Senior interior Designer

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Costa Mesa, CA, USLocation:
Mon, Mar 11 '24Posted on:
$84,000 - $110,000 annually Pay:

Interior Design Studio is seeking a talented Senior Interior Designer with experience in high-end residential design.

Our studio specializes in high-end residential and new construction, augmented with some residential renovation and commercial design. We are a full-service interior design firm in Costa Mesa CA that creates personal and luxurious spaces that embodies the belief that a home should be the perfect backdrop for the life lived inside. Our work is thorough and detail-oriented, requiring careful, thoughtful, and efficient attention to all facets of the process. Within our company’s culture, we prioritize respect, collaboration, balance, and an open-minded approach to design. Everything we do is motivated by what it takes to be effective and successful for our clients.  

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

This is an exciting opportunity for a creative, detail-oriented, and well-rounded Senior Interior Designer to join a collaborative, passionate, and talented design team creating luxurious spaces for our clients. A full-time management position for an experienced, hands-on, positive and reliable Interior Designer to collaborate directly with the firm’s principal on all aspects of design and project management.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS include but are not limited to:

Administrative Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple deadlines, project scopes and aesthetics simultaneously.
• Coordinate client’s interior design monthly service invoices
• Manage accurate and timely client’s order and purchase order pricing data in Studio Designer Program as needed.

Business Development:

• Assist with photoshoot coordination, sourcing, styling and onsite facilitation.
• Utilize detailed knowledge of trade resources and vendors.
• Maintain existing and growing new vendor contacts and relationships.
• Attend industry events, trade shows and openings.

Client Management:

• To attend client meetings and prepare meeting minutes.
• Responsible for approval of client’s orders, package pricing submission and vendor’s purchase order paperwork prior submission.
• Oversee project installation scheduling and coordination.
• Oversee accurate and within-budget design time hours for self and project team.
• Maintain and grow thoughtful professional relationships with clients and vendors.
• Create solutions and communicate with clients and colleagues in a timely manner and in the spirit of the firm’s mission and values.

Design:

• Research and develop furniture plans, custom furnishing designs and material schemes that match the client's aesthetic, functional goals and budget.
• Assist Principal on the design and development of all projects; create drawings, boards, fabric schemes and any relevant items for client’s presentations.
• Seamlessly collaborate with clients, architects, contractors, fabricators, artisans, and developers on multiple projects
• Research and source furniture, lighting, fabrics, wallpapers and interior finishes within project budget and aesthetic
• Oversee Design Assistant’s timely and accurate vendor quote process.
• Create and maintain project budgets.
• Manage item specifications and construction schedules with accurate product information for all furniture, plumbing, appliances, lighting and finishes.
• Coordinate vendor and installer’s site visits, workroom visits, and in-person meetings to ensure successful project deliverables.
• Ensure the project’s picture book is updated with all item tear sheets, customization notes, specifications and drawings.
• Collaborated with Design Assistant to manage procurement process (vendor to third party warehouse), adhering to project deadlines.
• Work with Design Assistant, Drafting Assistant and Interns to ensure all design hours are within billable quotes.
• Oversee and perform all design services at the task level from initial design through completion of construction to provide design continuity including procurement to installation.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Degree in Interior Design.
• Minimum of 8 years interior design experience, with 2+ years as a Senior Designer.
• Understanding of architectural plans, construction, materials, and methods.
• Detail-oriented, with extensive experience in selecting and specifying lighting, furnishings, hardware, floor/window coverings, artworks, materials, and finishes.
• Experience with managing purchasing and budgets.
• High-end residential estate experience, with the ability to provide top-level innovative design concepts.
• Excellent presentation skills, including space planning, hand and digital drafting.
• Ability to create and develop conceptual designs, including the ability to create concepts and mood boards.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, Sketchup, Photoshop, Illustrator, Studio Designer, Microsoft Suite, Adobe Suite.
• Experience with creating construction documents.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills, with a strong management background, capable of supervising and directing associates with minimal oversight.
• Professional verbal and written skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, detail-oriented, and able to adapt to daily needs with a positive attitude.
• Strong problem-solving skills, identifying possible solutions and planning action.
• Current driver's license with reliable transportation is required.