Design Sales Associate – New York, NY - Nomad

TITLE: Design Sales Associate - New York, NY - Nomad

REPORTS TO: Store Manager

 

ABOUT US: Blu Dot (www.bludot.com), an award-winning designer and maker of modern home furnishings, is currently searching for a sales professional 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 NYC 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
• Focused on process improvement and able to pick up and integrate new technologies with ease
• A champion for inclusion and belonging for everyone who walks through our doors; colleagues and customers alike

 

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 to resolve shipping or delivery concerns
• Drive residential and residential trade business through outreach and prospecting, including coordinating swatch requests
• Execute and maintain visual merchandising standards and general cleanliness 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
• Ability to stand for long periods during shifts and occasional reaching, crouching, or lifting up to 50 lbs.

*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.