Funeral Floral Designer
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Designs, cuts and arranges live, dried, or artificial flowers and foliage for funeral services, cemetery, and special events. Provides excellent customer service when reviewing product selection, writing orders, and receiving payments. Delivers arrangements.
Job Responsibilities :
- Reviews orders for clarity, product availability, events schedule
- Prioritizes work to meet deadlines
- Answers calls and greets clients in a courteous and empathetically
- Discusses needs, suggests products, seasonal products, and floral services commemorating special events, quotes products, as well as records accurate orders and payments
- Collaborates with Funeral Director to clarify contractual requests
- Collaborates with floral colleagues on design, scheduling, issues, and process
- Collaborates to resolve issues
- Plans arrangement according to client's requirements, utilizing knowledge of design and properties of materials, or selects appropriate standard design pattern
- Selects flora and foliage for arrangement
- Trims material and arranges bouquets, wreaths, terrariums, and other items using trimmers, shapers, wire, pin, floral tape, foam, and other materials
- Packs and wraps completed arrangements for transportation
- Maintains clean, neat, and tidy design work area and flower cooler
- Maintains design equipment in good working order; notifies management when repairs or replacements requirements
- Drives company vehicles to deliver floral arrangements to client homes or service venues
- Takes precautions to secure floral designs during transportation
Minimum Requirements
High School or GED equivalentTraining in Floral Design preferredCertification / License
Valid state issued driver's license with an acceptable driving recordCertificate from School of Floral Design preferredExperience
3-5 years of experience in floral designDemonstrated knowledge of floral products and designDemonstrated knowledge of the care of floral plants and flowersKnowledge, Skills and Abilities
Basic computer, internet and word processing skillsClear and articulate communication skillsHigh level of compassion and integrityProblem solving skillsAbility to multi task and prioritizeDetail orientedAdaptable to frequently changing prioritiesWork Environment
Work indoors and outdoors during all seasons and weather conditionsLimited amount of local and / or multiple location traveling requiredProfessional Dress is required when in contact with families.Work Postures
Frequent, continuous periods of time standing, up 6 hours per dayClimbing stairs to access buildings frequentlyPhysical Demands
Physical effort requiring manual dexterity is requiredWork Hours
Working beyond "standard" hours as the need arisesCompensation : Salary : $17.00 / hr
Benefits :
Part-time associates working an average 20 hours a week may be eligible for 401(k).