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JUNIOR RESIDENTIAL INTERIOR DESIGNER

 

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Junior Residential Interior Designer’s role is to assist the Principal, Partner, and Senior Designers on projects from the concept phase through to installation. The candidate must demonstrate their ability to react to a number of design styles and methods of delivery. This position requires the candidates to develop design concepts, presentations, and documentation with the team.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES FOR THIS POSITION INCLUDE:

  • Assist Senior Designers in all phases of Projects.
  • Assist in creating and maintaining organized project files, schedules, budgets, presentations, and specifications. Assist in seeing a project from conception through installation.
  • Draft floor plans, elevations, and furniture in AutoCAD.
  • Work with Principal and Senior Designers on developing fabric palettes and furniture selections to truly grasp the aesthetic of Annette English + Associates.
  • Develop space planning, design concepts, furniture design, custom furniture drawings, and furniture layouts.
  • Maintain quality control through a project’s completion. Includes: finished construction, furniture construction, punch lists for contractors, and follow through.
  • Manage vendors through all stages of quotes, bidding, project management, and installation.
  • Obtain quotes and prepare specifications for furniture, lighting, accessories, and artwork.
  • Coordinate with the purchasing department for client proposal submittals and order expediting.
  • Onsite supervision with vendors & projects in general. Visits to vendor’s shops to see furniture during construction. Attention to detail regarding vendor quality.
  • Communicate and collaborate with clients, vendors, general contractors, sub-contractors,consultants, furniture dealers, product representatives, and fabricators throughout the project to meet overall project objectives.
  • Collaborate with Principal, Design Director, and Senior Designers on installations and photoshoots.
    Maintain client confidence and good relations.
  • Coordinate with outside vendors, architects, contractors, and consultants in a highly professional manner.
    Attend meetings with the client, consultants, architects, and/or contractor.
  • Utilize Asana to complete assigned project tasks.

ADDITIONAL DUTIES FOR THIS POSITION INCLUDE:

  • Be timely and communicative regarding issues, tasks, and deadlines.
  • Ensure expectations remain on track and/or are adjusted appropriately.
  • Inform team of progress achieved toward goals and/or potential project conflicts and
    emerging issues.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

AE+A is an evolving, fast-paced organization that relies on team members to bring expertise within their field and contribute to the sterling reputation the company has earned over the past 20+ years. This requires engagement, independent workload management, and voicing concerns as they arise.

The Junior Residential Interior Designer must possess a diverse range of knowledge and skills
Including:

  • Bachelor’s or master’s degree in interior design, interior architecture, or related field.
  • 2 years minimum experience in interior design with main concentration in Residential Design.
  • Experience with AutoCAD and Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop and InDesign) required.
  • Experience with Design Manager and Asana is a plus.
  • Experience with furniture selection and procurement.
  • Ability to work on multiple projects in various phases at the same time.
  • Excellent communication skills in person, over the phone, and through email.
  • Ability to think critically about project workflow and recommend adjustment as necessary.
  • Ability to work independently, as well as in a team setting while promoting collaboration.
  • Experience and strong interest in traditional and modern detailing.
  • Express a desire to source new products and develop innovative design solutions.
  • Ability to understand company goals and imbue yourself in daily work.

The Junior Residential Interior Designer must be able to work in the following environment and perform with these physical demands:

WORK ENVIRONMENT

This position operates in a professional office environment most of the time. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and other office machines. This job will occasionally require visits to client offices or job sites where we cannot control the environment.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This is largely a sedentary role; however, the ability to move throughout the office and visit client offices or job sites is a requirement.

ADDITIONAL TASKS AS REQUESTED

As is the nature of the small company environment, staff may from time to time be asked to take on novel or non-job description specific work or tasks that they are capable of performing. This may be done for a few reasons:

  • To fill a light workload
  • To help fulfill an upcoming deadline
  • For staff members professional growth

When filling a light workload or helping to fulfill an upcoming deadline, the staff member may be
asked to take on work that is considered parallel or lower than the staff member’s current pay grade.

When fulfilling the staff members professional growth, the goals or tasks may be considered above the staff members pay grade as a means to help them learn additional skills. This is considered training and will be well supported by superiors.

HOW TO APPLY

If you would like to join a dynamic, energized, innovative and collaborative environment, where your ideas will be heard and your skills challenged, send your cover letter, resume, and salary history as one file (Adobe PDF preferred but Word is acceptable) to careers@annetteenglish.com with “AEA – Junior Residential Interior Designer – Your name” in the subject line. No phone calls, please.

Please include work samples along with your resume and cover letter. Candidates who do not provide work samples AND do not meet the minimum qualifications will not be considered. The salary listed is commensurate with experience. Health and dental benefits are available upon hire, and a 401k is available after one year of employment. PTO and sick leave are accrued.

ONLY APPLICANT SUBMISSIONS WHICH ARE FORMATTED AS REQUESTED AND MEETING THESE QUALIFICATIONS WILL BE REVIEWED