covered interior planner 15% covered visual merchandiser You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 2 nearest destinations from visual merchandiser, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a visual merchandiser already covers. All 2 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 2 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A visual merchandiser needs 14 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • assemble visual displays communication, collaboration and creativity
  • communicate on merchandise visual display communication, collaboration and creativity
  • develop store design communication, collaboration and creativity
  • assess visual impact of displays information skills
  • change window displays communication, collaboration and creativity
  • execute visual presentation changes communication, collaboration and creativity
  • negotiate with suppliers for visual material communication, collaboration and creativity
  • coach team on visual merchandising communication, collaboration and creativity
  • interpret floor plans information skills
  • merchandising techniques business, administration and law
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a visual merchandiser does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Visual merchandiser is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a visual merchandiser’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.