Landscape Designer And Sales Associate

Element Outdoor Living has the perfect Landscape Sales/Design opportunity for you! We are a dynamic, growth-focused and progressive landscape design, installation and maintenance company, located by the coast in Wilmington, North Carolina. This is an ideal opportunity for a landscape professional looking to move to a warm, beautiful city!

Our Landscape Sales/Design position is a unique opportunity to combine strong design experience with a passion for business development. This position is responsible for providing clients with unique design ideas, developing and communicating proposals and closing the sale.

Your responsibilities as Landscape Sales Designer will include:

• Drawing up reports and contracts
• Providing recommendations on conservation and sustainability issues
• Building rapport with clients throughout the sales process
• Writing proposals and presenting them to clients
• Closing the sale with clients
• Speaking to locals and community members to gain insight on potential leads
• Creating rough drawings and more sophisticated plans with computer-aided design (CAD) programs
• Developing a network of fellow architects, project managers, engineers, and surveyors to generate referral business
• Developing design approaches that meet client desires for high end residential property projects
• Performing site analyses that include the assessment of current plants, soil conditions, lighting, the view, and architecture style of the house
• Analyzing complex environmental reports and using the knowledge gained in designs/plans

Our ideal Landscape Sales/Designer candidate is:

• Career and growth-minded
• Creative and inspired
• Has a passion for creating beautiful and unique landscapes
• Positive, proactive, professional
• Able to communicate design ideas in a way that creates excitement and passion for the client

We are excited to expand our business development efforts by adding a team member with the following skills and experience:

• 3-5 years of experience in landscape design or architecture
• Excellent pool, hardscape, outdoor kitchen, fire and water features, and carpentry knowledge for construction plans
• Ability to use CAD and 3D design software
• Portfolio of past projects
• Excellent plant, irrigation, grading, and drainage knowledge for landscape plans
• Experience with or ability to quickly learn estimating software
• 1-2 years of sales and business development experience
• Creative critical thinking and analysis

The expected pay range for this position offers a base salary of $65,000 with commission opportunities providing total compensation of $80,000 - $110,000. In addition, we offer a full benefits package including health, 401k, paid time off and tuition reimbursement.

Element Outdoor Living offers a fun, collaborative team environment with a strong commitment to our core values:

Q Quality

U Unique

A Action

L Leadership

I Integrity

T Teamwork

Y YOU!!

If you share our passion for creative amazing outdoor living spaces for our clients, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $80,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Health insurance
• 401(k)

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Commission pay

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Wilmington, NC: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: One location