Interior Designer and Furniture Sales Associate

Interior Designer/Sales Associate

Pine Tree Barn, Wooster, Ohio Full-time

Located just south of Wooster, Pine Tree Barn is one of Ohio's best-known shopping and dining destinations and a top resource for home furnishings and interior design. We are looking for a sales professional to join our furniture sales/interior design team. The ideal candidate is responsible, honest, hard-working, outgoing, energetic, creative, dedicated, a team player, and customer-focused. Sales and/or design experience is a plus but not required - we will train the right person!

Helpful skills include familiarity with measuring and dimensioning used for creating accurate space plans; basic computer skills, including Microsoft Office, email, and the internet; and basic math used for creating accurate quotes for customers.

Full-time, 40 hours a week, 9-5; no evenings. Some weekend work is required.

Guaranteed hourly pay is provided on an ongoing basis, with commission gradually introduced as you build your client base.

Health insurance is available. Employee discounts.

Why you should join our team:

• Reputation and experience: Pine Tree Barn is one of the oldest and most experienced and unique furniture and interior design stores in Ohio. We enjoy a terrific reputation and attract customers from all corners of the state, and beyond. And because we are a shopping - and dining! - destination, we are busy - 7 days a week! - and enjoy steady foot traffic.
• Training and support: We will work to ensure that you have all the tools and knowledge to be successful. Our training program provides hourly compensation as you transition from training to a fully commissioned employee.
• Work environment: Pine Tree Barn is a beautiful, comfortable place to work. Located in a restored, historic barn, our showrooms are a feast for the eye, designed to captivate customers' attention and imagination.
• Top notch co-workers: You will be working with other designers and sales associates who have each been active in interior design and sales for decades. They help and support each other.
• Top quality merchandise: We are a full-line furniture store and interior design resource. We offer a large line of high-quality furniture, accessories, window treatments, floor coverings, paints, wallpaper, lighting, and more. With over 200 vendors, we are a complete resource for making homes beautiful.

The ideal candidate has:

• A successful designer is a powerful listener, and great communicator and excels at helping others to discover and realize their own personal style.
• A passion for making homes beautiful.
• An outgoing and positive attitude, a love for engaging customers, and the ability to develop rapport.
• An ability to learn and become familiar with a wide range of products, manufacturers, and specifications, including fabrics, leathers, colors, window treatments, lighting, floor coverings, and others.
• The ability to work well with your teammates.
• The ability to handle multiple projects, customers, and timelines.
• The ability to stay organized.
• The ability to communicate clearly to create clear expectations for customers.
• Confidence, self-motivation, and passion.
• Optimism, positivity, and kindness.

Available health and vision insurance. Paid training. Employee discount on merchandise. Half-priced lunch in our on-site lunch restaurant. Reimbursement for car mileage for in-house appointments.

40 hours (8 hours workday/5 days per week) Pine Tree Barn is open 7 days a week, 9 am - 5 pm. (We are closed 7 major holidays)

• No evening work/shifts.
• 3-4 Saturdays or Sundays per month.
• Sales staff will work a 5-day workweek as follows: Scheduled on the sales floor 3-4 days per week, with the other 1-2 days in-store (doing sales paperwork/follow-up, interior design work, research, emails etc) or meeting/working at customers' homes.

Want to learn more? We encourage you to apply. We are scheduling interviews now and would love to meet with you!