Designer

About the role

The Designer provides design and consultative services to clients and internal sales staff for commercial furniture interior design. The designer is a valued professional member of the team, bringing knowledge, aesthetics, and creative ideas that improve company results through workstyles, trends, products, and space.

Responsibilities

• Attends client meetings/planning sessions to review project scope and assess programming needs.
• Reviews documents and analyzes building plans/site conditions to assure accurate space requirements.
• Conducts field measurements, existing furniture inventories, and code analysis.
• Conceptualizes design solutions and prepares drawings based on information received from the client and sales team.
• Develops/presents space plans and furniture typicals that address the programming/needs analysis.
• Responsible for the development and accuracy of project drawings and furniture specifications.
• Uses CET and Project Matrix to create working drawings, renderings, and accurate specifications.
• Presents schematic layouts, preliminary and final design layouts, presentation media, and proposed specification lists, to be provided to the client.
• Selects, develops, and presents color and finish options including finish presentations and renderings.
• Leads Live Design presentations for clients.
• Self-checks all project documents (drawings, specs, renderings) prior to submitting for double-check process.
• Transmits complete and accurate project documentation to the team for order entry and installation.
• Provides working drawings to third-party contractors as needed (A&D firm, GC, electrician, IT, etc.).
• Requests quotes and drawings from ancillary vendors.
• Able to estimate time to complete project scope of work for budgetary purposes and complete weekly timesheet for accurate billing.
• Provides timely and accurate information for clients/vendors.
• Attends weekly team meetings and all required company/department functions and training.
• Demonstrates full knowledge of the application of codes, and electrical and data planning on projects.
• Uses technology tools required to perform duties (CET, NetSuite) and attends regular training.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design or Architecture
• Minimum 2-5 years of commercial design experience
• Intermediate to Advanced AutoCAD/CET proficiency & Project Matrix
• Demonstrated space planning and project management ability
• Experience with Haworth products preferred
• Polished communication skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills