DESIGN CONSULTANT

Bassett Furniture; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid training

Disability

Paid time off

Generous Employee Discounts

State-of-the-Art Showroom

Job summary

Bassett Furniture is seeking a design consultant to help customers realize their dream rooms through expert interior design advice and personalized product selections. You will build lasting relationships with clients, conduct design consultations, and showcase solutions in a dynamic showroom environment.

Ideal candidates blend sales savvy with a love for design, enjoy a commission-based structure, and can navigate a fast-paced retail setting while delivering exceptional customer service.

Qualifications

• Highly driven to meet or exceed sales goals and quotas.
• Ability to discern and coordinate colors and textures to match client tastes.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; strong interpersonal skills.
• Friendly, outgoing demeanor with a professional appearance.
• Self-motivated to build and maintain clientele.
• Proficient with computers and scheduling/CRM tools.
• Eagerness to learn about products, trends, and design techniques.
• Proven track record of success in sales environments.
• Polished image with a professional attitude.
• Ability to listen to and translate customer wants into design choices.

Responsibilities

• Build meaningful, long-term relationships with customers.
• Conduct interior design consultations and makeovers to maximize sales opportunities.
• Present and sell product and design solutions aligned to client taste and budget.
• Work weekends and holidays; thrive in a commissioned sales environment.
• Collaborate with team members to ensure a high level of customer service.

Skills

Sales skills and goals

Color coordination

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Customer-focused

Computer proficiency

Willingness to learn

Proven sales history

Professional image

Active listening

Job description

Columbus Showroom, 4181 Weaverton Lane, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Job Description

Posted Tuesday, September 8, 2026 at 4:00 AM

Do you love interior design? Do you have an eye for color and fashion?

Would you like to help customers see their dream rooms become a reality?

If you are a positive and motivated professional with a passion for design, possess exceptional selling skills, and a love for building customer relationships, then Bassett Furniture has the opportunity for you!

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

• Highly driven to meet or exceed sales goals
• Discern and coordinate colors and textures
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Friendly outgoing personality
• 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.

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.

• Paid training
• Disability
• Paid time off
• Generous Employee Discounts
• Work in a State-of-the Art Showroom
• Opportunity for growth and advancement

What sets Bassett apart?

Bassett’s blend of style, comfort and value has been trusted for more than a century (since 1902!) and makes it one of the most recognizable furniture brands in America. We’ve taken our craftsmanship and built a reputation of quality custom furniture. We are passionate about developing fashionable and innovative furnishings at a great value, as well as offering a number of exceptional services to meet customers’ needs. We are proud of our long-standing heritage but, at the same time, squarely focused on innovating furniture retailing in the next 100 years.

Bassett Furniture Industries is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, veterans status or other protected category. Bassett is dedicated to ensuring that qualified applicants are employed and that employees are treated consistently during employment, without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, veterans status or other protected category.

Columbus Showroom, 4181 Weaverton Lane, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America