Interior Designer, Décor Direct

Décor Direct is part of the Schell Brothers family of companies and provides home interior design services as well as furniture and window treatment sales. Schell Brothers is a highly successful residential construction company with over 20 years of excellence in Delaware, Richmond, VA, Nashville, TN, and Boise, ID. We are proud to have received Pro Builder’s prestigious "Builder of the Year" award, the highest honor for a builder in North America. Additionally, we’ve earned the "Great Place to Work" certification across our divisions, reflecting the strength and culture of our team.

Decor Direct Interiors is seeking a creative, motivated, and client focused Interior Designer to join our growing design team. As a subsidiary of Schell Brothers, Decor Direct works closely with homeowners to transform their new house into a home through personalized interior design services, furnishings, window treatments, lighting, wallcoverings, rugs, and more. This position combines interior design expertise, relationship building, project organization, and sales. The ideal candidate is highly creative, organized, comfortable managing multiple clients and projects simultaneously, and passionate about creating an exceptional client experience.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Conduct Virtual and In person design consultations to understand each client’s lifestyle, aesthetic, functional needs, budget, and project goals.

• Build strong, trusted relationships with homeowners throughout the design and sales process.

• Maintain consistent and timely communication with clients throughout the design process.

• Proactively follow up on open proposals, pending selections, and clients awaiting payment and decisions.

• Deliver a high level of customer service that reflects the Decor Direct and Schell Brothers experience.

• Create lookbooks and space plans that consider scale, proportion, functionality.

• Continuous knowledge of current industry trends, products, materials, vendors and resources.

• Guide Clients towards selections that align with their design goals and budget while support Decor Direct’s sales and profitability objectives.

• Collaborate with the Sales Administrator and Production Team to ensure complete and accurate project handoff after sale acceptance.

• Attend client deliveries

Required Skills:

• Customer service minded

• Previous interior design, residential design, furniture or home furnishings experience preferred

• Strong understanding of space planning

• Strong presentation and consultative skills

• Ability to manage multiple projects, deadlines and client relationships simultaneously

• Comfortable learning and utilizing CRM, Sales, proposal and project management softwares.

• Self motivated with the ability to work independently while contributing to a collaborative team environment

• Must be self-directed, have excellent initiative and organizational skills

• Excellent verbal and written communications

Familiar with the following software programs is a bonus:

• Acumatica

• Zoho CRM

• Floorplanner

• Google Applications including Gmail, Sheets, Slides, and Drive

• Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, Powerpoint