What are the responsibilities and job description for the Design Sales Associate – Washington DC position at Blu Dot?
TITLE: Design Sales Associate - Washington DC
REPORTS TO: Washington DC Store Manager
ABOUT US: Blu Dot (www.bludot.com), an award-winning designer and maker of modern home furnishings, is currently searching for sales professionals to join our dynamic and values-driven company.
Company Purpose
Inspire a more creative way of living through good design that's good to everyone.
Core Values
- Good design is good. Good design should be reflected in everything we do.
- Keep it simple. Strive for economy in all that you do.
- Everyone is invited to our party. Treat every individual with respect & dignity.
- Our glass is half full. Focus on the positive.
- Be humble. We take nothing for granted.
- Turn it up to 11. Determine what is expected and do a little more.
- Stay curious. Try, learn, improve, repeat.
ABOUT THE ROLE: Be a Blu Dot design expert. Create a compelling Blu Dot store experience through exceptional service, excellence in merchandise presentation, and cultivation of an all-inclusive, design clubhouse. Tell the Blu Dot story and advance Blu Dot's reputation as an American design studio in the DC market.
WHO YOU ARE:
- Creative and clever problem-solver with solutions-oriented approach to daily tasks
- Friendly and authentic individual with customer skills across all mediums
- Time-management guru with an ability to prioritize competing demands
- Adept and willing collaborator able to work independently and take direction appropriately
- Analytical, detail-driven investigator capable of contextualizing the big picture
- Process-improvement-focused individual who is able to pick up and integrate new technologies with ease
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
- Represent and expand the customer's connection to the Blu Dot brand through an authentic selling experience
- Sell with authority using product information and design knowledge to demonstrate design features and benefits
- Enhance the client shopping experience through an awareness of the client's needs and Blu Dot's capabilities
- Meet monthly sales goals and maximize profitability
- Build the sale by suggesting additional items using our design services
- See sales through to completion and follow up with the customer as necessary
- Drive residential and residential trade business through outreach and prospecting
- Execute and maintain visual merchandising standards of showroom
- Assist in seasonal floor change including light furniture assembly and some lifting
- Capture and utilize customer emails for communicating sales, events and promotions
- Host in-store activations for current and new clients
- Availability to work weekends is required
*Everyone's welcome to our party! Blu Dot always welcomes candidates with unique and diverse backgrounds. Blu Dot is a member of E-Verify. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States.
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