A Floral Designer works with flowers and greens to create displays and arrangements. Creates single arrangements or displays for larger events such as weddings, funerals or banquets; creates and maintains flower displays in hotels or offices. May grow flowers or order from wholesale suppliers.
Please note we are open to both part-time and full-time designers.
ABOUT LA TERRE
La Terre is a thoughtfully curated flower shop and boutique known for its exquisite flower arrangements, fine goods, and warm, personalized service. Located in the heart of Foxtown, our shop is a destination that invites customers to experience joy through seasonal flowers, tabletop treasures, and hand-selected gifts. Originally founded in 2019, La Terre continues to grow under the leadership of Sally Vander Wyst, a seasoned flower designer and founder of Milwaukee Flower Co. Our mission is to invoke joy in all that we encounter. That means fostering meaningful customer connections, creating a welcoming environment, and offering elevated experiences rooted in intention.
ABOUT THE ROLE
La Terre is seeking 2 experienced flower designers. You will spend your days designing daily retail, online orders, subscriptions, custom work, and events. You will be trusted to produce quality work without it being checked. We're a fast-paced, high-volume shop that's growing year after year. Some days, 50 boxes of flowers show up before lunch, and the right person sees that and feels energized. You need to love the process, the mess, the rhythm, the problem-solving, and the long days around peak holidays. We keep the entire shop cross-trained, so you'll always have people around you. Your main role is to design and you'll also be part of a sleeves-rolled-up kind of team where everyone pitches in, and we'll ask you to know enough about the rest of the shop to jump in when it's needed. Above all, we are hiring for flower knowledge and skill. You understand flower varieties, seasonality, and how to care for the product. That expertise is the core of this job.
WHO YOU ARE
You're an experienced floral designer with a strong creative eye and a deep respect for what it takes to make beautiful work at scale. You work efficiently without sacrificing quality, and you can explain your choices around mechanics, color, and proportion to someone else. You understand that a well-designed arrangement also has to last, so you care for product properly and build pieces that hold up in transit and in a customer's home. You don't mind the long hours or the dirty buckets. You're excited by full coolers, tight turnarounds, and the puzzle of getting it all done. You keep your station clean, report a bad box of roses before it becomes a customer problem, and notice when the cooler is running thin without being told. You take real pride in consistency. A La Terre arrangement should look like a La Terre arrangement regardless of which designer made it.
CORE RESPONSIBILITIES
Design Design daily retail, online, subscription, custom, and event orders in the La Terre style Execute online arrangement recipes accurately so a customer gets what they saw on the website Bring your own eye to designer's choice and custom work, within our aesthetic Build to the intended price point without compromising the look Wrap bouquets and share your knowledge of flowers with customers who come in to buy Flower Care Receive and unpack incoming boxes quickly and get product into water without delay Manage processing of incoming flowers Evaluate incoming quality honestly and report problems promptly so claims can be filed with the vendor Keep the cooler clean, rotated, and organized Rotate stock and manage shrink, know what needs to move today and design accordingly Keep buckets, tools, vessels, and the production area clean and sanitized Daily Production Flow Work through the day's orders in the right sequence so deliveries and pickups go out on time Keep a well-stocked, seasonally appropriate cooler that reflects the shop at its best Communicate with front-of-house about order status, substitutions, and anything a customer needs to know Flag when we're running short on something before it becomes a problem, and share what's selling and what you'd want more of Plan ahead for floral holidays and peak weeks Show other team members how we do things when they're helping in production, and stay open to learning from them too
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE 3-5
years (minimum) of professional floral design experience in a retail, studio, or event setting A portfolio of design you can share with us Strong working knowledge of flowers Confident in your ability to design efficiently at volume without losing quality Ability to work from a recipe with consistency, and to design freely when there isn't one Ability to comfortably lift 30 pounds without assistance and stay on your feet through a full shift Familiar with (or quick to learn) online platforms.
Currently using:
Shopify, Zippy, Homebase, and Google Suite You stay calm under pressure during busy weeks and floral holidays Available to work extended hours during peak floral holidays (Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, and the winter holidays) Willing to be cross-trained and jump in elsewhere in the shop when it's needed La Terre is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic under local, state, or federal law.
