Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers

• Plan commercial displays to entice and appeal to customers.
• Change or rotate window displays, interior display areas, or signage to reflect changes in inventory or promotion.
• Arrange properties, furniture, merchandise, backdrops, or other accessories, as shown in prepared sketches.
• Place prices or descriptive signs on backdrops, fixtures, merchandise, or floor.
• Maintain props, products, or mannequins, inspecting them for imperfections, doing touch-ups, cleaning up after customers, or applying preservative coatings as necessary.
• Consult with store managers, buyers, sales associates, housekeeping staff, or engineering staff to determine appropriate placement of displays or products.
• Develop ideas or plans for merchandise displays or window decorations.
• Assemble or set up displays, furniture, or products in store space while utilizing colors, lights, pictures, or other accessories to display the product.
• Select themes, lighting, colors, or props to be used.
• Install booths, exhibits, displays, carpets, or drapes, as guided by floor plan of building or specifications.
• Attend training sessions or corporate planning meetings to obtain new ideas for product launches.
• Consult with advertising or sales staff to determine type of merchandise to be featured and time and place for each display.
• Construct or assemble displays or display components from fabric, glass, paper, or plastic, using hand tools or woodworking power tools, according to specifications.
• Collaborate with others to obtain products or other display items.
• Obtain plans from display designers or display managers and discuss their implementation with clients or supervisors.
• Take photographs of displays or signage.

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• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Coordination - Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
• Persuasion - Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers.