Rug Sales Specialist
Job Type: Full-Time
Our atelier team is eager to welcome new members of our sales team at the most exciting time in our company’s history. As one of our teammates, you will have access to the most prominent designers, architects, and luxury home specialists seeking high-end rugs for their projects. Our showroom is expansive, and our team is made of smart, capable professionals with a great energy—eager to teach you our craft hands-on.
Candidates with strong trade relationships are exciting, but we’re happy to train candidates with any level of experience who are passionate about home furnishings, design, and the high-end market.
Responsibilities:
- Becoming familiar with our new and existing collections and samples, along with an awareness of major high-end brands in the art, design, fashion and furniture industry
- Managing accounts personally and servicing them professionally
- Bringing in new accounts through any traditional and creative new methods
- Present on social media and passionate to explore its potential as a networking resource and educational tool
- Excited to be hands on in our creative den, while constantly encouraging its energy and offering ideas to keep an organized, engaging look and feel to our home
- Present on social media and passionate to explore its potential as a networking resource and educational tool
- Excited to be hands on in our creative den, while constantly encouraging its energy and offering ideas to keep an organized, engaging look and feel to our home
- Working with other sales specialists, and our Phenom, on collaborative projects
- Maintain regular contact with designers to keep them updated of new additions to the collections for potential projects
- Expand connections with design professionals and network at design events/exhibitions to nurture strong relationships
Experience and Skills
- 1-3 years in sales
- Top notch research skills and abreast with the competition in the industry
- Up to date with latest trends
- Promptness, time management, and organization
- Clear and concise communication skills with fluency in English
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and an affable demeanor
- Passion for home furnishings, design, color, art and craft
- Multitasking and keeping track of custom projects
- Kind and service oriented
- Hardworking, patient
- Thoughtful and attentive towards clients
- Always being kind and respectful as you represent our team
- Research-oriented and avid learner of the craft
- Collaborative spirit and valuing teamwork
- Social media enthusiast
- Familiarity with basic systems like Mac OS and Google Suite, and a willingness to learn new systems as we grow
- Pleasing personality with a proactive approach.
Benefits:
- Strong base salary + commission structure, based on experience
- Health insurance
- Paid leave
- Company reimbursement for travel, hospitality and miscellaneous expenses
