Window Treatment Sales & Design Consultant
Luxury Automated Shades and Drapery
Position Summary
CTL Companies is seeking a design-minded sales professional to lead the growth of our automated window treatment business.
This position combines client consultation, window treatment design, technical specification, sales, and business development. The ideal candidate understands how to guide clients through fabric, style, privacy, light control, and automation decisions while confidently developing relationships with interior designers, builders, architects, and homeowners.
Automated shade experience is preferred but not required. We are willing to train the right candidate who brings strong sales ability, design judgment, attention to detail, and the drive to build a book of business.
Core Responsibilities
- Conduct showroom, jobsite, and in-home client consultations
- Recommend automated shades, drapery, fabrics, finishes, and control options
- Prepare accurate specifications, proposals, and project documentation
- Present solutions, follow up consistently, and close sales
- Build relationships with designers, builders, architects, and other referral partners
- Generate new opportunities through outreach, networking, events, and account development
- Coordinate field measurements, ordering, installation, programming, and project completion
- Maintain organized client records, sales activity, and project updates
- Develop expertise in automated shading systems and their integration with lighting and home-control systems
- Deliver a polished, high-touch experience from initial consultation through final installation
Ideal Candidate
- Proven success in consultative sales, design sales, or business development
- Strong design sense and confidence working with luxury residential clients
- Comfortable prospecting, networking, and developing new relationships
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and accountable
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills
- Able to manage multiple opportunities and projects simultaneously
- Comfortable learning technical products and systems
- Experience with window treatments, interior design, lighting, furnishings, cabinetry, flooring, or luxury home products is preferred
- Automated shade, Lutron, Crestron, or Hunter Douglas experience is a strong advantage
What Success Looks Like
- Builds a consistent pipeline of qualified shade opportunities
- Develops productive relationships with key trade partners
- Converts consultations into profitable projects
- Produces accurate specifications and proposals
- Provides excellent communication throughout the sales and project process
- Becomes a trusted authority in luxury automated window treatments
Compensation
Competitive base salary plus uncapped commission and performance incentives. Compensation will be based on experience and demonstrated sales ability.
About CTL Companies
CTL Companies provides integrated lighting, automation, electrical, audio/video, and automated shading solutions for luxury residential and select commercial projects. We work closely with homeowners, designers, builders, and architects to create thoughtful systems that are elegant, intuitive, and professionally executed.
About Us
We have been providing electrical and other services since 1986 when Steve Sullivan founded Carry the Light Electric. As our offerings expanded so did our name. With the addition of new team specialist, we created a separate division to focus on audio, video, lighting, automation, and shading called CTL-AVL (Carry the Light Audio Video Lighting). The response from clients, contractors, and other trade partners loved the idea of a single contactor to handle all their wiring needs. To help reduce the confusion with the different names, we now primarily operate under the name CTL Companies.
Smart Home Integration offers a tremendous growth opportunity for a variety of skill sets including sales, technician, project management, operations and more.
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