ARI is one of the world’s longest established and experienced global travel retail companies. With expertise in developing business in new and existing markets, ARI owns and manages retail outlets in 27 airports in 14 countries throughout Europe, The Middle East, Asia Pacific, and North America. From opening the world’s first duty free in Shannon Airport in 1947, ARI now employs over 3,500 people worldwide and manages a turnover in excess of €1 billion. ARI is part of the Irish government-owned daa group.

We are creating a new Retail Design Lead role in ARI to sit within our Global Implementation team. There are two key focuses of this role. The first is to manage the retail store design process from inception to completion associated with new and existing stores across our global locations. The second is to support the business development team when responding to tenders and providing high quality retail store design proposals. One of the main elements of any new tender in our industry tends to be around ARI’s proposed design for the store and this role will be responsible for ensuring that ARI is always submitting world class design proposals reflecting our unique customer value proposition.

Candidates for this role should have prior experience working in a similar Design Manager type role for another Retail or Commercial organisation and be comfortable managing external design agencies.

This role will suit someone with prior demonstratable experience in retail design and project management, blended with architectural practice experience who is passionate about delivering best in class retail design. A strong focus on problem solving while delivering projects with creativity and commitment to the business needs. A track record of management and delivery of multiple projects simultaneously, all within fast-paced, tight timelines.