Lead Sales and Redefine Beautiful Spaces!
Are you passionate about design and skilled at turning connections into lasting sales? Join our thriving team in Powhatan and take the lead in delivering personalized, high-quality interior design solutions as our Lead Design/Sales Consultant!
Why You’ll Love Working With Us:
We’re more than just a team—we’re a family of creative, passionate individuals who value growth, collaboration, and quality service. At our company, you’ll have the chance to make a lasting impact on clients’ lives while shaping your own successful career.
What We Offer:
- Leads and Commission: Earn commissions on high-dollar sales. All leads go to you!
- Tailored Compensation: You choose between a base salary plus commission or commission-only structure. (Base salary of $40k under Base+ Commission model.)
- First Year Earning Potential: $73k+.
- Year 2 Earning Potential: $80k+
- Bonuses: Earn quarterly bonuses based on your performance and achievement of goals.
- Paid Time Off: Three sick days, and six paid holidays in year 1. Enjoy two weeks of vacation year 2 and beyond.
- Company vehicle for work-related travel
- Mileage reimbursement for any travel outside your regular duties
- 10% employee discount on our products
- Supportive Culture: Join a team-oriented environment with strong leadership, mentorship, and opportunities for both personal and professional growth.
- Work Schedule: Enjoy regular business hours of 9am-5pm, Monday through Friday, with occasional flexibility for client appointments.
Your Role as Our Lead Design Sales Consultant:
As our Lead Design Sales Consultant, you’ll be the face of our company, helping clients bring their vision to life with custom window treatments and design solutions. You’ll work closely with our design team, installers, and management to create stunning, functional spaces for each client.
A Day in the Life:
- Engage with Clients: Provide personalized design advice during in-home and showroom consultations, guiding clients through various window treatment options and design solutions.
- Sales Ownership: Take full responsibility for the sales process, from the initial consultation and quoting to order placement and follow-up. Our team will support you every step of the way.
- Build Relationships: Use provided leads to develop meaningful relationships with clients. Ensure repeat and referral business by offering exceptional service and high-quality recommendations.
- Collaboration with the Team: Work closely with the design team, installers, and operations team to ensure seamless project delivery, from measurements to final installation.
Our Ideal Candidate:
- Design Enthusiast: Previous experience in interior design, home decorating, or in-home sales (such as window treatments, furniture, upholstery) is highly desirable.
- Sales Expertise: You have proven experience in quoting, project management, and conducting in-home consultations. A background in real estate, home staging, or design retail is a plus!
- Exceptional Communicator: You’re an excellent listener and communicator, able to build rapport with clients and manage relationships effectively.
- Adaptable & Positive: You excel in a fast-paced, multitasking environment with a positive, solutions-focused attitude.
- Tech-Savvy: Familiarity with Quoterite or other sales tools is a bonus, but not required—we’re happy to train the right candidate!
Our Company Culture & History:
Since 2008, our small but mighty team has been transforming homes with premium window treatments and custom design solutions. Creativity, collaboration, and customer satisfaction are at the heart of everything we do. We value each team member as an individual and believe in empowering everyone to grow in their roles. Our family-first culture prioritizes work-life balance, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can thrive.
Ready to Create Beautiful Spaces with Us?
If you’re eager to combine your sales expertise with your love for design, this is the perfect opportunity for you! Apply today to take the first step toward a fulfilling career as our next Lead Design Sales Consultant.
We can’t wait to see how you’ll help us continue to transform spaces—and lives—one beautiful design at a time.
Behind the Design and its affiliates are equal opportunity employers.
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What We Do
Behind the Design specializes in recruiting, training, and operations process development for interior design and home remodeling companies. Our mission is to engage, educate, and evolve small businesses, by creating training and operational systems that will inspire their employees, streamline costs, and develop a ROCKSTAR culture to drive profits!
From window coverings to interior design, furniture and flooring, closets and painting or electrical, if you serve a residential or commercial clientele that provides full circle consultation to install services, we will assist you in building your business to be scalable from $2m to $10m and beyond. We will help you find the right people and put them in the right seats, train them to be productive in their sales, customer service, or business development roles, and craft procedure manuals that will give them a roadmap to succeed.
