Interior Designer - Mid Level

Gensler; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading design firm in London is looking for a skilled Interior Designer to enhance commercial and retail spaces. You will contribute across all project phases, from concept to execution, and must demonstrate experience in client relations and collaboration. This role is office-based in London, offering comprehensive benefits like medical insurance and professional development support.

Benefits

Medical and dental insurance

Pension plan

Profit sharing

Twice annual bonus opportunities

Professional development reimbursement

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience of Commercial and Retail Interior Design.
• Ability to demonstrate understanding of retail brands.
• Excellent self-organisation and teamwork abilities.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to project strategy, plans, and designs.
• Produce graphic presentations for client meetings.
• Prepare construction documents including plans and specifications.
• Assist in managing client and team communications.

Skills

Commercial and Retail Interior Design

Client relations

Collaboration skills

Presentation skills

Graphic and visualization skills

FF&E specification

Knowledge of Revit

Knowledge of AutoCAD

Education

Bachelors’ Degree in Interior Design or Architecture

Job description

Your Role

Gensler’s London office is seeking a Interior Designer to join our team of design thinkers and doers who specialise in helping to tell stories and create experiences in the context of the retail and consumer environments, while working on a variety of projects within the commercial sector. You will be experienced in handling the client process, with excellent presentation and relationship building skills, and the ability to understand and interpret client needs and requirements.

A self-motivated team player with a positive, communicative and collaborative approach, the Interior Designer will work in partnership with colleagues across Gensler’s practice areas, as well as with vendors and stakeholders at all levels. You will have the knowledge and ability to provide guidance to less experienced members of the Interiors Team, advising and supporting where necessary.

What You Will Do

As a Interior Designer, you will tap into your boundless creativity to design unique professional environments, providing design support for completion and execution of design projects, working on all project design stages and your responsibilities will include:

• Contribute to all project phases: project strategy, test fits, schematic plans and conceptual designs for schematic design, refine design solutions for design development, collaborating with multiple disciplines
• Produce graphic presentations, including 3D renderings, for client presentations
• Contribute to the preparation of construction documents, including plans, elevations, details and specifications
• Assist in managing team and client communication
• Collaborate with consultants, contractors, fabricators, regulatory agencies and other vendors to achieve project objectives

• Contribute to our office and firm culture, initiatives, mentorship and talent development

• Support the Principals to develop the client, contractor and design team communications, developing and maintaining strong external and internal relationships;

Your Qualifications

• Bachelors’ Degree in Interior Design or Architecture from an accredited school
• Demonstrable experience of Commercial and Retail Interior Design, through all stages of design and development.
• Ability to demonstrate and understanding of the retail brands
• An innate interest in the way consumers, brands and environments interact.
• KnowledgeofRevitand Autocad is essential
• Demonstrable presentation and client relations skills
• Excellent graphic and visualization skills to communicate design ideas
• Excellent collaboration skills, good self-organisation and strong ability to work in a team environment
• Has a good understanding of FF&E, colour and material specification and development.

*This role is not remote; we look forward to working with our new Interior Designer in our incredible London office.

Life at Gensler

We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical and dental insurance, season ticket loans, pension, profit sharing and twice annual bonus opportunities.

As part of the firm’s commitment to professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional qualifications and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programmes or classes. We view our professional development programmes as strategic investments in our future.

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