Design Director: Showroom & Workflow Leader

Idea Nuova, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Idea Nuova, Inc. is seeking a highly organized Director of Design to oversee the Design department workload and showroom management across all product categories in New York.

You will ensure priorities and deadlines are met, and that showrooms are organized, presentation-ready, and effectively merchandised for customer meetings and market appointments. The ideal candidate brings strong leadership, structure, and accountability, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and coordinate with

Qualifications

• Previous leadership or management experience within a Design, Product Development, or related consumer products environment.
• Strong experience managing teams, workloads, deadlines, and competing priorities.
• Experience overseeing showrooms, product presentations, samples, or customer-facing product spaces.
• Exceptional organizational and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage Design department workload across all product categories, ensuring priorities and deadlines are clearly communicated and met.
• Allocate projects and responsibilities across the team to maintain a balanced and efficient workload.
• Maintain visibility into open projects, deadlines, samples, and outstanding action items.
• Proactively identify workload challenges and adjust priorities or resources as needed.
• Oversee the organization, maintenance, and readiness of all showroom spaces.
• Ensure showrooms are current, organized, properly merchandised, and presentation-ready.
• Coordinate showroom setups and updates for customer meetings, market appointments, seasonal presentations, and internal meetings.
• Ensure products and samples are properly displayed, labeled, organized, and easily accessible.
• Coordinate with team members and other departments to ensure showroom needs and deadlines are completed on schedule.
• Ensure preparation for customer visits and presentations is completed in advance and all necessary products and materials are available.
• Track outstanding assignments and maintain appropriate follow-up and accountability.
• Identify opportunities to improve department workflow, organization, communication, and efficiency.
• Provide leadership with regular visibility into team workload, showroom readiness, upcoming deadlines, and areas requiring additional support.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Project management

Showroom management

Organizational skills

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Prioritization

Job description

Idea Nuova, Inc. is seeking a highly organized Director of Design to oversee the Design department workload and showroom management across all product categories in New York.

You will ensure priorities and deadlines are met, and that showrooms are organized, presentation-ready, and effectively merchandised for customer meetings and market appointments. The ideal candidate brings strong leadership, structure, and accountability, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and coordinate with