Careers
Are you a passionate, motivated, self-starter, who gets excited about the idea of bringing ideas to life and forging your own career path? The place for you is luca + lex.
Our purpose is to provide the perfect finishing touch for any project, and to forge long-lasting, trusted partnerships with our clients. We aspire to continuously grow, create, and inspire as a company, but also as a team and as individuals. We are looking for teammates who share our passion for interior design, who understand the importance of fostering relationships, and who see opportunity at every turn. As we grow, we want you to grow, too. Read more below on what a career with us can offer you, and explore our open opportunities to find where your skillset fits in.
Why Work With Luca + Lex?
Culture
We believe in creating an environment where our team feels inspired, empowered, supported, and passionate about the work we do. Our culture promotes collaboration and teamwork, prioritizes inclusivity and passion, and provides flexibility and space to do what you love.
Opportunity
We aspire to grow, create, and inspire together, and understand the importance of working toward common goals as a team. Learning and development resources are available to our team, and we take strides towards individual aspirations that can be applied here at luca + lex. As we grow, you grow too!
Team
Our collaborative and supportive team is constantly driven to succeed. We encourage each other to achieve our highest potential and celebrate the wins together.
Benefits
In addition to standard insurance benefits, we are happy to provide paid time off, company holidays, 401k contributions, and flexibility for our team.
Health & Wellness
We offer health benefits so that our team knows they are taken care of whenever they need to be. We help pay for medical, dental, vision, and life insurance for both individuals and families.
Diversity
We understand the importance of having a team made up of different backgrounds, ideas, perspectives, and identities, and celebrate the differences among us as we collaborate to be the best we can be.
Open Roles
We are always looking for talented individuals who are passionate and self-motivated. Interested in joining our team? We encourage you to explore our current openings and apply if something piques your interest!
As our Head of Business Development, you will…
- Work closely with customers, identify key decision makers, and build trusted business relationships with influencers and specifiers such as designers, architects, builders, contractors, dealers, spec writers, owners, construction managers to increase preference and demand for luca + lex products and solutions.
- Assist Architectural and Design Professional customers with design consulting and product selections to complete their projects.
- Influence product specifications consistent with the company’s Product Plan that have a high likelihood of generating sales and ROI for the company actively track projects in the early design stages to influence the specification.
- Assess the commercial market and strategically build relationships with key professionals who can specify and influence sales of luca + lex products.
- Provide timely and accurate technical information for product specifications.
- Respond to the marketplace by providing value through being a knowledgeable rep with quick follow up. Answer phone calls and emails in a prompt and professional manner. Manage day-to-day contact with buyers and other customer representatives.
- Follow up to make sure that product information as provided is sufficient and specifications are held and enter the bid process. Possess the ability to multi-task and have diligent follow up skills.
- Network within the industry, to better launch and promote target products and programs. Monitor competitive activity and strategically promote luca + lex’s offering.
- Maintain current product knowledge and manage sample tools. Develop in-depth knowledge and expertise regarding all luca + lex products and installation methods by attending tradeshows, presentations, workshops and organizing joint sales calls with company representatives.
- Maintain sample libraries in a clean and well-organized manner, keeping current with the latest introductions.
- Emphasize new product promotion during sales calls presenting actual product samples which best represent the product in lieu of photos.
- Work and travel independently throughout assigned region to call on regular and prospective customers including Architects, Designers, Developers, General Contractors and National Accounts.
Education & Knowledge:
- Experience in Architecture, Sales, Design, Marketing, Business or related field or equivalent combination of education, training and / or experience.
Experience:
- Two or more years of sales or industry experience.
- Division 10 experience.
- Previous experience in a technical field with commercial sales experience or customer exposure.
- A minimum of two years of Architectural Sales experience or Project Management experience in an Architectural or Design firm is preferred.
Competencies:
- Self-Starter
- Excellent interpersonal, communication (both verbal and written formats) and presentation skills
- Exercises independent judgment and initiative and possesses excellent analytical skills with a strong technical knowledge base to discuss client needs and make recommendations
- Computer proficiency, including strong knowledge of Microsoft Office applications (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.). Other industry related computer skills (CAD, REVIT, Sketch Up, Presentation software, etc.) are a plus
- Highly organized and able to maintain Project Files to include all drawings, correspondence, quotations, and customer communications
- Enthusiastic and motivated learner who can keep up with rapid innovation and assimilate new information
- Adept networker
- Maintain the ability to lift and transport samples weighing up to 40 lbs
- Possess a valid driver’s license
