Junior Interior Designer

Soho House & Co; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A renowned hospitality brand in Greater London is searching for a Junior Interior Designer to produce high-quality design deliverables from concept generation to construction documents. This position involves managing multiple projects under the oversight of a Senior Designer while ensuring adherence to timelines and budgets. The role offers competitive compensation and various benefits, including free meals, health care, and opportunities for continuous training and team events.

Benefits

Soho Friends Membership

Free lunch at Store X Café

50% off food & drink at Soho Houses

Private Health and Dental Care

Life Assurance

Birthday Day Off

Continuous training

Team Events

Qualifications

• Responsible for producing high quality project design deliverables from concept to construction.
• Works closely with Senior Designer for project completion.
• Assists in maintaining a positive work environment.

Responsibilities

• Produce design deliverables and manage project timelines.
• Create meeting minutes for design reviews.
• Liaises with procurement for project budgets.

Skills

High quality design deliverables

Project management

Team collaboration

Time management

Job description

The Role

The Junior Interior Designer is responsible for producing high quality project design deliverables from concept generation to both FF&E specification and construction documents. They work on one large, or multiple smaller projects simultaneously overseen by the Senior Designer / Lead Designer on tasks and deliverables to ensure the facilitation of a project’s completion.

Key Responsibilities

• Producing high quality project design deliverables from concept phase to construction packages with the overall supervision of Senior Designer / Lead Designer.
• Works closely with the project team following efficient design management processes and implementation initiatives.
• Creates meeting minutes after each internal and external design for review by Senior Designer / Lead Designer and distributes to the team.
• Responsible for sample research for projects and to ensure project boxes are kept neat and tidy.
• Ensures project milestones and deadlines are met with the oversight of Senior/Lead Designer.
• Creates project schedules, design drawings and facilitates the prototype process by liaising between the design team and suppliers.
• Responsible for the project timetable and interior design budget and works closely with Procurement Agent to ensure smooth delivery of projects.
• Ensures integrity of the agreed design solutions is maintained by taking responsibility for the development of the design and the project.
• Undertakes an ongoing review of subsequent stages with input from the Lead Designer for key project stages.
• Assigns project hours to Harvest on a daily level.

Team Management

• Helps maintain a general staff well‑being and a happy and positive work environment.

Standards / Project Running

• Ensuring projects follow office standards, and helps keep standards up to date with project information, administration, and maintaining the design programme.

Project Responsibilities

Stage 1: Initial Concept

• Familiarises self with internal project programme, deadlines, and budget.
• Responsible for overall concept direction under the oversight of Senior Designer / Lead Designer.
• Organises regular reviews with Lead Designer.
• Researches and collects hard and soft finish samples for design reviews.

Stage 2: Detailed Concept

• Responsible for final layout plan, ensuring it meets all client / operational requirements.
• Creates FF&E proposals and schedules with review by Senior Designer / Lead Designer.
• Reviews FF&E Budget with Procurement Manager.
• Ensures all finishes meet technical, financial, and operational requirements.

Stage 3: Detailed Design Package

• Creates Tender Packages.
• Liaises with Project Design Team to ensure coordination between drawings.
• Involvement in V.E Workshops.
• Liaises with Procurement Manager to ensure understanding of design intent.
• Creates construction drawings with review by Senior Designer / Lead Designer.
• Collates and coordinates workshop drawings with oversight of Senior Designer / Lead Designer.
• Organises prototype development and reviews with oversight of Lead Designer.

Stage 4: Site Attendance

• Attends site meetings.
• Attends all Design Team Meetings.
• Works with Procurement Team to coordinate delivery and installation.

Stage 5: Installation & Handover

• Manages and coordinates site installation.
• Creates detailed, user‑friendly handover document.
• Responsible for snagging and follow‑up process.

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 grow your career.

• Soho Friends Membership
• Free lunch at Store X Café in 180 Strand on Mondays
• 50% off food & drink at Soho Houses, 7 days a week
• Staff Bedroom Rates
• Private Health and Dental Care
• Life Assurance
• Birthday Day Off
• Up to 50% Staff Discount on Cowshed & Soho Home
• Dog Policy on Fridays
• Season Ticket Loan
• Christmas Office Closure
• 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.