Retail Sales Associate / Design Associate (Home Furnishings)

Overview

Are you driven by the desire to serve customers and passionate about the art of selling? Do you excel in a dynamic retail environment, utilizing your inherent curiosity and intuition to assist customers in finding tailored solutions that transform their homes into spaces they love? If so, discover a career designed to be different!

At Room & Board, our part-time Design/Retail Sales Associate role (3 days a week, 8-hour shifts including weekends) offers an amazing way to balance your current life’s work with a fulfilling part-time career. Offering you generous benefits, including health benefits, three weeks of paid vacation, 401(k), profit sharing, and more. You'll join a team of 25+ talented and professional colleagues while being surrounded by beautiful home furnishings that showcase American craftsmanship. As a valued member of our collaborative design team, you'll help customers create homes they love by leveraging technology, tools, and resources in thoughtful and innovative ways. This role is ideal for someone who is energized by a fast-paced environment and thrives when navigating a wide range of customer interactions throughout each shift.

Because of the volume and pace of our showroom, success in this role requires a high degree of self-direction, time management, and agility. You'll need to move seamlessly between customer conversations, project work, and independent tasks—making confident decisions about how to structure your time and where to focus your energy.

Job location:  ​685 Seventh Street, San Francisco, CA 94103

Store hours:

Monday – Friday: 11 a.m. - 7 p.m.Saturday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.Sunday: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Schedule: Thursday, Saturday, Sunday.

You’ll enjoy one weekend off every 4 weeks. The week in which you have the weekend off, your (2) weekend shifts will be scheduled during the weekday you are typically off, so flexibility with your schedule is necessary. To allow you to easily balance your other life priorities, we build out schedules for an entire month and release them a few weeks prior to the start of each month.

What you bring to be successful as a Design / Retail Sales Associate:

• A self-directed approach with the ability to manage your workflow, prioritize tasks, and stay productive during both high-traffic periods and quieter moments.
• Strong time-management and agility, shifting smoothly between customer consultations, design work, follow-ups, and showroom activity in a fast-paced environment.
• A commitment to serving customers through an individualized, consultative design approach, actively listening and offering thoughtful, tailored solutions.
• Collaborative mindset with self-awareness, curiosity, and the ability to build strong relationships with both customers and colleagues in a non-commissioned environment.
• Confidence using technology and digital tools—including iPads, floor planning software, and POS systems—to support design work and enhance the customer experience.
• The physical and mental stamina to engage consistently with varying customer volumes while maintaining productivity throughout your shift.
• A lifelong-learner mindset, continually seeking opportunities to grow your design knowledge and refine your skills.

Additional position requirements and qualifications as a Design / Retail Sales Associate:

• 2+ years of experience working in a customer-centric, fashion/design-savvy retail environment with a passion for design and engaging with customers on the showroom floor.
• You bring exceptional communication skills, demonstrated confidence, attention to detail, prioritization and organization skills, and a high level of comfort navigating technology and virtual resources. These attributes for success are captured in our Design Associate Profile.
• Ability to provide proof of identity and legal work authorization upon hire.

What you’ll find as Design / Retail Sales Associate:

• Salary: $37,800 - $40,000 ($30.29 - $32.05 / hour) depending on experience.
• Benefits that focus on holistic well-being. The whole person matters, not just the one who shows up for work. That’s why we invest in holistic well-being that supports and encourages you to live a full life. Besides a competitive paycheck, we offer several awesome perks to help you thrive in every aspect of life. Picture this: three weeks of paid vacation, a generous 401(k) match, profit-sharing, and a whole bunch of cool extras. We're talking about benefits that cover you from head to toe – physically, emotionally, and financially.
• Meaningful work. We create a meaningful work experience by empowering everyone to contribute, taking pride in everything we do, and making the world sustainable, inclusive and beautiful.
• A culture of respect. We sustain a culture of respect by relying on our shared values, building supportive and kind teams, and ensuring all voices are heard and celebrated.

To view our benefits in detail and to learn more about our culture, please visit our career site at

Application Deadline: The position will remain open until filled; there is no specified deadline.

Room & Board is a modern furniture and home decor retailer committed to creating beautiful, well-made products while providing exceptional customer service. Our mission is to help people create homes they love through timeless designs, sustainable practices, and a focus on quality craftsmanship. To view our benefits in detail and to learn more about our culture, please visit our career site at

Room & Board is an equal employment opportunity employer. Our policy is not to unlawfully discriminate against any applicant or staff member on the basis of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, disability, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws. We also prohibit harassment of applicants and staff members based on any protected category, characteristic or status. It is also our policy to comply with all applicable state, federal and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

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