Interiors Department Leader - Interior Designer
Job Description
Interiors Department Leader – Senior Interior Designer
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
Join a firm starting its interiors division. This is an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and experienced interior designer to join a talented design team and help integrate interior design into their projects. This opportunity allows you to join an established team to develop their interior division for the company. If you are looking for a company with a flexible, innovative, collaborative, challenging, and rewarding culture, this is the one for you.
Join our client’s visionary team as a leader in the studio who will lead the charge in creating spaces that are beautiful and meaningful and invoke feelings. You'll collaborate closely with our architectural team, guiding projects from concept to completion while mentoring the team and ensuring seamless integration of design elements. Not only will you manage design projects, but you will also develop the standards to fully integrate the architecture and interiors in the studio. This role calls for a creative designer who has a keen eye for design and can truly integrate the drawing's specifications into our drawing sets to create very detailed, well-thought-out drawings.Â
If you are looking for a team with whom you can push the norms, try new directions, provide interior design guidance, and help fuse and blur the lines between architecture and interior design, this is the opportunity for you.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead Interior Design Projects: Collaborate closely with our architectural team to produce and integrate comprehensive interior design specifications. This includes developing detailed furniture packages and working directly with contractors to ensure seamless construction integration.
- Innovative Design Solutions: Drive the creative process by developing design concepts that align with our firm’s vision for sustainable and community-centered projects. Your designs will help shape environments that promote well-being and connectivity.
- Mentorship & Collaboration: As a senior team member, you will mentor and train the architecture team and junior designers, fostering a collaborative environment where architectural and interior design teams work together seamlessly. Your leadership will be key in creating a unified process that ensures the best outcomes for our clients.
- Project Management: Oversee multiple projects simultaneously, typically managing 4-6 projects in the design phase and 3-4 under construction. Ensure that all projects are completed on time, within scope, and meet the highest quality standards.
Qualifications
- Interior Design Degree or Architecture Degree with interior design experience
- 5 years of interior design experience
- Proficiency in AutoCAD, SketchUp, and Photoshop; experience with Illustrator is a plus, or other software to produce specifications
- A keen eye for design and the willingness to work in both modern and traditional styles.
- Ability to work cross-functionally alongside our team to create dynamic, livable spaces for our clients to call home
- Demonstrated ability to produce design specifications, present ideas to the team and clients, and assist clients in selecting appliances, plumbing fixtures, hardware, decorative lighting, color selections, etc.Â
- Ability to work on multiple projects with simultaneous timelines.
- Ability to work collaboratively and assist with teaching, training, and creating a process where the architecture and interior team work seamlessly together
- Excellent communication skills with clients, vendors, and team members
- Ability to travel when needed to project sites
Compensation and Benefits
- Annual Salary + Bonus Potential + Full Benefits Package
- The full benefits package includes a healthcare package (employer covers 100% of employee and no waiting period), 401K with company match, PTO, Holidays, sick leave, expense reimbursement, mileage reimbursement, working style flexibility, team gatherings, and more.
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Why work with Interior Talent?
- OUR CLIENTS hire us to FIND YOU
- Exclusively focused on the Architecture and Design industries
- We work with the DECISION MAKERS – Owners, Principals, Directors, and HR
- CONFIDENTIALITY & PROFESSIONALISM: We assist with the entire process so that looking into a new opportunity is DISCRETE and CONFIDENTIAL – we highly value your current position and will never do anything that would bring your future into jeopardy
- EXPERTISE: in the industry since 2003
- We are your advocate, and WE GET IT – we know making a career decision is difficult, and we’re here for you throughout the whole process
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Meet Your Recruiter
Barry Cales
Recruiter
Barry brings a depth of experience in development and operations across multiple industries to the team. He combines his passion for people and drive for results, with his extensive operations experience and industry connections to bring tremendous value to his candidates and clients. Throughout his career, he has achieved significant success and awards including Partner of the Year, General Manager of the Year, Philanthropic Cafe of the Year, and Sales and Marketing Cafe of the year. He wants to share that passion and success with you. Outside of the office, you will find Barry enjoying the outdoors in life, from beachside to new foodie hotspots with his wife, Jennifer, and kids. You can reach him at Barry@InteriorTalent.com.
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