Everlasting Floral Designer - $DOE

Molbak’s, the Northwest’s premier Garden and Home retailer, is seeking a talented, energetic and experienced Everlasting Floral designer to join our Everlasting team.

The Everlasting Floral Designer is responsible for developing unique and exciting designs to entice our customers during all key seasons and holidays. Our designers will be required to use their artistic talents and creative eye to provide our customers with new and unique everlasting floral designs for every occasion and style of home décor. The Everlasting Floral Designer must have the ability to actively engage and educate customers on our extensive everlasting inventory, including a large variety of plant material and other decorative items in the department and throughout the store. The Everlasting Floral Designer will report directly to the Everlasting Manager.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
Create unique and innovative designs for customers, interpreting their design requests, resulting in excellent product and high customer satisfaction
Fulfill custom orders efficiently and properly: receiving, interpreting, designing, executing and following through to final sale.
Meet established production goals for custom and standard designs, including seasonal arrangements
Receive, unpack and organize back stock of product and supplies, maintaining a neat and orderly work area
Produce design work in a cost conscious, productive and efficient manner according to established design standards.
Demonstrate an excellent working knowledge of the principles and elements of design
Exhibit a strong desire to grow creatively and enhance self-development of innovative design.
Assist with sales and stocking product on the floor; assist with merchandise displays and other related tasks as necessary
Assist with scheduled inventories and other duties as assigned by the manager
Accurately complete all required records and other related paperwork

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
Minimum three years floral design experience; fresh floral design background preferred with at least one year of artificial design experience
Ability to represent Molbak’s in a professional manner to clients.
Ability to work with customers in a large group setting.
Excellent interpersonal and strong verbal/written communication skills; ability to appropriately prioritize tasks and respond to changing work related requirements
Ability to work independently and as part of a team
Ability to work standing, bending, walking and lifting; ability to repeatedly lift and move up to 30 lbs.

Education, Certification and Training
Floral school courses and or previous floral experience strongly preferred.
Possess thorough knowledge of everlasting floral material

Work Environment:
Design workroom and retail sales floor environment. Some exposure to extremes in temperature.

To Apply:Please email a cover letter and resume to employment@molbaks.