Senior Interior Designer

The Annoying Recruiter; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Architectural Brand in the UK seeks a Senior Interior Designer in Manchester to lead commercial projects while growing into a leadership role. Candidates should have proven experience in non-residential projects, particularly in education and commercial sectors. The position offers a salary between £45,000–£55,000 and a supportive bonus structure, alongside extensive mentorship and development opportunities. This company prioritizes the growth and well-being of its professionals, fostering a long-term view of careers.

Benefits

Generous bonus linked to contribution

28 weeks maternity pay

Qualifications

• Proven experience in commercial interior design.
• Strong concept design ability with practical thinking.
• Experience with non-residential projects in education and commercial sectors.

Responsibilities

• Lead commercial interior design projects from concept to delivery.
• Create modern, high-impact interior concepts for clients.
• Present ideas to clients and influence key decisions.
• Take responsibility for team leadership and studio direction.

Skills

Proven experience as a commercial, workplace or technically grounded Interior Designer

Strong concept design ability

Confidence in client-facing situations

Ambition to progress beyond Senior level

Job description

You might be called “Senior”, but you’re not building anything.

No team. No commercial exposure. No clear route to Associate. Just more projects, more responsibility, and the same horizon year after year.

If you’ve got ideas clients actually get excited about, but your job still feels a bit… contained. Too much delivery, with not enough ownership. Then you can take control of that by working here.

What’s been missing is mentorship and development. Access to the commercial side of the business, to client decision-making, and to the experience that turns a very good designer into a future leader.

Here, you’ll be taken under the wing of senior leadership, shown how the everything really works, and given time to grow into it properly.

There’s also a real opportunity to build a team and a niche within the business that you’ll have ownership of. If you’ve been ready for leadership but never quite given the space, this is where that changes.

The reward reflects the trajectory. £45,000–£55,000 basic salary, plus a generous bonus linked to contribution. And a maternity policy that actually backs people — 28 weeks on full pay — which tells you a lot about how this place thinks long term.

What you’ll be doing

• Leading commercial interior design projects from concept through delivery
• Creating modern, high-impact interior concepts that excite clients and win work
• Working across education, workplace, science and technically complex commercial sectors
• Presenting ideas directly to clients and influencing key decisions
• Taking growing responsibility for team leadership and studio direction
• Helping shape and expand the interior design offering

What you’ll need

• Proven experience as a commercial, workplace or technically grounded Interior Designer
• Strong concept design ability with practical, deliverable thinking
• Non-residential project experience (education, commercial, science, workplace, etc.)
• Confidence in client-facing situations
• Ambition to progress beyond Senior level into Associate

About the company

This is one of the UKs biggest Architectural Brands with a strong commercial reputation and a long-term view of careers. They invest properly in people, develop talent from within, and give senior designers the trust, exposure and support needed to step up — not just take on more work.

If your CV’s out of date, it doesn’t matter. An old one or your LinkedIn profile is more than enough to start the conversation.