What are the responsibilities and job description for the Interior Designer position at La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries?
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
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.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $80,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- Are you available to work weekends and holidays?
Education:
- Bachelor's (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $80,000 - $100,000