Mid level interior designer

Critical Playground LLC; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Soho House in London is seeking a mid-weight designer to join its team. The role covers producing high quality project design deliverables from concept generation to FF&E specification and construction documents, for one large project or several smaller ones under senior designer guidance.

You will manage project schedules, budgets, and coordination with procurement, design team, and suppliers; attend site meetings; and supervise installation and handover, with at least five years’ experience.

Qualifications

• Five years of professional interior design experience.
• Ability to produce FF&E specifications and construction drawings.
• Excellent design management and collaboration with procurement.

Responsibilities

• Develop concept direction with the senior/lead designer.
• Prepare detailed design packages and tender packages.
• Coordinate with procurement and the design team to ensure delivery.
• Attend site meetings and oversee installation and handover.
• Monitor project milestones and budgets while maintaining design integrity.

Skills

Concept development

Design deliverables

Budget management

Project scheduling

Team coordination

Job description

Soho House is looking for a mid-weight designer to join its team in London.

Role description:

A mid-weight 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:

Project based:

• producing high-quality project design deliverables from concept phase to construction packages
• works closely with the project team following efficient design management processes and implementation initiatives
• ensures project milestones and deadlines are met with the overview of senior/ lead designer where appropriate
• 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 his/her projects
• ensures that the 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 the input from the lead designer and design director for key project stages
• assigns project hours to harvest on a daily level

Team management:

• monitors resources on their projects
• helps maintain a general staff wellbeing and a happy and positive work environment

Standards/ project running:

• ensuring projects follow office standards, and helps keep standards up to date with project info, project admin, maintaining design programme

Project responsibilities:

Stage one: initial concept

• familiarises his/herself with internal project programme/ deadlines/ budget
• responsible for overall concept direction with the overview of senior designer/ lead designer
• responsible for organising regular reviews with lead designer/ design director

Stage two: detailed concept

• responsible for final layout plan, ensuring that it meets all client / operational requirements
• creates FF&E proposals, schedules with the review of senior designer / lead designer
• review of FF&E budget with procurement manager
• responsible for ensuring all finishes meet technical, financial and operations requirements

Stage three: detailed design package

• creates tender packages
• liaises with project design team to ensure co-ordination between drawings
• involvement in V.E workshops
• liaising with procurement manager to ensure their understanding of design intent
• manages RFI’s
• creates construction drawings
• collates and coordinates workshop drawings with the overview of senior designer/lead designer
• organises prototype development and reviews with the overview of lead designer/ design director

Stage four: site attendance

• attends site meetings
• attends all design team meetings
• works with procurement team to co-ordinate delivery/installation

Stage five: installation and handover

• management and co-ordination of site installation
• creates detailed and user-friendly handover document
• responsible for snagging and follow-up process

Must have a minimum of five years’ experience.