Interior Design Recruitment Consultant

The Crowd; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible/hybrid working

Enhanced PTO

Shorter working week

Annual bonuses

Competitive package with benefits

Job summary

The Crowd, a growing New York agency, is seeking an Interior Design Recruitment Specialist to partner with US studios, placing interior designers and advising clients and candidates.

You will build relationships, source candidates, screen CVs, and negotiate salary packages while guiding applicants through the recruitment process in a hybrid work environment.

You’ll join a friendly, ambitious team focused on quality, long-term relationships and industry engagement with excellent benefits.

Qualifications

• Must have a passion for the interior design industry and US space.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Genuine, service-driven, collaborative approach.

Responsibilities

• Develop candidate pools and build industry presence with studios and clients.
• Source and interview interior design candidates.
• Screen CVs and negotiate salary packages.
• Provide consultative career guidance throughout recruitment.
• Maintain an active CRM and leverage LinkedIn for sourcing.

Skills

Interior design knowledge

Relationship management

Client development

Candidate sourcing

Interviewing

Salary negotiation

LinkedIn outreach

Tools

CRM software

LinkedIn Recruiter

Job description

The Crowd are busy and growing, and are looking for an Interior Design Recruitment Specialist / Consultant to join our New York team and focus on placing interior designers within the US architecture and interior design space. You’ll be immersed in the world of interiors and the wider design space, partnering with some of most exciting and influential design studios in the US to help them build their teams. You’ll be a trusted advisor to both clients and candidates, developing relationships and becoming ingrained in the industry.

We’re open to people at all levels and experience – all we ask is that you’re passionate about the design industry, enjoy talking to people and building relationships, and have some form of interior design knowledge or experience in the US – we will teach you the rest!

This is a people-focused and rewarding role, centred on building genuine, long-term relationships with both clients and candidates. You’ll work with leading design studios, recruit across a wide range of roles and levels, and support people every step of the way through the recruitment process.

The Crowd is a forward-thinking, ambitious agency where people are at the heart of what we do. We focus on quality, not quantity, and take a highly consultative, relationship-led approach to our work. We’re approachable, genuine and hardworking, while enjoying the flexibility and autonomy that comes with being part of a dynamic, growing business. We offer a competitive package with excellent benefits and are based in a lovely, vibrant office (we may be biased, but we really are a lovely team who support and look out for each other!).

You’ll work closely with the existing team, with scope to grow and shape the role, making a meaningful contribution to the business and having great fun along the way! In addition to a friendly, supportive, and social team, we offer a strong remuneration package, flexible/hybrid working, enhanced PTO, a shorter working week, significant annual bonuses and lots more!

If you love talking to people, love interior design, and want to have ownership of your earnings, we want to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities

• Working closely with our current clients in addition to bringing in new contacts, developing our candidate pool, building a presence within the industry
• Build strong relationships with design studios/clients and candidates
• Sourcing and interviewing candidates
• Screening CVs
• Negotiating salary packages and presenting suitable candidates to clients
• Providing a consultative and collaborative all-round service
• Maintain an active LinkedIn presence
• Manage the recruitment process from interview to offer and beyond
• Identifying and developing client/business relationship
• Attending client meetings and industry events
• Logging information on the internal CRM
• Taking detailed job briefs and writing job adverts
• Offering CV, interview and general career advice

Key Skills/Requirements

• A strong passion for the interior design industry and a good understanding of the NY/US interior design space
• Confident, friendly, and articulate in your approach
• Service driven, collaborative in your approach and genuine
• Motivated and driven with a ‘can do’, positive attitude
• You will be a team player who champions the brand and team
• Genuine, fun, good sense of humour
• Works with integrity and a relationship-based approach

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