Senior Interior Designer

About the role

The Senior Interior Designer at JCJ Architecture works collaboratively with the firm's Design and Project leadership to create and develop interior design solutions. With over 10 years of experience, this role requires managing projects of various sizes and complexities, providing leadership to the design team, and maintaining project budgets.

Responsibilities

• Manages projects and leads team, performing schematic design work, participating in design control of projects, and responsible for project budget management.
• Develops and demonstrates variety of interior design leadership skills on projects of all sizes.
• Establishes themselves within the professional community of Interior Design professionals.
• Demonstrates working knowledge of conceptual, schematic, design development, construction documentation, and construction administration phases on assigned projects.
• Maintains and initiates frequent communication with JCJ team members to sustain proper information flow.
• Participates in designated project meetings, both virtual and in-person.
• Prepares meeting notes using standard JCJ formats.
• Performs checking of junior staff level work, when requested.
• Coordinates work with internal JCJ project team and sub-consultants.
• Participates in the preparation and delivery of presentations to clients both physically and virtually.
• Supports business development activities by creating presentation collateral including digital or physical finish boards, visual slide-deck presentations.
• Develops new work opportunities out of existing client relationships.
• Oversees the development of building project documentation from concept through construction documents.
• Creates some detail drawings for items like architectural millwork, furniture case goods, custom furniture, tile and stonework.
• Oversees the creation of Interior Finish lists and Finish location plans and elevations.
• Oversees the maintenance of resource materials and data base in physical and digital libraries.
• Oversees the development of FF&E specifications and FF&E location plans and budgets using JCJ established software and formats.
• Prepares and analyzes the bid tabulation of FF&E bid documents.
• Oversees and coordinates Interior Finish lists and tagging of Finish location plans and elevations.
• Coordinates with JCJ Specifications team.
• Develops strategies for cost management at each phase of the project in collaboration with Senior Leadership.
• Provides positive leadership during value engineering exercises.
• Answers RFI’s and coordinates responses with project team.
• Oversees shop drawings and submittals process.
• Provides leadership to and coordinates with construction manager/contractor/procurement client team from DD through CA phase.
• Attends regular construction phase meetings.
• Coordinates with JCJ internal CA team and processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in design or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ years’ experience in interior design, design management, and design services.
• 5+ years creating interior design solutions.
• Professional Registration (preferred but not required).
• Advanced Computer and Information Management Skills (AutoCAD, Revit).