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We are professional, customer-centric, creative and our goal is to hire and retain staff who are passionate about our industry and the organization.

Our work environment includes:

• Modern office setting
• Safe work environment
• On-the-job training
• Relaxed atmosphere
• Casual work attire
• Growth opportunities

The Home Decor Associate/Home Stager will work alongside the owner and other staff members to assist with the HER Home Design Boutique and the Home Staging Department. Below is a comprehensive list of responsibilities for the position:

Retail Store

The Home Decor Associate/Home Stager responsibilities include: supporting managing inventory, ensuring a safe, clean and aesthetically pleasing store environment, and assisting customers. You should also be able to promptly address and resolve customer complaints.

To be successful as an Home Decor Associate/Home Stager you should have strong organizational and decision-making skills. An outstanding candidate will also demonstrate excellent interpersonal, organizational and problem-solving skills.

• Assisting the store manager in all areas of daily business operations, customer service and merchandising.
• Assisting with and monitoring and maintaining suitable store inventory levels.
• Appropriate data entry of new and current store items into the POS system.
• Assisting with the development of new sales and recruitment strategies.
• Maintaining a clean, organized and aesthetically pleasing store front.
• Resolving customer complaints and concerns in a timely manner.
• Ensuring that store policies and procedures are followed.
• Provide 5-7 social media posts for the Boutique per week.
• Other appropriate duties as assigned.

Home Staging

As a home stager, this position is an integral part of a fast-moving team that transforms homes into remarkable living spaces for the purposes of helping real estate agents sell the home more quickly, for more.

• Learn the details of home staging
• Stay abreast of trends in the home staging industry
• Become intimately familiar with our staging inventory
• Recommend new pieces to add to the staging inventory
• Provide on-site home staging consultations
• Develop, on the spot, a staging plan to increase the perceived value of the home. The plan may include some or all of: furniture, lighting, art, accessories, window treatments, rugs, linens, painting, cleaning, repairs, and renovations, depending on the time available prior to going to market
• Use proven principals of staging to stage homes to sell quickly
• Select furniture for stages according to the home’s style
• Select accessories for stages according to the home’s style
• Install furniture and accessories within 48 business hours for each project
• Write and send staging quotes
• Input photos and descriptions of the staging inventory into Stageforce as needed
• Exhibit excellent customer service skills to clients and customers
• Maintain organized documentation of jobs for future reference
• Provide social media posts for the home staging department as requested

Interior Decor

• Stay abreast of trends in interior design and home decor
• Advise clients on the selection of color schemes, layout, lighting, furniture, floor coverings, curtains, paint, wallpaper and hardware products (e.g. curtain fittings).
• Assist clients with interior decor installations for their home or project
• Provide social media posts for the home staging department as requested

Marketing

• Network with Real Estate Agents, Developers, Investors and maintain all relationships on a consistent basis
• Scour real estate sites such as realtor.com and zillow.com to search for homes that meet staging criteria and contact those agents to set up a staging consultation
• Use social media to share images and videos of completed home staging and home decor projects
• Speak publicly about the benefit of staging and schedule appointments from those presentations
• Sell. Sell. Sell. - Schedule appointments and convey statistics and the importance of staging to close on the spot, if possible
• Follow up, regularly, with clients while homes are actively staged
• Provide excellent customer service to team members, clients, and vendors
• Meet and exceed annual sales goals
• Other duties assigned as necessary

Administrative Details

Report to:

• Executive Director of Home Staging and Interior Decor for home staging creative
• Lead Project Manager for all on-site administrative functions

Compensation:

• Compensation is commensurate with experience.

Reviews:

• Reviews are provided periodically 30/60/90 day evaluations and after that an annual review.

Expenses:

• Normal and reasonable business expenditures will be reimbursed monthly when submitted on a Monthly Expense Report.
• Gas cards are available for use when driving excessively and/or outside of the 465 loop.

Benefits for Full Time Staff:

• Paid holidays; Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas after 90 consecutive days of full-time employment.
• Eligible for medical, dental, vision, life, shot/long term disability, accident, cancer insurance effective on the 1st of the month following 90 days of employment.
• Eligible to enroll in 401(k) after 1 year of employment
• After 6 months of employment; eligible for 1 day of PTO. If an employee is late or misses a day of work for any reason the time will be subtracted from their paid time off. If they have no time left for the year, time may be borrowed against the following year. Any negative time left at the end of employment will be taken from the last paycheck.
• After 12 months of employment; eligible for and additional 3 days of PTO (for a total of 5 business days). Same conditions apply as above.

Benefits for all staff:

• Company laptop or iPad.
• Employee discount of 10% off retail in the HER Home Design Boutique effective after 90 days.

At-Will Employment:

Your employment with the Company is "at will," and thus you or Company may terminate our employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or advance notice. The Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to change your compensation and/or employee benefits at any time on a prospective basis.

Additional Agreements:

As a condition of your employment, you agree to execute any additional agreements required by the Company at the start of your employment. This includes any agreements that relate to your confidentiality or intellectual property assignment obligations to the Company. You further agree that at all times during your employment (and afterwards as applicable), you will be bound by, and will fully comply with, these additional agreements.

Contingencies:

This offer is contingent upon the successful completion of any background or reference checks desired by the Company. For purposes of federal immigration law, you will be required to provide to the Company documentary evidence of your identity and eligibility for employment in the United States. Such documentation must be provided to us within three business days following the start of your employment, or our employment relationship with you may be terminated.

Entire Agreement:

This employment agreement, along with the Confidentiality Agreement, sets forth the terms and conditions of your employment with the Company, and supersedes any prior representations or agreements concerning your employment with the Company, whether written or oral. You acknowledge and agree that you are not relying on any statements or representations concerning the Company or your employment with the Company except those made in this agreement. This employment agreement may not be modified or amended except by a written agreement signed by you and an authorized officer of the Company.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $15.00 - $18.00 per hour

Expected hours: 25 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• High school or equivalent (Required)

Work Location: In person