Mid-Weight Designer - Soho Home - Furniture, Upholstery & Lighting

Soho House & Co; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dynamic and creative team at a forward-thinking company focused on innovative homeware design. As a Designer, you will lead the development of seasonal collections, ensuring they reflect the unique style of the brand. This role offers the opportunity to collaborate with talented professionals, manage product timelines, and drive design excellence. With a commitment to sustainability and high performance, you will help shape the future of home interiors while enjoying a range of competitive benefits and a supportive work environment. If you are passionate about design and eager to make an impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Weekly Pay

50% off Food & Drink

Private Health and Dental Care

Life Assurance

Birthday Day Off

Season Ticket Loan

Free Counselling Sessions

Team Events

Exclusive Discounts

Continuous Training

Qualifications

• 4+ years in product design and development, particularly in furniture and lighting.
• SolidWorks expertise is essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Drive design ideation for seasonal product collections in homeware.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure product quality and commercial viability.

Skills

Product Design

Design Ideation

SolidWorks

Keyshot

Adobe Creative Suite

Materials Knowledge

Furniture Design

Upholstery Design

Lighting Design

Stakeholder Management

Job description

Soho Home...

Soho Home is a modern homewares brand designed for relaxed, sociable living. With more than 25 years of design heritage, our ranges are created to mirror the look and feel of our Soho Houses around the world. Soho Home is an interiors collection from Soho House that includes furniture, lighting, tableware, and accessories created for, and inspired by the Houses.

The Role…

With the guidance and support of the Senior Designer, you will be responsible for delivering market leading designs in the Furniture, Upholstery and Lighting categories, bringing innovative and aspirational product design to the retail marketplace. You will contribute to and support a high performance team culture while growing Soho Home’s presence in the homeware and interiors market. Your role involves driving high levels of design ideation and effective execution of the product and development strategy.

You will contribute to the creative identity of your categories, whilst meeting key development deadlines throughout the product critical path timeline. Within the wider business, as Designer, you are expected to establish and nurture stakeholder relationships, ensuring the department is operating in line with the objectives of the business to add value and deliver a compelling, aspirational product assortment.

Main Duties…

• Working alongside the Senior Designer and CCO, own and be responsible for the concept and design for the seasonal product collections. Striving to push Interiors by Soho House to the forefront of both homeware and interior design
• Beside the Senior Designer, co-own and manage the product design and development calendars for retail, collaborations and internal hospitality projects, ensuring key calendar milestone are always met
• Identify new supplier opportunities, working with New Product Development peers to target those aligned with Soho House’s aesthetic, quality and price parameters
• Collaborate closely with the Soho Home NPD & Quality teams to ensure briefs intents are executed to the highest standard, whilst meeting commercial expectations of price and margin
• Drive the development and execution of the ranging strategy, working alongside NPD to deliver both long term and short term gains, with both UK and US markets in mind
• Work closely with interdepartmental peers to deliver successful seasonal presentations and reviews to leadership and wider teams
• Demonstrate exceptional awareness of competitors and external industry trends
• Support and contribute towards being part of a high functioning team
• Promote a high-performance culture, ensuring every team member is supported and empowered to successfully contribute to the overall business objectives
• Lead and champion the sustainability focus within the product development life cycle

What We Are Looking For...

• Creative individual with a high level of design ideation
• 4+ years product design and development experience
• High level SolidWorks knowledge essential
• Keyshot & Adobe Creative suite knowledge advantageous
• A vast knowledge of materials and manufacturing processes including the extraordinary and unconventional.
• Retail product design experience preferred
• Experience in design and development of furniture, upholstery and lighting. We will also consider applicants with a high level specialist knowledge of one product area.
• Passionate about design and product development, ensuring the member and customer is at the heart of all key decision making
• Experienced in working directly with global suppliers to ensure best possible execution, understanding cultural nuances to ensure seamless development
• Highly organised individual, confident in working across multiple projects simultaneously, managing timelines and delivery dates; ensuring clear communication with key stakeholders throughout.
• A creative problem-solver, naturally curious with the confidence to challenge current practices to instigate positive change
• An excellent communicator, with strong interpersonal and influencing skills
• Naturally collaborative with excellent stakeholder management skills
• Enjoys working in a changing environment, able to demonstrate agility when responding to industry trends and evolving demands as Soho Home expands into new markets

Benefits…

Soho House offers competitive compensation packages that feature global benefits and perks. Whether you’re seeking entry-level employment or a new opportunity to expand your profession, we offer training to develop the technical and managerial skills necessary to enhance your career.

• Weekly Pay
• Soho Friends Membership, Every House Membership applicable after 1 Years’ service
• 50% off Food & Drink, 7 days a week
• Staff Room Rate; Any Bedroom, Any House, $100 a night
• Private Health and Dental Care
• Life Assurance
• Birthday Day Off
• Up to 50% Staff Discount on Cowshed & Soho Home
• Season Ticket Loan
• In conjunction with Soho Impact, take 2 days paid a year to support a charity of your choice.
• Free Counselling Sessions
• Cookhouse & House Tonic: Our Cookhouse & House Tonic programmes offer unique food and drink trainings, events and opportunities to inspire and educate.
• Continuous training to develop yourself personally and professionally
• Exclusive access to our benefits platform with hundreds of discounts on shopping, gym memberships, holidays, insurance and much more
• Team Events: From fitness sessions to cinema screenings and art classes, each month we hold a series of fun events which you can sign up to.