Design Sales Specialist/Home Stylist, Full Time, Sarasota - West Elm (New Store Opening!)

Williams-Sonoma•Sarasota, FL

About The Position

The Design Sales Specialist/Home Stylist inspires customers to express themselves in their homes and helps bring the shopping experience to a seamless close, including assisting customers and completing sales at the cash wrap. The role promotes continued customer engagement and encourages customers to stay connected with the brand. This position uses design expertise to consult with clients in the store and in their homes, assess and measure living spaces, and create and present design plans suited to clients’ needs, styles, and preferences. It also supports sales goals, provides product knowledge, and assists customers with a range of special services and orders.

Requirements

Strong communication, clienteling, and customer follow-up skills.
Ability to complete and coordinate complex large orders across a variety of sales channels.
Ability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
1–2 years of customer service and retail sales experience; specialty retail experience is preferred but not required.
Ability to remain mobile on the sales floor for extended periods.
Ability to lift and mobilize items weighing up to 75 pounds using appropriate equipment and safety techniques.
Full-time associates are expected to have open availability to meet business needs.

Nice To Haves

Experience working with the elements of design.
Specialty retail experience.

Responsibilities

Conduct one-on-one in-store and in-home design consultations to assist clients with their living spaces and drive store sales.
Conduct productive in-home consultations, accurately measuring and assessing clients’ living spaces.
Create and present design plans based on clients’ needs, style, preferences, and living spaces.
Maintain knowledge of current sales and promotions to achieve and exceed sales and productivity goals.
Assist customers with special services, including gift wrap, gift registry, locating merchandise, catalog and internet orders, special orders, back orders, charge sends, courier deliveries, and furniture orders.
Demonstrate product knowledge, including features and benefits across the design studio assortment.
Assist customers and complete sales at the cash wrap.
Promote continued customer engagement with the brand.

Benefits

Discount on Williams-Sonoma, Inc. brands.
401(k) plan and other investment opportunities.
Wellness program supporting physical, financial, and emotional health.
Paid vacations and holidays for full-time associates.
Health, dental, and vision insurance, including same-sex domestic partner benefits, for full-time associates.
Individual development plans and career pathing conversations.
Annual performance appraisals.
Cross-brand and cross-functional career opportunities.
Online learning opportunities through brand-specific resources and WSI University.
Leadership development opportunities.