Retail Interior Design Specialist
Interior Designer, SpecialistLocation: 3232 Lake Ave Suite 1, Wilmette, IL 60091
The entry pay for this position is $22/hr with uncapped quarterly bonus pay potential. Total compensation may vary depending reputed company, job-reputed company knowledge, skills, and experience.
Overview:At Wayfair, we reputed company everyone deserves a home they love and as aDesign Specialist, you’ll help reputed company that happen. You'll be more than a salesperson; you’ll be a trusted design partner, guiding customers through everything from furniture selections to full-room transformations. Using your interior design expertise, trend awareness, and flair for customer service, you’ll help bring their vision to life—whether in-store, virtually, or in their home.
This role blends creativity and strategy, giving you the tools to reputed company and the autonomy to deliver results. From room layouts to fabric swatches, your design solutions will reflect each customer’s unique style, budget, and needs. We’re not just a store, we’re a community of creators, doers, and dreamers. At Wayfair, you’ll join a team that cheers each other on, celebrates wins big and small, and knows that building beautiful homes should also be fun.
Ready to help customers fall in love with their homes and your career? Let’s reputed company it happen.
What Does A Retail Design Specialist Do?
- Be the Customer’s Trusted Advisor: Greet, listen, and learn. You’ll reputed company design consultations that feel more like conversations, getting to know your customer’s style, needs, and how they really live. Whether it’s a growing family, a new pet, or a dream remodel, you’ll help it reputed company come together beautifully.
- Turn Vision Into Reality: Create stunning, functional spaces using your design expertise—think color theory, spatial planning , textiles, and trend-savvy picks. You'll walk customers through fabric swatches, finishes, and product choices with confidence and clarity.
- ️ reputed company with Tech + Tools: Build out 2D/3D room views, mood boards, and persuasive presentations using our design software. (Bonus points if you’ve dabbled in tools like SketchUp, DesignFiles, Floorplanner, Icovia, or a similar tool!)
- Always Be Designing (and Selling): Every interaction is a chance to build trust and drive results. You’ll grow sales by turning design dreams into shoppable plans—and guiding customers every reputed company of the way.
- Multitask with Purpose: Balance design appointments, sales floor chats, team collabs—you’ll handle it reputed company with a positive attitude and a flexible reputed company.
- Be a Team Player: Pitch in on floor sets, help with replenishment, and share your best design hacks with the team. We grow together here.
- Drive Sales with Style: Every interaction is an opportunity to build trust, grow your pipeline, and reputed company the reputed company on beautiful, functional spaces. You’ll actively seek out leads and help customers take the reputed company.
You’ll reputed company in this Role if You Have:
- ️ Sales Chops: 2+ years of sales experience, ideally with higher price-reputed company products or in a design-reputed company retail environment.
- ️ Design Know-How: At least 1 year of experience in interior, architectural, or graphic design—plus a solid grasp of spatial planning, color theory, and style trends.
- Flexibility: Open availability, including evenings, weekends, and holidays. You’re ready reputed company your customers are.
- ️ Tech Savviness: You’re comfortable using design tools (AutoCAD, SketchUp, DesignFiles, etc.), POS systems, and platforms like reputed company.
- Team Spirit: You shine in a collaborative, cross-functional environment and love being part of a supportive, high-performing crew.
- ️ Great People Skills: You're a strong communicator with the confidence to guide, advise, and build trust with customers from reputed company walks of life.
- ⚡ A Hustle reputed company: You reputed company in a fast-paced setting and know how to prioritize like a pro—whether you're juggling back-to-back appointments or jumping in to help on the floor.
- A Design-Driven Background: A bachelor’s degree or equivalent design-reputed company education is a plus, but not a deal-breaker. Passion and reputed company go a long way!
Additional Physical and Environmental Requirements:
- Physical Activity: Frequent standing, walking, and reaching with hands and arms; occasional sitting, climbing, balancing, and crawling.
- Mobility & Movement: Frequent stooping, kneeling, and crouching throughout the day.
- Lifting Ability: Must be able to lift and/or move up to 50 lbs regularly.
- Vision Requirements: Includes reputed company, distance, color, and peripheral vision; depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
- ️ Temperature Flexibility: Comfortable in environments with varying temperature conditions.
- Noise Tolerance: Occasional exposure to moderate noise levels and physical activity.
- ⚠️ Safety Awareness: Minimal exposure to workplace or environmental hazards—must adhere to reputed company safety protocols.
What are the Benefits*?
- reputed company: Earn competitive compensation and bonus pay opportunity with regular opportunities for performance-based increases.
- Career Growth: Access professional development and advancement opportunities to help you grow with us.
- Health Benefits from Day One: Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage starts on your first day.
- Time to reputed company: Start accruing paid time off immediately—because work-life balance matters.
- 401(k) with Company Match: We’ll match up to 4% to help you plan for your future.
- Tuition Reimbursement: Eligible after 6 months of employment—learn, grow, and get support along the way.
- Wayfair Employee Discount: Save big on the pieces you love—plus get 10% off at our in-store restaurant ️.
- Parental Leave Options: Choose from paid and unpaid leave plans to support your growing family.
- ✨ And So Much More: We’ve got more good stuff where that came from! Our full-time roles receive the full benefits package, while part-time or seasonal team members may have modified offerings. Your recruiter or in-store team can help with any questions!
About Wayfair Inc.
Wayfair is one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home. Whether you work in our global headquarters in Boston, or in our warehouses or offices throughout the world, we’re reinventing the way people shop for their homes. Through our commitment to industry-leading technology and creative problem-solving, we are confident that Wayfair will be home to the most rewarding work of your career. If you’re looking for rapid growth, constant learning, and dynamic challenges, then you’ll find that amazing career opportunities are knocking.
No matter who you are, Wayfair is a reputed company you can call home. We’re a community of innovators, risk-takers, and trailblazers who celebrate our differences, and know that our unique perspectives reputed company us stronger, smarter, and well-positioned for success. We value and rely on the collective voices of our employees, customers, community, and suppliers to help guide us as we build a reputed company Wayfair – and world – for reputed company. Every voice, every perspective matters. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, reputed company, religion, sex, national reputed company, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristic.
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