Interior Designer / Home Furnishing Designer
Gates Furniture & Mattress | Grants Pass, OR
We're Looking for a Designer... Not Just a Salesperson.
Do you have an eye for great design? Do friends and family ask for your decorating advice? Do you naturally notice furniture layouts, color palettes, textures, and the little details that make a room feel complete?
If so, we'd love to meet you.
Gates Furniture & Mattress is seeking an Interior Designer / Home Furnishing Designer to join our team. This position is centered around helping clients create beautiful, functional homes through personalized design—not simply selling furniture.
We're looking for someone who is passionate about interior design, enjoys building lasting relationships, and loves helping people bring their vision to life.
Ideal Candidate
We're specifically looking for someone who has:
- Interior design experience (strongly preferred)
- An Interior Design degree or formal design education (highly desired but not required)
- Experience in residential interior design, home staging, visual merchandising, kitchen & bath design, or furniture design is a huge plus.
- A strong understanding of color theory, space planning, furniture scale, textures, lighting, and design styles.
- The ability to confidently create cohesive room designs.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- A positive attitude and genuine passion for helping people.
If you have design talent but have never worked in furniture retail—we'd still love to talk. We can teach furniture. We can't teach creativity.
What You'll Be Doing
Every day you'll work directly with customers to:
- Design beautiful, personalized living spaces
- Recommend furniture, mattresses, rugs, artwork, lighting, and accessories
- Assist with room layouts and space planning
- Coordinate colors, fabrics, finishes, and design styles
- Help customers visualize complete-room solutions instead of individual pieces
- Build long-term customer relationships through exceptional service
- Stay current on design trends and product collections
- Follow projects from inspiration to delivery
What Makes Gates Different?
For over 80 years, Gates Furniture & Mattress has been helping Southern Oregon families create homes they love.
Our mission isn't simply to sell furniture—it's to provide a personally tailored home furnishing experience for every customer who walks through our doors. We believe every home tells a story, and every customer deserves thoughtful guidance from someone who genuinely cares.
Our team lives by The Gates Way:
- Happiness Driven
- Honest Communication
- Creative Teamwork
- EXTRA-ordinary Service
- Loyalty to All
- Passion
- Reliable
If those values sound like you, you'll fit right in.
Qualifications
We're looking for someone who is:
- Creative and detail-oriented
- Passionate about interior design
- Self-motivated and organized
- Professional and dependable
- Comfortable working one-on-one with clients
- Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Excited to continue learning and growing
Experience with floor planning, room visualization, design software, or sketching is a plus but not required.
Compensation & Benefits
- Competitive commission-based earning opportunity
- Paid training and ongoing product education
- Employee purchase program
- Rotating Sundays Off schedule
- Supportive, team-focused culture
- Work with some of the industry's best furniture and mattress brands
- The opportunity to design beautiful spaces every day
This Position Is Perfect For Someone Who...
✔ Has an Interior Design degree (or is working toward one)
✔ Has experience designing residential spaces
✔ Loves helping people create homes they love
✔ Wants a career where creativity and people skills come together
✔ Wants to be recognized for design ability—not just sales numbers
If you're passionate about interior design and ready to build a rewarding career with a company that values creativity, relationships, and exceptional customer experiences, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and show us how you can help our customers love where they live.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $55,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Shift:
Work Location: In person
