The Role
Leads a design center team by managing, developing, training, and motivating design associates. Partners with managers and designers to improve sales performance, customer satisfaction, design consultant effectiveness, and project execution. Reviews design projects using residential interior design, color, and space-planning expertise. Requires strong communication, organization, leadership, technology, sales, and customer-service skills, with availability for evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Summary Generated by Built In
Our Design Selling Leaders are the driving force behind our design business success
As a Design Selling Leader, you:
- Have a passion for design.
- Partner with a fabulous team of managers and designers.
- Are tech-savvy, high-energy and on-trend
- Partake in the best compensation programs in the industry- with generous salaries, incentives and flexible schedules.
- Access state of the art technology.
- Work with the most gorgeous product in the industry.
Our Design Selling Leader’s strengths include:
- An entrepreneurial attitude and approach with strong communication and organizational skills.
- Passion and proven experience leading others.
- Managing people and projects; preferably within a design-related environment.
- Demonstrated use of technology and social media to drive business; experience with Live Chat, Augmented Reality and 3D Room Planner a plus.
As a Design Selling Leader, you:
- Partner with Managers and Designers to achieve the goals and increase overall performance of the design center.
- Manage, develop, train and motivate a team of design associates while maintaining a high level of customer contact.
- Partner with each associate to manage design projects, customer contacts and relationships, sales volume, design consultant effectiveness and overall customer satisfaction
- This position requires team leadership and the ability to manage the design process including the ability to review and provide feedback on design projects using technical and creative skills in color and space planning.
- Demonstrated ability to practice residential interior design.
- Ability to train and coach for design, product knowledge, sales performance and customer service.
Position Requirements:
- Must be able to work holidays, evenings and weekends.
- Interior Design related degree and/or professional portfolio a plus
Skills Required
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Passion and proven experience leading others
- Experience managing people and projects
- Ability to use technology and social media to drive business
- Ability to partner with managers and designers to achieve business goals
- Ability to manage, develop, train, and motivate design associates
- Ability to manage design projects, customer relationships, sales volume, and customer satisfaction
- Ability to review and provide feedback on design projects
- Technical and creative skills in color and space planning
- Demonstrated ability to practice residential interior design
- Ability to train and coach design, product knowledge, sales performance, and customer service
- Availability to work holidays, evenings, and weekends
- Interior Design related degree
- Professional portfolio
- Experience with Live Chat, Augmented Reality, and 3D Room Planner
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The Company
What We Do
Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. is an interior design company that manufactures and retails quality home furnishings. Its offering includes furniture and accessories for every room, with custom options and design assistance delivered through its design centers, online channels, and customer homes. The company combines product craftsmanship, personalized interior-design services, and retail sales to help customers create individualized residential spaces and distinctive interiors.
