Special Accounts Manager
Current*Work with interior designer accounts, making suggestions for installations, providing quotes, placing the orders, and providing follow-up. Work with designers when they bring important clients to our Showroom to shop from our entire assortment.* Responsible for dealing with editorial loan requests. Suggest appropriate options, obtain required signed loan forms and/or LOR's, coordinate loan pick-up or shipping, provide credit information if the items are selected to be featured.*… Show more *Work with interior designer accounts, making suggestions for installations, providing quotes, placing the orders, and providing follow-up. Work with designers when they bring important clients to our Showroom to shop from our entire assortment.* Responsible for dealing with editorial loan requests. Suggest appropriate options, obtain required signed loan forms and/or LOR's, coordinate loan pick-up or shipping, provide credit information if the items are selected to be featured.* Review new introductions with editors from shelter, bridal and general interest magazines, tailoring the presentation based on their sector (generally during Tabletop Market weeks) * Trained and currently manage a part-time employee who assists with administrative and menial tasks. * During NY NOW market weeks, take on a sales role as I work with buyers/owners of our independent retailers to place orders. * Showroom presentation: floor moves, creating floral displays and prop styling during market weeks and for special events.* Meet with account managers from the publishing sector and communicate their proposals to our UK based Marketing Director, sharing my analysis of the proposals. * Work with event teams from magazines on major product loans for promotional events. This occasionally requires transporting product and on-site set up. * Solely responsible for maintaining our Instagram account and blog, posting editorial coverage, event photos, new product introductions, etc.* Create tear sheets of new introductions for each trade show, as well as other tear sheets required for special circumstances.* Process credit card payments for Pro Forma accounts and other accounts.* Assist UK-based Accounts Office with seeking payment from delinquent accounts.* Office management: order processing and tracking, granting return authorizations, stock checks, bill processing and payment, depositing banking, ordering supplies, IT troubleshooting. Show less