Executive Director of Design

4 hours ago


Santa Monica, California, United States Design Within Reach Full time
Design Within Reach General Manager

At Design Within Reach, we're redefining modern for the 21st century. As a General Manager, you'll be part of a team that's passionate about creating and sourcing exceptional, built-to-last furnishings that move with you and are meant to be enjoyed over a lifetime.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Build trusting relationships with your team through goal setting, coaching, and feedback.
  • Manage the full-life cycle of talent acquisition, partnering with Human Resources for performance management situations.
  • Ensure Studio procedures are followed to represent the best in design, utilizing visual directives, presentation, and housekeeping standards to maximize profit and manage expense control goals.
  • Lead team on creating floorplans, design presentations, weekly trade, and home visits.
  • Build positive working relationships with the Studio team, work with the Regional Manager, and share business insights, best practices, and develop strategies to grow the business.
Requirements:
  • Retail management experience preferred.
  • Demonstrated design skills and a passion for the design profession.
  • Financial literacy, business acumen, and ability to manage budgetary responsibilities.
  • Proficiency with MS Office software, web navigation, and 3-D rendering programs.
  • Able to routinely move objects weighing more than 20 pounds and understand safety requirements.
About Us:

We're an equal opportunity employer, committed to hiring everyone. Design Within Reach is comprised of people of all abilities, gender identities and expressions, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, veterans from every branch of military service, and more. We're committed to equal opportunity employment, including veterans and people with disabilities.

A starting compensation range for this role is $60,500.00 - $75,575.00. Relevant salary considerations will include candidate qualifications and experience, other business/organizational needs, and market factors. You may also be eligible to receive a geographic premium, annual discretionary incentive, and equity awards, subject to the rules governing these programs.

We offer a full spectrum of benefits, including Medical, Prescription Drug, Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Day Care Savings Account, Life Insurance, Disability, and Other Insurance Plans, Paid Time Off, Holidays, 401(k), and Short/Long Term Disability, in addition to other special perks reserved for our associates.



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