Senior Interior Designer

Senior Interior Designer for creative London developer for a 12 month FTC
A large developer with a small design studio is on the hunt for a super creative Senior Interior Designer to join their South London office. This cool and stylish studio has accumulated a wide portfolio of residential design projects. They get involved in almost every aspect of designing the spaces they design including every element of the interiors, from finishes to FF&E, creation of original art work and styling and accessories.
This role will have you running all projects with another designer, client handling and management of multiple residential interior projects day-to-day. They have taken on a number of new developments over London so travel will be an essential part of this role. You and another team member are responsible for all of the projects so it’s essential you’re able to hit the ground running.
Some responsibilities for this role include the following:
Act as the creative lead designer on residential projects across the studio overseeing output from concept to completion.
Creating and returning design analysis initial mood boards.
Working closely alongside the Senior Management and Marketing team presenting your ideas.
Ensuring design output meets the brief and comes to life brilliantly and within budget.
Overseeing the creation of exciting concepts and developed design schemes.
Doing hands-on concept and basic CAD design layouts and hand-sketching, art directing CGIs, sourcing, procurement and putting together schemes and all other creative assets and project documentation relating to projects
Briefing, delegating, overseeing and directing others in all of the above, including directing and editing others’ design work, sourcing and procurement activity.
Leading site meetings and internal studio meetings with clients, suppliers and contractors, also mentoring others to do so, giving them a clear role in meetings.
Managing deign project teams and tracking scope of works and invoicing.
Managing project budgets, estimates and reconciliations.
The ideal candidate will have the following skills/attributes:
A really exciting design portfolio of residential design, both highly creative and technically strong.
Experience working in a client-facing capacity at a senior level in established, stylish design agencies
Strong understanding of project set-up, procedures, processes, programme, budgets and contractual arrangements
Strong construction and onsite knowledge and experience
Inventive, stylish sourcing and specifying of products, lighting, furniture and decorative finishes (FF&E)
Experience negotiating with suppliers to secure best price, terms and value for clients
Excellent organisation skills and proven ability working well under pressure
Ability to prioritise and deliver projects within agreed budgets and timescales
Proficiency in AutoCAD (essential), same with InDesign, Photoshop, basic SketchUp and Microsoft Office/Excel
Great communication skills and staying ahead of to-do lists
If you have the ability to collaborate effectively with fantastic attention to detail and work well under pressure, are self-motivated and able to work as part of a team then don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity and apply today as they need someone to start ASAP!