Florist job description template
Florists design arrangements, care for fresh flowers and help customers choose the right piece for birthdays, sympathy, weddings and everyday gifts. In a small shop they often take orders, work with wire services and help with deliveries too. A good florist post describes your design style, your mix of walk-in, online and event work, and how busy holidays like Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day get.
Florist
Full-timeYour Company is looking for a florist to design beautiful arrangements and help our customers mark life’s big and small moments. You’ll process fresh deliveries, build bouquets and centerpieces to order, and work with customers in the shop and on the phone to get every detail right. You’ll also help with weddings and events. If you have a good eye for color and shape and a kind way with people, including those ordering for a funeral, we’d love to see your work.
What you’ll do
- Design bouquets, vase arrangements and sympathy pieces to order and within each customer’s budget
- Unpack flower deliveries, trim stems, strip lower leaves and get everything into water quickly
- Change water, clean buckets and rotate stock in the cooler so flowers last as long as possible
- Take orders in person, by phone and online, confirming card messages, delivery times and addresses
- Meet with couples and planners about wedding and event flowers, and prepare quotes and stem counts
- Build and set up event work such as centerpieces, bridal bouquets, boutonnieres and arches
- Stock the display cooler and grab-and-go bouquets so the shop always looks full and fresh
- Note which stems sell, spoil or run short so the owner can adjust the next flower order
What we’re looking for
- Floral design experience in a flower shop, studio or grocery floral department
- Photos of arrangements you’ve designed that you can share with us
- Careful with order details like names, card messages, delivery dates and addresses
- Able to stand at the design bench for long stretches, work in a cooler and lift buckets up to 40 lbs
- Available for extra hours around Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and other busy holidays
Nice to have
- Wedding and event floral experience
- Experience with floral order systems or wire services such as FTD or Teleflora
- Knowledge of care for potted plants and succulents
- A valid driver’s license for occasional deliveries
Schedule
Full-time, mostly daytime hours including Saturdays. Expect longer days before major holidays and some early mornings or weekends for weddings and events.
What we offer
- A say in our seasonal designs and shop displays
- Paid time off, scheduled around our busy seasons
- Take-home flowers when stock is past its prime for sale
- Training on our design style, order system and wedding process
- Employee discount on flowers and gifts
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Florist our company is looking for a florist to design beautiful arrangements and help our customers mark life’s big and small moments. You’ll process fresh deliveries, build bouquets and centerpieces to order, and work with customers in the shop and on the phone to get every detail right. You’ll also help with weddings and events. If you have a good eye for color and shape and a kind way with people, including those ordering for a funeral, we’d love to see your work. What you’ll do • Design bouquets, vase arrangements and sympathy pieces to order and within each customer’s budget • Unpack flower deliveries, trim stems, strip lower leaves and get everything into water quickly • Change water, clean buckets and rotate stock in the cooler so flowers last as long as possible • Take orders in person, by phone and online, confirming card messages, delivery times and addresses • Meet with couples and planners about wedding and event flowers, and prepare quotes and stem counts • Build and set up event work such as centerpieces, bridal bouquets, boutonnieres and arches • Stock the display cooler and grab-and-go bouquets so the shop always looks full and fresh • Note which stems sell, spoil or run short so the owner can adjust the next flower order What we’re looking for • Floral design experience in a flower shop, studio or grocery floral department • Photos of arrangements you’ve designed that you can share with us • Careful with order details like names, card messages, delivery dates and addresses • Able to stand at the design bench for long stretches, work in a cooler and lift buckets up to 40 lbs • Available for extra hours around Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day and other busy holidays Nice to have • Wedding and event floral experience • Experience with floral order systems or wire services such as FTD or Teleflora • Knowledge of care for potted plants and succulents • A valid driver’s license for occasional deliveries Schedule Full-time, mostly daytime hours including Saturdays. Expect longer days before major holidays and some early mornings or weekends for weddings and events. What we offer • A say in our seasonal designs and shop displays • Paid time off, scheduled around our busy seasons • Take-home flowers when stock is past its prime for sale • Training on our design style, order system and wedding process • Employee discount on flowers and gifts
Screening questions for a florist
Ask these on the application form to sort applicants quickly. They’re added automatically when you post this template.
- Do you have experience designing floral arrangements in a shop, studio or floral department?Yes / No · required
- Please share a link to photos of your floral work, or tell us how you can send them.Short answer
- Tell us about an arrangement you’re proud of and how you worked with the customer to get it right.Paragraph
Florist interview questions
- Walk me through how you’d build a mixed vase arrangement within a customer’s budget.
- A customer calls to order sympathy flowers and is clearly upset. How do you handle the call?
- How do you process a fresh delivery, and which flowers need special care?
- A couple has their heart set on a flower that’s out of season for their wedding date. What do you suggest?
- It’s the day before Valentine’s Day and orders keep coming in. How do you keep up without mistakes?
- A customer gives you a budget and says “anything pretty.” How do you decide what to make?
- What do you do with flowers in the cooler that are starting to fade?
- Which floral design styles do you enjoy most, and which would you like to learn?
Tips for hiring a florist
- Ask for photos of past work, then pay finalists to build one arrangement in your shop with your flowers. You’ll see their speed, mechanics and eye.
- Hire before your busiest holiday, not during it. A new florist needs a few weeks to learn your recipes and order system before Valentine’s Day.
- Listen to how candidates would talk with someone ordering funeral flowers. Kindness on those calls matters as much as design skill.
- Look at grocery floral departments and event companies. Many skilled designers work there, and some want more creative freedom.