Interior Designer/Sales Executive - Newbridge, Co. Kildare

About Murphy Home:

Established in 1974, Murphy Home (previously Michael Murphy Home Furnishing) is Ireland’s leading independent, family-owned furniture retailer. With six stores nationwide and a strong, award-winning online presence, Murphy Home offers a curated range of quality furniture and home accessories designed to bring style and comfort to Irish homes. 

We are recruiting for a vibrant Full-Time Interior Designer/Sales Executive to join the team in our flagship store in Newbridge.

About the role:

As our Interior Designer/Sales Executive, the service that you will be providing will be to advise our clients on how to decorate and design their living space. Offer each client a professional design consultation service and assist them in managing their home design projects either in store or at the client’s home. An Interior Designer/Sales Executive will maintain our branding and design standards and use their creative talents to design personal clients living space based on the client’s requirements. 

Reports To: Store Manager

Job Description:

• Create Mood boards based on customer requirements. 

• Deliver a professional interior design consultation with each client and work accordingly to the business needs (weekends will be required).

• Have a passion for interior design.  

• Customer Focus.

• Interpret and translate customer needs (into rough sketches using AutoCAD or SketchUP).

• Set costs and design fees according to the client’s budget.

• Achieve weekly sales targets and be knowledgeable on all store promotions and campaigns

• Produce quality work in a consistent, timely, and organized manner.

• Have a good knowledge of our products and keep updated with any new home products arrivals.

• Keep up to date with the changing trends in home products.

• Have creative talent, imagination and eye for design.

• Project management skills.

• Assist the Social marketing team with creating social content. 

• Perform additional functions that may be assigned at the discretion of management.

Preferred Experience:

• Interior design degree or relevant experience.

• Experience in retail sales

• Full clean drivers license

• Experience in customer facing roles and working to deadlines  

• Knowledge of SketchUP or AutoCAD

Why Join the Michael Murphy Home Furnishing Team?

• We are a well-established company with 50 years in business. 

• We’re fun and have a positive work environment. 

• Culture of developing and promoting within the company. 

• Dynamic and expanding. 

• Generous staff discounts. 

• Bonus Scheme. 

• Educational Support Scheme / Career Development Opportunities. 

• Free Employee Assistance Programme. 

• Continuous professional development with dedicated training resources.