CTL Companies
Decorative Lighting & Shading Specialist
Full Time • Littleton
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Bonus based on performance
- Company parties
- Competitive salary
- Employee discounts
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Wellness resources
About CTL
CTL Companies is a 40-year-established Colorado-based company working at the intersection of design, lighting, technology, and electrical craftsmanship. We serve luxury residential clients across the Front Range—from Monument, throughout the Denver Metro, to Fort Collins, Boulder, and the foothills—as well as mountain communities including Summit County and Grand County.
CTL Companies is a 40-year-established Colorado-based company working at the intersection of design, lighting, technology, and electrical craftsmanship. We serve luxury residential clients across the Front Range—from Monument, throughout the Denver Metro, to Fort Collins, Boulder, and the foothills—as well as mountain communities including Summit County and Grand County.
While CTL has long been trusted for architectural lighting, electrical, and integrated systems, we are intentionally expanding our decorative lighting and shading practice. This role is a rare opportunity to help shape a design-focused discipline inside a stable, respected company with the resources to execute at a high level.
The Design Opportunity
We are seeking a Lighting & Shading Design Specialist with a refined aesthetic, strong client presence, and deep knowledge of decorative fixtures and window coverings. This role is ideal for a designer who wants to be more than a specifier—someone who wants to influence design direction, client experience, and the evolution of a boutique lighting studio.
We are seeking a Lighting & Shading Design Specialist with a refined aesthetic, strong client presence, and deep knowledge of decorative fixtures and window coverings. This role is ideal for a designer who wants to be more than a specifier—someone who wants to influence design direction, client experience, and the evolution of a boutique lighting studio.
You will work directly with homeowners, interior designers, architects, and builders, guiding lighting and shading decisions that elevate the architecture and interiors while remaining technically sound and buildable.
This is a fully in-person, design-forward role based in Littleton, Colorado.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Lead decorative lighting and shading design consultations for luxury residential projects
- Collaborate with interior designers and architects to align fixture and shade selections with overall design intent
- Translate aesthetic vision into complete specifications, schedules, and budgets
- Own full design, specification, and sales responsibility for decorative lighting and window coverings
- Guide clients confidently through style, scale, finish, and placement decisions
- Contribute to the curation and evolution of a boutique lighting and shading studio experience
- Actively participate in business development and outreach, building relationships with interior designers, architects, builders, and potential clients
- Represent CTL as a lighting and shading design resource within the local design community
- Develop long-term referral relationships through trust, design credibility, and responsiveness
- Participate in networking events, showroom meetings, and design-industry touchpoints as appropriate
- Coordinate closely with CTL’s architectural lighting, electrical, and systems teams to ensure seamless execution
- Build, maintain, and foster strong relationships with decorative lighting and shading manufacturer representatives
- Serve as a primary point of contact between CTL and key vendor partners
- Collaborate with reps on product education, line reviews, pricing strategies, and showroom support
- Help evaluate, onboard, and evolve vendor lines to align with CTL’s luxury, design-forward vision
Who This Role Is For
- 3-5+ years of experience in decorative lighting design and client consulting (senior designers and seasoned veterans strongly encouraged)
- A strong design eye with an understanding of luxury residential environments
- Proven experience specifying decorative fixtures and window coverings / shading systems a plus
- Comfortable working directly with discerning, high-net-worth clients
- Confident presenting ideas, guiding decisions, and owning the design narrative
- Organized, detail-oriented, and fluent in translating design into documentation
- Intellectually curious and open-minded, with a willingness to learn new systems, approaches, and perspectives
- Enjoys educating clients, collaborators, and internal teams—and is equally open to learning from others
- Collaborative by nature, receptive to ideas, feedback, and evolving design philosophies
- Self-directed and comfortable working independently, with the ability to manage time, priorities, and projects without close supervision
- Demonstrates strong personal productivity, follow-through, and accountability in a fast-moving, design-driven environment
- Entrepreneurial mindset with excitement around building something meaningful
Why Designers Choose This Role - Opportunity to help build a lighting & shading design practice, not just support one
- Creative influence over showroom experience, vendor lines, and design standards
- Stable, 40-year-old company with residential and commercial clients and complex projects
- Ability to focus on design without sacrificing execution quality
- Clear path for growth as the practice expands
Compensation is competitive and will be aligned with experience.
Compensation: $50,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year
About Us
We have been providing electrical and other services since 1986 when Steve Sullivan founded Carry the Light Electric. As our offerings expanded so did our name. With the addition of new team specialist, we created a separate division to focus on audio, video, lighting, automation, and shading called CTL-AVL (Carry the Light Audio Video Lighting). The response from clients, contractors, and other trade partners loved the idea of a single contactor to handle all their wiring needs. To help reduce the confusion with the different names, we now primarily operate under the name CTL Companies.
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