DESIGN CONSULTANT

Bassett Furniture

$70K — $135K *
Retail & Consumer Goods
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Passion for design and creativity
  • Driven to exceed sales goals
  • Strong ability to discern and coordinate design elements
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Friendly and outgoing demeanor
  • Proactive and self-motivated regarding clientele
  • Tech-savvy and computer literate
  • Demonstrated success in sales with a polished professional image

Responsibilities

  • Build meaningful and long-term customer relationships
  • Conduct interior design consultations and makeovers
  • Engage customers to understand their needs based on taste and lifestyle
  • Create and present tailored product and design solutions
  • Coordinate virtual appointments and live chats with clients
  • Drive to customer locations for makeovers when necessary
  • Support team efforts in a dynamic retail environment

Benefits

  • Paid training and ongoing professional development
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
  • Disability and life insurance options
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer contributions
  • Tuition assistance for continued education
  • Generous paid time off policy
  • Employee discounts on all products
  • Access to a state-of-the-art showroom
  • Clear pathways for career growth and advancement opportunities
Full Job Description
Job Description

Our Bassett Design Consultants are responsible for building meaningful and long-term customer relationships. They have comprehensive knowledge ranging from furniture construction to design trends. They use "relationship selling" techniques through interior design consultations and makeovers to maximize selling opportunities. Our design consultants take joy in the design process!

Job Qualifications
  • Passion for design
  • Highly driven to meet or exceed sales goals
  • Discern and coordinate colors and textures
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
  • Friendly outgoing personality
  • Positive outlook
  • Self-motivated to clientele
  • Computer proficiency
  • Desire to learn
  • Proven track record of success in sales
  • Polished image
  • Career-minded professionalism
  • Ability to listen and translate customer wants into design choices

Job Requirements
  • Willingness to work weekends and holidays.
  • Desire to work in a commissioned sales environment.
  • Dedicated to being a supportive team member.
  • Capable of thriving in a varied paced retail environment.
  • Ability to drive to customers' residences and businesses for makeovers.
  • Adept at conducting virtual appointments and live chats.
  • Creating, presenting, and selling product and design solutions.
  • Engaging customers to determine their needs according to taste, lifestyle, and investment range.


Training

The Bassett Brand is brought to life by the people who shape the customers' experience. Our training programs are designed to help each associate create a meaningful career at Bassett.

As part of our in-depth training program, you'll learn: product knowledge, sales techniques, design skills, and how to build a base of loyal clients. You'll do this though comprehensive on-line classes, videos, hands-on activities, and one-on-one coaching. We provide continuing opportunities to learn throughout your career at Bassett.

Our most successful sales people have a creative personality and passion for design. Bassett offers Interior Design certification training. Through our one-on-one coaching and educational development, we will help you build relationships with customers to help them reflect their own personal sense of style. We'll also show you how to effectively use our complimentary design service as a powerful tool for developing customer relationships and providing opportunity for increased sales.

Opportunity

With our generous commission-based compensation plan, your income is limited only by the amount of effort you apply. In addition to your commission compensation (paid on written business), there are other bonus opportunities. The potential income for our experienced Bassett Design Consultants averages $70,000-$105,000/year. With our corporate top writers making up to 135,000/year.

Benefits
  • Paid training
  • Health/Dental/Vision coverage
  • Disability
  • Life Insurance
  • 401(k) plan
  • Tuition assistance
  • Paid time off
  • Generous Employee Discounts
  • Work in a State-of-the Art Showroom
  • Opportunity for growth and advancement


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