Traveling Make-up artist (Northern)

Date:  20 Aug 2025
Location:  Schiphol
Company:  Shiseido

NARS MAKE-UP ARTIST NETHERLAND  – NARS COSMETICS

About Shiseido Group
Our mission: Beauty Innovations for a better world.

Founded in 1872 in Japan, Shiseido Group is within the Top 10 leading cosmetics companies in the world and aims to inspire a life of beauty and culture. Operating in 120 countries with 42.000 employees and 70 nationalities, Shiseido offers an unique selection of Skincare, Makeup and Fragrance brands. Celebrating 150 years of heritage in 2022, Shiseido constantly creates high-quality, safe an innovative cosmetics.

Shiseido The Netherlands is based at Schiphol Airport and is part of the Benelux affiliate. The local marketing- and sales teams drives the businesses and implement marketing plans for brand like, Shiseido, Narciso Rodriguez, Zadig&Voltaire, Narciso Rodriguez, NARS and Drunk Elephant on country level.

BRAND OVERVIEW: NARS

Makeup Artist. Photographer. Iconoclast.

François NARS’ creative vision, which launched NARS cosmetic with 12 iconic lipsticks in 1994, inspires self-expression and imaginative artistry through an unexpected no-rules philosophy of beauty. As one of the most influential image makers in the world, François’ signature boundary-pushing approach to makeup brings high fashion, high style and forward thinking to beauty.

Iconic. Individual. Unexpected.

NARS is authentic, modern and elevated, with uncompromising quality. NARS stands for self-expression and inclusivity. NARS is disruptive, bold and rule-breaking.

 

MISSION

NARS Cosmetics will expand in 10-15 stores of Douglas in October 2025, adding these points of sales to the current geographical footprint of the brand in De Bijenkorf and Skins Cosmetics. Two Travelling NARS MUA will cover these points of sales.

As a Travelling NARS MUA, you are a brand ambassador dedicated for the brand NARS in all brand points of sale in the Douglas Network in the Northern part of the Netherlands (above Utrecht). In your role, you are responsible for achieving your sales targets while promoting the brand image and providing a personalized NARS service to customers.

You will be one the faces of NARS in the Dutch market at Douglas as an ambassador towards national and international customers. In this role the development of the brand image and sell-out is key.

In this role it’s important to sell the NARS brand through means of application and technical expertise. Next to this, contribute to the NARS The Netherlands Education and artistry delivery, to promote exceptional Artist performance including artistry skills and selling/service techniques to drive the NARS business and meet productivity and service goals across The Netherlands.

 

ORGANISATION
Reports to: NARS Field Sales Manager
Job Location: NARS point of sales in Netherlands, ideally you are currently living close to Utrecht,  Amsterdam or in the northern part of the Randstad (some days can be in the regions of Zwolle or Groningen)
Contract type: Fulltime – 5 days working week from Tuesday until Saturday

 

Job responsibilities Sales & Artistry in Retail

  • Achieve retail sales targets, appointment goals and average unit sale goals per each event.
  • Recruiting new customers and strengthen the loyalty of existing customers for the brand / products by imparting the “NARS Way”; Leverage NARS large assortment to create NARS make-up routine and upsell to ensure best-in-class offer for the final consumer.
  • Conveying NARS technique and service expectations by leading by example.
  • Ensure the counters are merchandised to the highest level based in the brand guidelines.
  • Ensure stock levels are maintained to agreed levels in the correct product mix and identify slow moving products to improve retail sell through.
  • Must be available to support all major sales and marketing activities in store and take part in out of store / after store hours events.
  • Always work to standards set by the company and follow the company and store rules.
  • Analyse sales and stock situation and report to Retail & Key Account Manager on a weekly base.
  • Administrational tasks: tester orders, weekly sales reports, monthly feedback report.

 

Job responsibilities Training & Coaching in retail

  • Coaching and motivating the employees of the NARS point-of-sales about the brand and products through instore training or 1-1 sessions.
  • Organizing NARS instore training events (in-store and in training centers) in line with all international brand guidelines.
  • Collaborate with International Education team on developing and facilitation of retailer training events.
  • Ensures that all points of sale are in line with the brand standards (stock, merchandising, staff grooming in all counters).

 

OTHER SKILLS / CRITERIA

  • Completed training & qualifications in make-up artistry.
  • Commercially minded and results-oriented; strong in serving and advising (national & international) customers.
  • Creatively; has an eye for new opportunities and knows how to translate this into plans and execution.
  • Excellent social and communication skills, are commercial, representative and independent.
  • Being able to transfer knowledge well to others.
  • Very well organized and structured.
  • Very proficient with Powerpoint, Excel, Word and Outlook.
  • Full-time position / 5 days working week from Tuesday until Saturday
  • Min. 2 years of relevant work experience in a similar position; retail and luxury beauty. Any experience in Douglas stores would be a plus
  • Min of 1 year in training experience.
  • Speaks fluent English & Dutch (other languages can on top be appreciated).
  • Driving license B can be useful.

 

OFFER

  • A strong and fascinating challenge for a very dynamic company.
  • Brand Training and Certification programs.
  • A competitive wage and advantages.

 

INTERESTED?

You can apply for this job via the career website of Shiseido by sending your resume and motivation (1 paragraph). Do you have any question about this job please send an email to NARSrecruitmentNL@emea.shiseido.com


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