We're reimagining the way Australians live, work, and play. We own and manage some of the most recognisable and loved retail destinations across Australia.

 
We’re evolving our portfolio into destinations that offer a broad selection of retail, residential, and office spaces. Through our diverse portfolio, data-led decision-making, and nationwide development pipeline, we do things differently.

We are Vicinity.

Role purpose

The key purpose of the Retail Design Manager (RDM) is to lead and manage the tenancy design review process, working closely with retailers and their designers to proactively drive high quality design outcomes and highlight opportunities throughout the design approval process.

The role plays a critical part to all new leasing deals and renewals, proactively working with our retail partners in developing and evolving tenant design to enhance Centre presentation and contribute to the ambience and physical environment of Vicinity centres as a leading shopping destination.

Key Responsibilities

• Initiate early contact with tenants and their retail designers ensuring they are clear on design expectations to Vicinity Design Guidelines and understand drawing timelines to meet handover dates.

• Review all design submissions for allocated Centres and tenancy spaces and actively negotiate and influence design submissions to achieve better outcomes, ensuring they are designed in accordance with the Vicinity Design Guidelines and to the precinct’s design aspirations.

• Provide retail focussed design solutions that promote and empower the retailers brand to assist in driving sales for our retailers in our Centres

• Monitor timing of design drawing submissions so they are on track with milestones to allow for permits, procurements and tendering in time to meet handover dates.

• Provide Leasing teams with Design Critique Reports (DCR) for lease renewals with refit requirements that will provide uplift to the tenancy and Centre presentation

• Attend pre-start meetings with shopfitters to clarify any details to ensure they build to approved drawings

• Collaborate with Tenancy Delivery and Operations and regularly monitor progress of fit outs against approved drawings, inspecting build quality and identifying defects early to prevent delays in opening.

• Attend regular Centre Asset Review (CAR) meetings for allocated centres and work closely with Vicinity Leasing & Centre teams to provide design updates and input towards Leasing strategy plans

• Work closely with the Vicinity Leasing and Delivery teams and provide design input for reconfigurations and Centre ambience projects

• Provide regular/monthly Centre design mallscape slides showing the design status to keep Leasing and internal teams abreast and engaged on new fit outs to the Centre

• Provide quarterly Centre showcase slides showing completed before and after uplift of fit outs for sharing with internal teams

Key Role Relationships

The Retail Design Manager works closely with:

• Leasing Team

• Tenancy Delivery Team

• Centre Teams

Our aim is to protect and maximise our customer’s interests throughout the planning and delivery of projects, ensuring they are delivered on time and on budget. We pride ourselves on collaborating with client teams and developing long-term relationships.

We collaborate with the broader RDM team by sharing drawings and requesting feedback to work together to achieve design excellence and assist with the growth of the team.

Capability and Experience

• Preferred Qualification: Architectural or Interior design 

• Technical Knowledge: Sound understanding of architectural & structural building components.      

• Management skills: Strong Project management skills, able to manage multiple projects at one time

• Communication Skills: You have excellent verbal, written, visual, and negotiating communication skills and aptitude with both internal and external entities 

• Presentation Skills: Strong visual presentation skills including cost planning, scheduling & tracking to targets.

• Administration Skills: Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Bluebeam/Adobe Acrobat, Sketchup

• Organizational Skills: Organized, goal oriented, ability to develop and maintain effective relationships and works well in small and large groups 

• Customer Focus:  You are customer focussed and put customers at the heart of your activities and decisions.

• Innovation:  You identify new ideas and transform them into new products, services and processes that drive commercial outcomes through a shared strategic vision.

• Change agility:  You move quickly and easily to navigate and implement change efforts to optimise productivity and areas of focus.

• Data, digital and technology:  You use technology and information to drive effective decision-making that leads to improved business performance.

• Process improvement:  You explore more effective and efficient ways of getting thigs done and establish procedures or ways to standardise common activity, tasks and mitigate risk.

Why Vicinity?

Our benefits program focuses on creating an awesome place to work in which our people are rewarded and recognised. This includes:

• Flexible working options 
• Birthday leave & purchased additional leave
• $1,000 worth of VCX securities rewarded for eligible team members
• Internal mentoring program
• Generous Parental Leave

We live and work by our values of Respect, Integrity, Customer Focus, Collaboration and Excellence.  They are the foundation to everything we do and provide us a north star with which we can shape meaningful places where communities connect.

At Vicinity we embrace and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment where we attract, retain and develop our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

Our people and our Employee Advocacy Groups (Gender Balance, Cultural Diversity, Disability & Access and Pride & Allies) actively build community and provide allyship within Vicinity. If you’d like to speak to someone to understand what it’s like firsthand to work here, please reach out to our Talent Acquisition team.

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Email: [email protected]

Phone: +61 3 7001 4000 (request to speak to our Talent Acquisition team)

Note: To be eligible to apply for this position, you must have existing, relevant Australian work rights. At the later stages of the recruitment process the shortlisted candidate/candidates will be required to undergo a Criminal History Background/Police Check as a mandatory part of the process. Additional qualification checks may also be required dependant on role and level.