Senior Designer

MIMI & HILL; Westfield (NJ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mimi & Hill Design + Shop in Westfield, New Jersey is growing and seeking designers to join the studio at Assistant, Junior, or Senior levels. The role focuses on creating exceptional interiors with dedicated teams handling procurement, project management and construction.

We welcome talent with strong design sensibility, collaboration, and a love of the creative process. In-person work is expected in a dynamic, high-end residential setting across New Jersey, New York and beyond.

Qualifications

• Genuine eye for interiors and proportion, scale, color and material.
• Interest in interior architecture and furnishings.
• Willingness to learn and grow within the studio.

Responsibilities

• Develop concepts and overall design direction.
• Space plan and think critically about how a home should live.
• Source and specify furniture, lighting, textiles, finishes, plumbing, hardware and materials.
• Design kitchens, bathrooms, built-ins and custom millwork.
• Develop furniture plans, lighting plans, elevations and other design drawings.
• Create material and finish palettes.
• Source vintage, antique and one-of-a-kind pieces.
• Develop custom furniture and furnishings.
• Prepare client presentations
• Participate in design meetings, site visits and installations.
• Collaborate with project management, construction and procurement teams to carry the design vision through execution.
• Actual design work and creative deliverables.

Skills

Interior design eye

Creative sensibility

Collaborative

Attention to detail

Tools

AutoCAD

Design software

Job description

Interior Designer — Assistant, Junior through Senior Level

Mimi & Hill Design + Shop | Westfield, New Jersey

Mimi & Hill is growing, and we are looking for talented designers to join our studio.

We are intentionally keeping the level of this position open. Whether you are an Assistant Designer early in your career, a Junior Designer ready for more creative responsibility, or an experienced Senior Designer looking for a different kind of role, we would love to hear from you.

Our studio is structured differently from many interior design firms. Our designers are not responsible for procurement. They are not project managers. They are not construction managers. We have dedicated team members handling those parts of the business so our designers can spend their time doing what they do best: creating exceptional interiors.

And right now, we have an extraordinary roster of projects to design.

Mimi & Hill is an award-winning residential interior design firm working on high-end new construction, large-scale renovations and full-home furnishing projects throughout New Jersey, New York and beyond. Our work is layered, sophisticated and highly individual to each client, and our designers are involved in the creative process from the earliest concepts through the final details.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Depending on your experience level, you will work alongside our Principals and design team to:

• Develop concepts and overall design direction
• Space plan and think critically about how a home should live
• Source and specify furniture, lighting, textiles, finishes, plumbing, hardware and materials
• Design kitchens, bathrooms, built-ins and custom millwork
• Develop furniture plans, lighting plans, elevations and other design drawings
• Create thoughtful material and finish palettes
• Source vintage, antique and one-of-a-kind pieces
• Develop custom furniture and furnishings
• Prepare beautiful, compelling client presentations
• Participate in design meetings, site visits and installations
• Collaborate with our project management, construction and procurement teams to carry the design vision through execution
• Most importantly, you will have the opportunity to actually design. A lot.

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR

We care about experience, but we care just as much about talent, taste, curiosity and potential.

You may be the right fit if you:

• Have a genuinely strong eye for interiors and an instinct for proportion, scale, color and material
• Love both interior architecture and furnishings
• Are excited by the process of taking a home from a blank plan to a completely considered interior
• Have experience with AutoCAD and/or other relevant design software
• Can communicate ideas visually and clearly
• Are detail-oriented without losing sight of the larger design concept
• Are collaborative, curious and open to feedback
• Follow the design world and have a strong knowledge of -or desire to learn- vendors, makers, artists, antiques and materials
• Thrive in a creative, fast-moving studio
• For more experienced candidates, we are looking for a demonstrated ability to develop and carry a sophisticated design concept with increasing independence.
• For earlier-career candidates, we are looking for exceptional potential, strong technical fundamentals and an eagerness to learn.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We know titles in the design industry can mean very different things at different firms. Don't worry about deciding whether you are an Assistant, Junior, Designer or Senior before applying.

We are open to shaping the position and title around the right person and their level of experience. This is an in person position.

What matters most to us is finding someone with talent, taste and a genuine love of design who wants to do exceptional work with us.

If what you love most about working in interiors is the design itself, we'd especially like to meet you.