Design Sales Associate – Washington, D.C.

Blu Dot; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 48,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Blu Dot in Washington, D.C. is seeking a Design Sales Associate to create an engaging store experience through exceptional service and thoughtful product presentation. You will tell the Blu Dot story and advance Blu Dot's reputation as an American design studio in the DC market.

Be a Blu Dot design expert, meeting monthly sales goals, and supporting showroom upkeep. Availability on weekends and the ability to stand for long periods with occasional lifting up to 50 lbs are required.

Qualifications

• Experience in retail sales or customer service.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to stand long hours and lift up to 50 lbs.

Responsibilities

• Represent Blu Dot with an authentic selling experience.
• Sell with product knowledge to demonstrate features and benefits.
• Enhance the client shopping experience by understanding needs.
• Meet monthly sales goals and maximize profitability.
• Support showroom merchandising and seasonal floor changes.
• Provide follow-up on shipping or delivery concerns and service clients.
• Assist in outreach and events, including weekend activations.
• Capture and utilize customer emails for promotions.
• Maintain store cleanliness and general showroom presentation.

Skills

Customer service

Sales

Merchandise presentation

Time management

Team collaboration

Job description

TITLE: Design Sales Associate – Washington, D.C.

REPORTS TO: Store Manager

JOB CLASSIFICATION: Hourly/Non-Exempt

PAY RATE: $24.00/hour + 3% commission

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 DC 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.

Salary: $24.00 per hour