Interior Designer/Sales Executive - Newbridge, Co. Kildare

Murphy Home; Newbridge; On-site; EUR 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous staff discounts

Bonus scheme

Educational support scheme / Career发展

Free Employee Assistance Programme

Continuous professional development

Job summary

Murphy Home, Ireland's leading independent furniture retailer, is seeking a Full-Time Interior Designer/Sales Executive for our flagship Newbridge store. You will advise clients on decorating and design, deliver professional design consultations, and manage home design projects in-store or at client homes.

You will maintain our branding standards, create mood boards, and translate client needs into sketches using AutoCAD or SketchUP while achieving sales targets and staying current with product

Qualifications

• Interior design degree or relevant experience.
• Experience in retail sales.
• Full clean drivers license.
• Experience in customer facing roles and working to deadlines.
• Knowledge of SketchUP or AutoCAD.

Responsibilities

• Create Mood boards based on customer requirements.
• Deliver a professional interior design consultation with each client and work accordingly to the business needs (weekends will be required).
• Have a passion for interior design.
• Customer Focus.
• Interpret and translate customer needs (into rough sketches using AutoCAD or SketchUP).
• Set costs and design fees according to the client’s budget.
• Achieve weekly sales targets and be knowledgeable on all store promotions and campaigns
• Produce quality work in a consistent, timely, and organized manner.
• Have a good knowledge of our products and keep updated with any new home products arrivals.
• Keep up to date with the changing trends in home products.
• Have creative talent, imagination and eye for design.
• Project management skills.
• Assist the Social marketing team with creating social content.
• Perform additional functions that may be assigned at the discretion of management.

Skills

Interior design

Retail sales

AutoCAD

SketchUp

Customer service

Education

Interior design degree

Tools

AutoCAD

SketchUp

Job description

About Murphy Home:

Established in 1974, Murphy Home (previously Michael Murphy Home Furnishing) is Ireland's leading independent, family-owned furniture retailer. With six stores nationwide and a strong, award-winning online presence, Murphy Home offers a curated range of quality furniture and home accessories designed to bring style and comfort to Irish homes.

We are recruiting for a vibrant Full-Time Interior Designer/Sales Executive to join the team in our flagship store in Newbridge.

About the role:

As our Interior Designer/Sales Executive, the service that you will be providing will be to advise our clients on how to decorate and design their living space. Offer each client a professional design consultation service and assist them in managing their home design projects either in store or at the client's home. An Interior Designer/Sales Executive will maintain our branding and design standards and use their creative talents to design personal clients living space based on the client's requirements.

Reports To: Store Manager

Job Description:

• Create Mood boards based on customer requirements.
• Deliver a professional interior design consultation with each client and work accordingly to the business needs (weekends will be required).
• Have a passion for interior design.
• Customer Focus.
• Interpret and translate customer needs (into rough sketches using AutoCAD or SketchUP).
• Set costs and design fees according to the client’s budget.
• Achieve weekly sales targets and be knowledgeable on all store promotions and campaigns
• Produce quality work in a consistent, timely, and organized manner.
• Have a good knowledge of our products and keep updated with any new home products arrivals.
• Keep up to date with the changing trends in home products.
• Have creative talent, imagination and eye for design.
• Project management skills.
• Assist the Social marketing team with creating social content.
• Perform additional functions that may be assigned at the discretion of management.

Preferred Experience:

• Interior design degree or relevant experience.
• Experience in retail sales
• Full clean drivers license
• Experience in customer facing roles and working to deadlines
• Knowledge of SketchUP or AutoCAD

Why Join the Michael Murphy Home Furnishing Team?

• We are a well-established company with 50 years in business.
• We're fun and have a positive work environment.
• Culture of developing and promoting within the company.
• Dynamic and expanding.
• Generous staff discounts.
• Bonus Scheme.
• Educational Support Scheme / Career Development Opportunities.
• Free Employee Assistance Programme.
• Continuous professional development with dedicated training resources.