Senior Designer

RedFish Solutions; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK-based company is seeking a Senior Designer for their Birmingham office. This role offers significant client interaction and the opportunity to lead a creative team. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership skills and a passion for innovative design, with a focus on mentoring and developing a young design team.

Qualifications

• 4-5 years' experience in the interior design industry.
• Proven track record of managing a design team.

Responsibilities

• Establish creative strategy, budgets & schedules for design projects.
• Mentor and supervise the Design team.
• Lead and delegate design workload efficiently.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Creativity

Strategic Thinking

Education

Degree or HND in Design

Tools

AutoCAD

InDesign

Sketch-UP

Microsoft Office

Photoshop

Illustrator

Revit

Job description

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UK Based company with offices across the country is actively seeking a highly experienced Senior Designer to join their Birmingham office. This is a great position that will allow you to have lots of client interaction and pitch for a range of high valued projects.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish creative strategy, budgets & schedules for key design projects
• Actively promote the cultures, values and behavior of the Company within the Design and wider teams
• Mentor and supervise the Design team while challenging and introducing new and innovative methods of creative execution
• Establish a program for continuous learning and development within the Design team
• Motivate and influence the Design team to constantly strive for excellence in performance
• Develop and design concepts and execute creative material as required
• Clearly communicate team objectives and KPI's
• Convey design concepts to various internal and external audiences and to have the ability to challenge the views of others in an open and constructive way
• Work with the Project Principals to lead and direct overall design project assignment process and to ensure timely delivery of designs
• Lead and delegate design workload correctly and efficiently whilst still maintaining own client facing duties
• Ensure that design processes and procedures are fit for purpose and are communicated, understood and are adhered to
• Oversee the smooth transition throughout the client's experience through Installation and to completion.

Required Skills and Experience

• Confident personable, detail-oriented, strategic and proactive.
• Have a proven track record of effective communication, innovation and education or professional training in design across space / interior planning/furniture.
• A creative individual who is passionate about championing new design technology and ways of working to engage audiences and change behavior
• Having a personality that brings energy, creative culture, ideas and passion for design to the studio
• A proven track record of running and managing a team of people ideally in a design environment
• Be an inspirational leader with excellent management skills and a desire to develop and mentor a young design team
• Must be able to help direct the business to improve productivity and performance
• Excellent studio management skills with the ability to improve processes, increasing efficiency's and reducing costs

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• A proven track record of running and managing a team of people ideally in a creative / design environment
• Must have at least 4-5 years' experience within the interior design industry and able to showcase strong expertise of reacting to and determining clients' needs
• To preferably be Degree or HND educated

IT SKILLS:

• AutoCAD
• InDesign
• Sketch-UP
• Microsoft Office
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Revit Experienced

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