You’re the person who walks into a room and sees what’s off before anyone says a word. The lamp that’s too short. The shelf with one thing too many. The table that needs height in the middle. You fix it with what’s there, and you know when to stop.
You’ve styled for a living, in retail visual merchandising, events, florals and tablescapes, or photo and prop styling. You have work you’re proud of, and you’ll walk us through it.
We’re building the Edit Collective, a bench of independent Stylists, Organizers and Assistants who finish homes for Duet clients across the Denver metro. Edit Stylists handle art placement, shelves and surfaces, tablescapes, bedding and pillow changes, bath accessories, and seasonal and holiday installs. This isn’t a design role. Our designers choose what goes in the house. You make what’s there look like it was always meant to be.
THE STORY:
Why this role exists.
Our design clients asked for it. The last ten percent of a home is where it either feels finished or it doesn’t.
Clients want Edit on its own. A holiday mantel, a table for twelve, a fresh bed before the in-laws arrive. People who don’t need a full design project still want it done beautifully.
We want a deep bench. Every house deserves the right eye, so we’re building a bench of them.
THE SYSTEM:
How the Edit Collective works.
We don’t make it up as we go. Clients come to Edit from our design projects and on their own, for organizing, moves, styling, seasonal décor and floral. Every assignment runs the same way.
You choose your work. We offer assignments with a date, a scope and a fee. You accept the ones that fit your life and decline the ones that don’t, with no penalty.
Every assignment has a plan. A Duet lead owns the client relationship and is on site to hold the standard. You bring your own way of getting it done.
The team changes by project. We match people to the house. A deep bench means more choice for our clients and more work for you.
Discretion is the job. You never photograph, post or share a client’s home, their belongings or their name. We photograph the work, with the client’s approval.
Taking things away is half the work.
THE WORK:
What you’ll own:
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The finish. Every surface you touch reads as done, and nothing reads as staged.
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The edit. You tell us what isn’t working and why, and you take it away.
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The care. Client pieces are irreplaceable. You handle them that way.
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The list. What the house needs and doesn’t have, with sizes, so we quote it for the client.
THE RHYTHM
A day on a holiday install
THE WEEK BEFORE
You get the plan: photos, the client’s inventory of what they own and where it’s stored, and the look we’re after.
8:30AM
Décor comes out of storage, room by room. You start where the client walks in first, at the porch and the entry.
11AM
Mantel and tree. You build in layers and step back often.
1:30PM
The dining table, set the way the family will use it, not only the way it photographs.
3:30PM
You walk each room with our lead, edit what isn’t working, and note anything the client needs to buy.
4:30PM
Every empty bin labeled and back where it lives. Out.
THE PATH
How you grow here
STEP
01
Test and trial day.
A paid styling test with a set of our pieces, then a paid day on a live Edit job beside our team.
STEP
02
Alongside our team.
You style to a Duet plan, and our lead walks every finished surface with you.
STEP
03
On your own.
Solo styling is earned, and the fee grows with it.
THE FIT:
What we’re looking for:
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You’ve styled for a living. We care about the eye more than the title.
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You follow a plan and still notice when the plan misses something in the room.
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You answer fast. Assignments fill quickly, and we need a yes or a no the same day.
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You’re available for the work as it runs. Most assignments are weekday daytime. Moves run two to four days in a row, and fall and the holidays are our busiest season.
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You’re on your feet all day and lift up to 35 pounds. The movers handle the heavy pieces.
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You have reliable transportation across the Denver metro.
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You run your own business, as an LLC or a sole proprietor, and bring your own tools of the trade.
THE OFFER:
What we pay, how you get paid:
A flat fee of $300 to $600 per assignment, quoted before you accept it and set by the scope of the work and your experience with us. Never hourly. Your styling test and trial day are paid. Nobody certifies taste, so we’d rather see it.
You invoice us from your own business with a W-9 on file, and we pay within 10 business days of your invoice. This is independent contract work, so there are no employee benefits.
THE PEOPLE
Who we are, honestly.
Our principals came up in big rooms: large commercial firms, hospitality groups, national architecture and construction practices. We chose residential because of the personal connection with homeowners and what it feels like to create the spaces people live in.
Duet Design has been here since 2011. Duet Build is its sister firm, and Duet Forma is our architecture practice. Together we cover the full path from architecture to interior to built. We do livable luxury for clients who care about the difference between done and well done.
Duet Edit is a service of Duet Design, and it’s where that care shows up in the details. The drawer that finally makes sense. The table set before the guests walk in. The box that lands in the right room on the first try.
This isn’t for everyone. If you’d post a client’s home, wait to be handed the next task, take a day to answer a text, or want this as a way into a design job, we’re not the right fit. If you notice what others miss and you follow through, we’d love to meet you.
NEXT STEP
To apply
Apply through our posting on Betterteam with names and contact information for two references, homeowners or business owners you’ve worked for. Tell us the role you want and roughly how many days a month you’d like to work. Then give us two paragraphs on each question below. Don’t send a cover letter. We don’t read them. Before your first assignment in a client home, you’ll complete a paid styling test, a paid trial day and a background check.
01 Tell us about a shelf, surface or table you styled that you’re proud of. What was there before, what did you move, take away or add, and why?
02 Tell us about a time you had to work only with what the client already owned. What did you do with it?
03 Tell us about a time a plan didn’t work once you were standing in the room. What did you notice, and what did you do?
We read every application. We respond to every application. We move fast when we like what we see.
Duet Design welcomes applicants of every background.
