Retail Sales Associate / Design Associate (Home Furnishings)

At Room & Board , our part-time Design/Retail Sales Associate role (3 days a week, 8-hour shifts including weekends) offers an opportunity to combine your passion for people, design, and sales in a flexible part-time career. 2+ years of experience in a customer-facing retail, hospitality, sales, furniture, home furnishings, or service environment where building relationships and delivering exceptional customer experiences were key to success.

Overview:

Are you energized by connecting with people, passionate about creating exceptional customer experiences, and excited by the opportunity to help customers create spaces they love? Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where no two days are the same? If you are naturally curious, adaptable, technology savvy, and enjoy building relationships while helping customers find the right solutions, discover a career designed to be different.

 

At Room & Board, our part-time Design/Retail Sales Associate role (3 days a week, 8-hour shifts including weekends) offers an opportunity to combine your passion for people, design, and sales in a flexible part-time career. You'll join a highly collaborative team that values curiosity, continuous learning, and customer-focused problem-solving. Using innovative technology, design tools, and your consultative sales skills, you'll help customers confidently create homes and spaces they love.

 

Job location: ​380 NW 13th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209

 

Store hours:

Monday – Friday: 11 a.m. – 7 p.m.

Saturday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sunday: 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.

 

Schedule:

Monday, Saturday, Sunday

You’ll enjoy one weekend off every 4 weeks. The week in which you have the weekend off, your (2) weekend shifts will be scheduled during the weekday you are typically off, so flexibility with your schedule is necessary. To allow you to easily balance your other life priorities, we build out schedules for an entire month and release them a few weeks prior to the start of each month.

 

What you bring to be successful as a Design / Retail Sales Associate:

• A passion for serving customers through an individualized, consultative approach, building authentic relationships and uncovering customer needs.
• A strong sales mindset with confidence engaging customers, asking thoughtful questions, and guiding them toward solutions that meet their goals.
• An outgoing, positive, and approachable personality that helps create welcoming experiences and meaningful customer connections.
• Confidence as a collaborative team player who values shared success and thrives in a non-commissioned environment.
• Agility and flexibility to adapt to changing business needs, customer traffic patterns, and evolving priorities throughout the day.
• Comfort leveraging technology and tools such as iPads, floor planning software, CRM systems, and POS platforms to enhance the customer experience.
• Energy and enthusiasm for engaging with a diverse range of customers while maintaining productivity during both busy and quieter periods.
• A lifelong learner mindset, demonstrating curiosity, coachability, and a desire to continuously build design, product, and sales knowledge.

Additional position requirements and qualifications as a Design / Retail Sales Associate:

• 2+ years of experience in a customer-facing retail, hospitality, sales, furniture, home furnishings, or service environment where building relationships and delivering exceptional customer experiences were key to success.
• Excellent communication, organization, prioritization, and problem-solving skills, along with a high level of comfort using technology and virtual resources.
• Ability to provide proof of identity and legal work authorization upon hire.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Passion for interior design, home furnishings, architecture, or helping customers create spaces they love.
• Multilingual communication skills are valued and may help foster connections with our diverse customer base and local community.

What you’ll find as a Design / Retail Sales Associate:

• Salary: $33,000 - $36,000 ($26.44 - $28.85 / hour) depending on experience.
  competitive paycheck, we offer benefits to help you thrive in every aspect of life. That includes three weeks of paid vacation, a generous 401(k) match, profit-sharing and more. As a 100% employee-owned company, staff members working 1,000 hours or more in a 12-month period are eligible to participate in our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). This plan acts as an additional Retirement Savings Plan fully funded by Room & Board
• Meaningful work. We create a meaningful work experience by empowering everyone to contribute, taking pride in everything we do, and making the world sustainable, inclusive and beautiful.
• A culture of respect. We sustain a culture of respect by relying on our shared values, building supportive and kind teams, and ensuring all voices are heard and celebrated.

To view our benefits in detail and to learn more about our culture, please visit: https://www.roomandboard.com/careers.

 

Application Deadline: The position will remain open until filled; there is no specified deadline.

Room & Board is a modern furniture and home decor retailer committed to creating beautiful, well-made products while providing exceptional customer service. Our mission is to help people create homes they love through timeless designs, sustainable practices, and a focus on quality craftsmanship. To view our benefits in detail and to learn more about our culture, please visit our career site at https://www.roomandboard.com/careers.

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Room & Board is an equal employment opportunity employer. Our policy is not to unlawfully discriminate against any applicant or staff member on the basis of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, disability, or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws. We also prohibit harassment of applicants and staff members based on any protected category, characteristic or status. It is also our policy to comply with all applicable state, federal and local laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions.

 

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