Custom Carpet Designer

Shaw Contract | Shaw Hospitality is a global design leader in commercial flooring for some of the world’s most creative and innovative environments. Our vast, sustainable product offerings can be found in diverse markets such as workplace, healthcare, hospitality, education and multi-family dwellings; supporting the spaces in which we work, learn, live, play and heal. 

We are seeking a Custom Carpet Designer to create compelling, client focused carpet designs for key accounts within a defined region. In this role, you will collaborate closely with clients, sales teams, and internal partners to translate design briefs into fully executed custom products focused carpet designs for key accounts within a defined region. In this role, you will collaborate closely with clients, sales teams, and internal partners to translate design briefs into fully executed custom products 

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Work directly with key hospitality clients to develop custom carpet solutions through a fast-paced collaborative environment. 

• Responsible for taking designs from concept to full color product completion. 

• Maintain knowledge of Hospitality design trends to help further support customer projects. 

• Develop exceptional custom design by using carpet design software and Adobe Creative Suite 

• Manage interface between Client, Sales, and Custom Department. 

• Must be able to identify a problem and implement innovative solution with little to no assistance. 

• Manage the design process to ensure that key dates/deliverables are met. 

• Conduct project meetings and conference calls with designers, architects and end users. 

• Coordinate pattern and color development as it relates to the full scope of the project 

• Attend and participate in sales meetings and trade shows as needed. 

• Working with the brands owners on new projects and renovations. 

• Ensure that design requirements meet manufacturing criteria. 

• Review design brief with regional Design Manager to ensure that all information is documented at the start of the project. 

• Be able to work quickly and decisively while maintaining flexibility. 

• Stay abreast of competition and competitive information and keep management informed of any changes in market conditions. 

• Working with our sales managers in each area in understanding hospitality sales and their role in the process. 

Requirements: 

• Four year college degree OR High School Diploma/GED (Portfolio Required)  

• Trained in color and design application. 

• Must have the ability to think creatively outside of conventional concepts. 

• Understanding of the basic concepts of carpet manufacturing and interiors industry. 

• Strong written and oral communication skills. 

• Good time management skills - able to meet prescribed deadlines and pivot as needed. 

• Knowledge of and ability to use Nedgraphics Texcelle, Tuft (or similar) as well as Adobe Creative Cloud 

• Ability to present and explain technical information in a way that establishes trust. 

Required Competencies: 

• Innovate 

• Execute Action Plan 

• Learn Continuously 

Shaw benefits include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance

• Life insurance and disability coverage

• Tuition reimbursement

• Employee assistance program

• Health savings account

• Paid Time Off

• Parental Leave

• 401K and Retirement Plans

• Product discounts for employees

• Adoption assistance

• Shaw Family Health Center (Dalton, GA, and Cartersville, GA, locations)

Please note the position level and title is based upon experience of the selected candidate.  

Although our highly-distributed workforce can be found around the globe, Shaw Contract is based out of Cartersville, Georgia in our new highly-sustainable, world-class Create Centre facility, which is home to product development and marketing for our commercial division, demonstrating our commitment to hiring the best talent. We hire humble, collaborative and ambitious people and give them endless opportunities to grow and succeed. Shaw Contract is the commercial design brand for Shaw Industries Group, Inc., a vertically integrated manufacturer that supplies carpet, hardwood, laminate, resilient, tile & stone flooring products and synthetic turf to residential and commercial markets globally. Headquartered in Dalton, Georgia, and with manufacturing in the United States, Scotland, Mexico and China, Shaw is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. with more than $4.5 billion in annual sales and 23,000 associates worldwide.  

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