What the Work Actually Looks Like
Our projects fall into two buckets: merchandising (product placement, planogram resets, POS updates, audits) and fixturing (building aisles, displays, gondolas, and racking from the ground up). Sometimes they overlap on the same job. Most of the work is for national retail brands, and the assignments take you wherever the stores are — which means a lot of our installers end up in towns and cities they’d never have any reason to visit otherwise.
A typical week varies. Some jobs run during the day with set start and end times. Others happen overnight or on weekends so the store can stay open during business hours. Smaller projects might have you running a solo route of locations doing tobacco resets or POS swaps. Larger projects put you on a team of two to four for store resets, or on a full crew for new store setups and major remodels.
Every project is run by a Project Coordinator who handles the schedule, the scope, and the curveballs. Your job is to show up, do the work, document it, and move on to the next site.
Contractor or Employee — Both Work Here
We hire travel merchandisers two ways depending on the project, the scope, and what the client needs.
As a 1099 contractor: Pay rates are set at the start of each project. Funds deposit weekly to a pay card, or at project completion for short-term work. We cover lodging when you’re working outside your immediate area.
As a W2 employee: Competitive hourly pay, accrued sick time up to 66 hours per year, and travel benefits — company-paid hotels, a $25 per diem paid weekly, and weekly mileage and expense reimbursements. Employees are hired part-time, so hours vary and aren’t guaranteed.
When you apply, we’ll talk through which structure makes sense for the kind of work you want and what we’re hiring for at the time.
What You Need to Have
These are the non-negotiables. Everything below has to be in place before you can hit the road with us.
- 18 or older
- Reliable personal transportation
- Willing and able to travel for up to several weeks at a time
- Basic tools (we’ll send you the list)
- A phone, tablet, or device to take photos, submit surveys, and log time
What Makes a Strong Fit
The basics get you in the door. These are the things that turn a good merchandiser into one we keep on the road for years.
- Comfortable being client-facing inside a retail store
- Reliable — you show up when you said you would, and you finish what you started
- Comfortable working solo on a route or as part of a small or large crew
- Flexible on schedule — daytime, overnight, and weekend work all come up
- Strong communicator who keeps your Project Coordinator in the loop
- Handy with tools and comfortable building fixtures, racking, and displays
