Growth Associate

Overview

Job Title:

Growth Associate

Location:

New York, NY
Company:

F. Schumacher & Co.
Department:
Growth, Office of the President

Reports to:

Director of Growth & Market Development

About Schumacher
F. Schumacher & Co. is a fast-growing and innovative interior design company. We are a technological leader on the design frontier, constantly pushing boundaries and striving for excellence. We are driven by a shared belief that design transforms life. It challenges convention. It brings a unique point of view into the world. It sets trends. And it leaves a mark.

F. Schumacher & Co., also known as FSCO, is the parent company to many brands within our portfolio. This role is part of Schumacher North America, which is the largest division of the company. Schumacher designs and produces some of the most beautiful fabrics, wall coverings, trims, furniture and accessories in the world. Our portfolio of products is broad, but they are united by a passion for design, a thirst for what is next, an appreciation for what’s come before, a drive to make our products with enormous care and attention for detail.

Schumacher has myriad showrooms in the United States and nationally, as well as a best-in-class website.

About The Role
Schumacher is seeking a strategic and entrepreneurial Growth Associate to join our Growth Team. This role will support revenue growth by developing and executing strategies to expand a portfolio of key distribution partners, while strengthening customer relationships through an elevated cross-channel brand experience. The ideal candidate is a creative, analytical thinker with a start-up mindset—comfortable exploring new opportunities, testing ideas, and evolving strategies to drive business growth.

This role sits at the intersection of commercial strategy, relationship management, brand building, and analytics. A typical day may include collaborating with a distribution partner on a category growth plan, refining a sampling or merchandising strategy, working cross-functionally to deploy a brand or marketing activation, analyzing performance from a recent initiative, or researching a new opportunity tied to revenue growth or market expansion.

In this role, you will help shape how Schumacher shows up with select partners, ensuring product, sampling, marketing, and experiential strategies are aligned, differentiated, and growth oriented.

Distribution Partner Relationship Management

• Manage and support a portfolio of key distribution partners, serving as a strategic, reliable point of contact for day-to-day activities and strategic growth initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to improve partner performance through assortment and sampling optimization, sales education, and marketing strategy.
• Collaborate with internal sales, product, marketing, and operations teams to ensure strong execution and consistent brand experience across partners.
• Coordinate new launches for each partner with support from vendors and internal teams.

Business Development & Growth Strategy

• Support broader Growth team initiatives tied to revenue growth, market expansion, and customer engagement.
• Be passionate about driving growth and empowered to recommend new strategic ways of boosting revenue.
• Research and experiment with new business models, sales channels, and market approaches to optimize revenue potential.
• Contribute to the development of commercial strategies for key product categories and channels.
• Assist in the planning and execution of go-to-market strategies for new initiatives, programs, or markets.

Partner Brand Experience & Marketing Activation

• Support partner-specific marketing initiatives to drive engagement across key distribution partners.
• Utilize a mix of marketing levers—sampling, print collateral, sales education, merchandising strategy, and other brand moments—to support partner performance.
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, and branding teams to plan and execute marketing initiatives.
• Ensure partner-facing initiatives align with Schumacher brand standards while addressing each partner’s audience and goals.
• Identify opportunities to enhance customer experience within partner channels to drive commercial…