H-1B Visa Showroom Consultant Jobs
H-1B visa jobs for Showroom Consultant roles exist at employers who structure the position around design consultation, product specification, and client advisory work requiring a bachelor's degree in interior design, architecture, or a related field. Sponsoring employers file a certified LCA and I-129 petition before you start, covering an initial three-year period.
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Dal-Tile is currently seeking an exceptional Showroom Design Consultant to join our TEAM! As the Showroom Design Consultant, we need someone to provide interior design and product selection advice, product expertise, and thorough follow-up to facilitate customer experience and influence sales/purchasing decisions. Uses the showroom as a selling tool to drive specifications, sales, and brand awareness. Saturdays are required for this role.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides interior design advice and product expertise, facilitates tile and stone selection, and project development/support, ensuring the completion of selection/sales for all customers.
- Logs all client showroom visits, contact information, and detailed customer preference and selection notes in CMT. Effectively communicates with customers and internal team members to follow the lead and ensure tracking/follow-up and sales closure. Reports sales closures monthly.
- Prospects for new business with an emphasis on Custom Builders and Residential Designers. Makes outside sales calls as needed and follows up on leads to grow and drive business. Logs all customer showroom visits/appointments, contact information, and detailed customer preference and selection notes in CMT.
- Maintains showroom samples and merchandising, including ordering, receiving, and maintaining models and displays. Ships customer examples as needed to drive sales. Maintains contact with suppliers/locally sourced vendors to keep current on design and product offerings and complies with Marketing’s standards for proper showroom merchandising, including new product launches and drops.
- Plans and hosts showroom tours and small and large events for industry trade to drive customer sales. Attends outside trade events to develop industry relationships and build brand awareness.
- Evening and weekend hours are required.
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:
- A four-year degree in a related field, four years of related experience, or a combination of a two-year degree with two years of related experience.
- Competencies: Sales/Customer engagement/Customer service, Design/sketching/reading blueprints/color coordination/interior design trends/customer buying habits/creative thinking.
- Ability to approach unfamiliar situations and conceptualize innovative and imaginative solutions easily, using creative skills to document and sell them to clients.
- Computer skills – MS Office, MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint – Customer management tools a plus.
- Excellent oral, written, listening, and interpersonal communication skills are necessary to effectively interact with customers, team members, management, and other internal and external customers to build positive interpersonal relationships with various business partners.
OTHER PERTINENT JOB INFORMATION:
- While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to stand, use hands, and reach with hands and arms. The associate must walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The associate may sometimes need to sit, climb, or balance.
- The associate may lift and move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
- While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
- The associate is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The associate may be exposed to a wide range of temperatures.
- The noise level is usually loud. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
INTRODUCTION
Dal-Tile is currently seeking an exceptional Showroom Design Consultant to join our TEAM! As the Showroom Design Consultant, we need someone to provide interior design and product selection advice, product expertise, and thorough follow-up to facilitate customer experience and influence sales/purchasing decisions. Uses the showroom as a selling tool to drive specifications, sales, and brand awareness. Saturdays are required for this role.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides interior design advice and product expertise, facilitates tile and stone selection, and project development/support, ensuring the completion of selection/sales for all customers.
- Logs all client showroom visits, contact information, and detailed customer preference and selection notes in CMT. Effectively communicates with customers and internal team members to follow the lead and ensure tracking/follow-up and sales closure. Reports sales closures monthly.
- Prospects for new business with an emphasis on Custom Builders and Residential Designers. Makes outside sales calls as needed and follows up on leads to grow and drive business. Logs all customer showroom visits/appointments, contact information, and detailed customer preference and selection notes in CMT.
- Maintains showroom samples and merchandising, including ordering, receiving, and maintaining models and displays. Ships customer examples as needed to drive sales. Maintains contact with suppliers/locally sourced vendors to keep current on design and product offerings and complies with Marketing’s standards for proper showroom merchandising, including new product launches and drops.
- Plans and hosts showroom tours and small and large events for industry trade to drive customer sales. Attends outside trade events to develop industry relationships and build brand awareness.
- Evening and weekend hours are required.
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE REQUIRED:
- A four-year degree in a related field, four years of related experience, or a combination of a two-year degree with two years of related experience.
- Competencies: Sales/Customer engagement/Customer service, Design/sketching/reading blueprints/color coordination/interior design trends/customer buying habits/creative thinking.
- Ability to approach unfamiliar situations and conceptualize innovative and imaginative solutions easily, using creative skills to document and sell them to clients.
- Computer skills – MS Office, MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint – Customer management tools a plus.
- Excellent oral, written, listening, and interpersonal communication skills are necessary to effectively interact with customers, team members, management, and other internal and external customers to build positive interpersonal relationships with various business partners.
OTHER PERTINENT JOB INFORMATION:
- While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly required to stand, use hands, and reach with hands and arms. The associate must walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The associate may sometimes need to sit, climb, or balance.
- The associate may lift and move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
- While performing the duties of this job, the associate is regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts.
- The associate is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles. The associate may be exposed to a wide range of temperatures.
- The noise level is usually loud. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Showroom Consultant
Frame your degree for specialty occupation
Your H-1B visa depends on USCIS accepting Showroom Consultant as a specialty occupation. Gather transcripts and documentation showing your bachelor's degree in interior design, architecture, or a related field directly applies to the technical consultation duties in your job description.
Look up prevailing wages before negotiating
Use the OFLC Wage Search to check the wage level your employer must certify on your LCA for your specific county. Knowing the Level I through IV thresholds lets you negotiate a compliant offer and spot underpaying employers early.
Target employers with multi-location design operations
Showroom Consultant roles at employers with multiple locations require a separate certified LCA for each worksite. Prioritize employers whose existing sponsorship history shows experience managing multi-site LCA filings, as they're less likely to stall your petition over administrative complexity.
Search Migrate Mate for verified sponsoring employers
Find Showroom Consultant openings at employers with confirmed H-1B LCA filing history by searching Migrate Mate. You can filter by city and role type, so you're applying only to employers who have already navigated the DOL and USCIS filing process.
Get your job description reviewed before filing
Ask your prospective employer to include specific degree-level duties, such as space planning, materials specification, and technical client consultation, in your offer letter. A vague description increases the chance USCIS issues a Request for Evidence challenging specialty occupation status.
Confirm your start date aligns with LCA certification
Your employer can't file the I-129 petition until DOL certifies the LCA, which takes around seven business days. Build at least three weeks of buffer between signing your offer and your intended start date so the filing timeline doesn't conflict with your first day.
H-1B Visa Showroom Consultant: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Showroom Consultant role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Not automatically. The role qualifies only when the employer structures it around duties requiring at minimum a bachelor's degree in a specific related field, such as interior design, architecture, or industrial design. Employers who list tasks like technical product specification, space planning, and design consultation, and require a relevant degree as a minimum qualification, can make a defensible specialty occupation case with USCIS.
Which degree fields support an H-1B petition for a Showroom Consultant?
Interior design, architecture, industrial design, and closely related fields are the strongest fits. The degree must correspond directly to the technical duties in your job description. A general business or unrelated fine arts degree is unlikely to satisfy USCIS unless the employer can demonstrate a direct connection between the specific coursework and the consulting work you'll perform.
How do I find Showroom Consultant employers who actively sponsor H-1B visas?
Migrate Mate lists employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history, searchable by role and location. You can also cross-reference DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data to confirm which companies have certified LCAs for design and showroom roles in your target city before you apply.
Can my employer use one LCA if the showroom has multiple locations?
No. Each physical worksite where you'll spend more than a brief period requires its own certified LCA listing that location's prevailing wage. If your role involves rotating between showroom locations, your employer must obtain a separate DOL-certified LCA for each site and post the required notices at each location before you work there.
What happens to my H-1B status if the employer closes the showroom?
Your H-1B is tied to your petitioning employer, not the physical location. If the employer closes your worksite but keeps you employed at another location, they need a new certified LCA for that site. If your employment ends entirely, you have a 60-day grace period to find a new H-1B-sponsoring employer, change status, or depart the country.