Midweight Interior Designer

Harrison; Sutton Coldfield; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading design firm in Sutton Coldfield is seeking a Midweight Interior Designer with a strong background in hospitality design. The ideal candidate will have at least 4 years of experience and a proven portfolio. Responsibilities include supporting senior directors on diverse projects, producing detailed design documents, and engaging in client-facing communication. Competitive salary and growth opportunities are offered in a creative team environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in the hospitality sector.
• Proven portfolio of hospitality projects.
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Support the Design and Creative Directors on multiple projects.
• Produce detailed design packages for tender.
• Attend project planning and site meetings.

Skills

Highly creative

Strong client communication skills

Ability to produce detailed technical drawings

Good understanding of current trends

Presentation skills

Education

BA (Hons) or MA Interior Architecture

Tools

AutoCAD

SketchUp

Adobe InDesign

Illustrator

Photoshop

Job description

Help us take hospitality and leisure experiences to the next level.

Hospitality, F&B and leisure global design experts, Harrison, are evolving into a complete 360º experience provider.

This is an opportunity for emerging mid weight interior designers passionate about bars, restaurants and hotels and hungry to build a career in an innovative and super-creative sector, to start honing their skills.

Harrison is a warm, inclusive working environment with a family feel – coupled with an international outlook and global clients. Our expanding design studios are based in Sutton Coldfield, Dallas and Melbourne.

We are looking to grow our UK team by employing a Midweight Interior Designer with Hospitality Design experience to join our growing Birmingham team.

• Are you self-motivated, creative and talented? Can you think outside the box?
• Do you have great inter-personal skills?
• Are you client orientated?
• Do you want to be part of a rapidly growing and entrepreneurial business that prides itself on building client relationships and design excellence?

Areas of Responsibility

• Supporting the Design Director and Creative Director working across multiple international and UK based projects
• Working across all design development project stages
• Exploring creative concepts, making suggestions at appropriate stages in the project
• Producing full detailed design packages as a team that are required to form a Tender package
• Producing FF&E material, furniture and lighting proposals including specification and coordination
• Space planning, lighting design principles, Front of House and Back of House provisions and means of escape
• Project drawings, and the associated cross-referencing
• Preparation of mood board, design presentation boards
• Involvement in the understanding of client’s budgets and breakdown
• Attending project planning meetings and site meetings
• Implementing planning and other legal requirements such as Health & Safety regulations

Requirements

• Highly creative
• BA (Hons) or MA Interior Architecture high qualification (or equivalent)
• Must have a proven portfolio of hospitality projects.
• Minimum of 4 years’ experience working in the hospitality sector.
• A creative and technical skillset.
• You will require a good understanding of current trends in the interior design industry.
• Must have a comprehensive understanding of different materials and their suitability for different applications.
• A fantastic eye for design and be an enthusiastic team player.
• Ability to produce detailed technical drawings and to use AutoCAD, SketchUp Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop are essential for this role.
• Hand sketching also an advantage
• Excellent presentation, conceptual and visualising skills
• Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment to tight deadlines
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
• Strong and confident client communication skills

If you are ambitious, talented and looking for future growth opportunities, competitive salary please send your cv and recent portfolio to Kevin Grima, Executive Director email; [e-mail]

NO AGENCIES

Employment Type: Full Time/Hybrid

We are confident that our new look and feel has both impressed returning guests and made the Angel Hotel a genuinely unique destination for guests coming from further afield.