Location: The Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL

About Us:

We are a premier fabric, wallcovering, trim, and furniture showroom serving interior designers, architects, and trade professionals. Our showroom is known for offering a curated collection of textiles and exceptional customer service in the heart of Chicago’s Merchandise Mart.

Position Overview:

The Showroom Support Associate plays a key role in creating an outstanding client experience by maintaining the showroom’s presentation, assisting sales staff, and providing support to design professionals. This position is ideal for someone with a passion for textiles, design, and client service.

Key Responsibilities:

• Greet and assist designers, architects, and clients visiting the showroom.
• Provide product knowledge, fabric samples, and support in selecting materials.
• Maintain showroom appearance, ensuring displays and sample libraries are organized, stocked, and visually appealing.
• Process memos, orders, and returns accurately and efficiently.
• Coordinate shipments and deliveries of fabric samples and orders.
• Support the sales team with administrative tasks, data entry, and client follow-up.
• Assist with showroom events, presentations, and trade functions as needed.
• Act as a liaison between clients and sales representatives to ensure exceptional service.

Qualifications:

• Prior showroom, retail, or design industry experience preferred.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Computer proficiency
• Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment.
• A passion for textiles, interior design, or related fields is a plus.

Work Environment:

This is an on-site position located in the Merchandise Mart. The role involves standing, walking, and light lifting

Why Join Us:

• Be part of a collaborative and creative team in the heart of Chicago’s design community.
• Gain hands-on exposure to the interior design industry.
• Opportunities for growth and career development within the showroom and design trade.

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, vision, FSA and life insurance benefits on day 1
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• 401k enrollment after 6 months

As a legendary American luxury brand, Scalamandré’s mission is to inspire interior designers with beautiful decorative textiles, wallcoverings, trimmings and furniture of the highest quality. Scalamandré’s commitment to the art and craftsmanship of its products has been the company’s hallmark, and its clear sense of integrity has produced a rich heritage of uncompromising quality and excellence.

Long a destination for connoisseurs of classic design, Scalamandré’s legacy began over eighty-five years ago when Franco Scalamandré began producing silk reproduction textiles for historic properties. For many decades, the Scalamandré weaving in New York City, manufactured the finest, most luxurious and exquisitely crafted mill, based fabrics, trimmings and wallpapers for the best-dressed interiors in America. Scalamandré continues to showcase its iconic designs today, as well as exciting new introductions that reflect the most current design and color trends in modern interiors.

Throughout its history and to this day, Scalamandré has been called upon by many of America’s most extraordinary properties. Historic restoration and cultural commissions number well over a thousand. Among these are The White House, the United States Capitol, United States Treasury, Monticello, Mount Vernon, Colonial Williamsburg, The Morgan Library, Wrightsman Galleries at Metropolitan Museum of Art, Isabelle Stewart Gardner Museum, Winterthur, the Mansions of Newport, Radio City Music Hall, and the Metropolitan Opera House. Additionally, Scalamandré remains the preeminent resource for America's leading designers and decorators for their most distinguished custom textile, wallpaper and trimmings projects.

In early 2017, Scalamandré merged with Stark Fabric, operating under the The House of Scalamandré name. In addition to continuing its eponymous brand, Scalamandré added to its family the prestigious Old World Weavers, Hinson and Grey Watkins brands. The company also represents many renowned international brands, such as Lelièvre, Colony and Ashley Stark Home. There are twelve corporate Scalamandré to-the-trade showrooms in major metropolitan locations, including its flagship New York location. In addition, its products are distributed around the world, through sales representatives and agent showrooms.

Stark Scalamandré Fabric provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.