Description

We believe in passionately creating customers for life, one exceptional experience at a time.

Our iconic brand has been around for over 90 years. We represent integrity, professional sales, and superior quality in furniture sales and forward-thinking interior design. If you are looking for a career that is rewarding and will provide a secure future for your family, La-Z-Boy could be the right fit for you.

We are looking for a focused, driven, and degreed interior designer who wants to take control of their career. At La-Z-Boy Southeast, we provide all of our interior designers with thorough training, comprehensive benefits, and generous compensation.

Interior Designers with La-Z-Boy Southeast earn, on average, $ 80,000 - $ 100,000 annually with salary bonus.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Fulfill role as a lead interior designer in the creation of presentations
• Provide solutions aligned with the client’s preferences
• Attend consultations with sales consultants in customer’s home
• Work in concert with merchandising to update gallery displays
• Build rapport with repeat customers
• Work in store with sales staff to identify design clients
• Create custom room plans for clients using La-Z-Boy’s proprietary 3D Room Planner
• Present your design proposal to clients in the store
• Visit clients' homes to measure the space and gather information
• Attend qualifying design deliveries
• Lead design training for store staff

Qualifications

Requirements:

• MUST HAVE: Bachelor’s in Interior Design or related design degree
• Passion for interior design
• Communication and problem-solving skills
• Ability to effectively communicate with sales staff as well as clients
• Design skills, creative and inspirational thinker
• Goal-driven
• Deadline driven

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to see well enough to read printed materials, computer screens, and across the gallery
• Must be able to hear well enough to communicate with other employees
• Must be able to sit, stand, and move around the gallery and occasionally walk briskly
• Must be able to kneel to pick up items from the ground
• Must be able to move furniture lifting up to 50 pounds
• Must be able to type and hold a tablet

Software:

• Photoshop
• AutoCAD
• Microsoft Office (especially PowerPoint)

Benefits

• Solid and continuous job training
• Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life insurance
• Supplemental Insurance options available
• Matching 401(k) contributions
• Paid time off 
• Profit Sharing Program
• Employee discount
• Employee Assistance Program
• $40,000 bonus

About La-Z-Boy Southeast

La-Z-Boy Southeast is a family-owned company founded in 1975. We independently own and operate eight La-Z-Boy locations in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina.

Our company has recently been recognized and awarded:

• La-Z-Boy’s Global Retail Partner of the Year
• La-Z-Boy’s Global Ronald McDonald Charity Partner of the Year
• Top Sales Consultant in our Region
• Top Designer in our Region: an award we have won for sixteen straight years
• Named to Furniture Today’s top 100 list

The most respected and recognized brand name in the furniture industry is La-Z-Boy. This is why we are honored to offer the largest selection of quality home furnishings in the Southeastern USA.

We have a tenured sales and operations staff that provide excellent customer service to our valued clients and superior training programs to ensure employee success.

We’re proud to offer our customers access to a certified and degreed interior designer for free. Working with a La-Z-Boy Interior Designer makes the experience of furnishing your home as comfortable as possible.

To learn more, please visit www.furnitureacademy.com.

We are a drug-free workplace.