Floral Designer

Floral Designer

Position Summary

The Floral Designer creates specialty bouquets and floral arrangements that meet customer needs while maintaining established 1-800-Flowers.com quality and production standards.

This position combines practical floral knowledge with artistic ability to transform customer preferences and design specifications into beautiful finished arrangements. Floral Designers create both standard recipe-based arrangements and specialty designs while ensuring accuracy, quality, and timely production.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Cut and arrange live flowers and foliage according to customer orders and established design specifications

• Create bouquets, sprays, wreaths, dish gardens, terrariums, and other floral arrangements

• Follow written orders that may include the occasion, customer color and flower preferences, price point, and required completion time

• Create standard recipe-based arrangements as well as specialty floral designs

• Produce arrangements according to established company quality standards

• Complete daily production sheets accurately

• Maintain a production standard of at least 3–4 arrangements per hour

• Assist with maintaining plants and dish gardens

• Support other departments when necessary

Holiday Schedule & Expectations

Floral holidays are among our busiest production periods. Candidates must:

• Be available to work additional hours during peak floral holidays

• Maintain flexibility to support holiday production schedules

• Perform holiday make-up production as needed

• Potentially supervise holiday make-up production when required

Skills & Qualifications

• Creative ability and an eye for floral design

• Ability to follow written customer orders and established floral recipes

• Attention to detail and commitment to product quality

• Ability to work efficiently while maintaining established production standards

• Ability to work effectively in a production-focused environment

• Flexibility to assist other areas when needed

• Reliable attendance and availability during peak floral holidays

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand for the entire shift, excluding scheduled lunch and break periods

• Ability to regularly lift and/or move materials

• Ability to lift up to 25 pounds, including glassware, containers, baskets, and other materials used within the MDC

Education & Experience

• High school graduates with an interest and ability in floral arranging and a desire to learn are encouraged to apply

• Formal floral design training is an asset, but is not required

• Vocational or technical training in floral design is beneficial

• Education or coursework in floriculture, horticulture, floral design, ornamental horticulture, or a related area is also beneficial

The expected hourly rate for this position is $16.00-$20.00/hour. Actual compensation will be determined based on experience and other factors permitted by law.