Design Sales Associate – New York, NY - 58th + Lexington
About this role
TITLE: Design Sales Associate - New York, NY - 58th & Lexington
REPORTS TO: Store Manager
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 NYC 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.
Company at a glance
Blu Dot are designers, manufacturers, and distributors of modern furnishings and accessories. Founded in 1997 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the American company was started by three college friends who dreamed of bringing good design to as many people as possible. Almost thirty years later, the business is still led by co-founder and CEO John Christakos, and has expanded to include retail locations across the United States, Mexico, and Australia.
Blu Dot's approach to design has always been guided by practicality, accessibility, and a healthy dose of irreverence. While our offering has expanded and diversified to satisfy the needs of both residential and commercial customers across multiple categories, every design we produce out of their Minneapolis headquarters demonstrates the same level of thoughtfulness, attention to detail, and purpose. For this, we were recognized in 2018 with a National Design Award from the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum.
As we continue to grow, our focus remains unchanged: to inspire a more creative way of living through good design that’s good to everyone.
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