Senior Interior Designer

Main Responsibilities

• Currently, our London office is recruiting for talented Senior Interior Designers who have exceptional and proven experience working within the corporate interiors and workplace sectors. Successful candidates should have a strong experience in a professional practice and should have worked within a similar scale organisation. You will need to demonstrate exceptional design and conceptual skills, strong presentation skills, have a track record in dealing with clients and be able to support design excellence through all stages of a project from inception through to completion.
• Essential requirements for the positions include, but aren’t limited to:.
• Manage the development of tender proposals.
• Manage the preparation of tender presentation material.
• Lead /assist with the presentation of proposals to client.
• Develop design proposals with the Project Lead and team members for presentation to the client. This will include concept ideas, development of layouts, finishes, materials and furniture.
• Collect client brief and prepare the project briefing documents.
• Prepare design and production information with pre-agreed programme and cost parameters.
• Specify products and materials. Investigate suitability for use, sustainability and maintenance procedures.
• Attend client presentation meetings and other project meetings as appropriate.
• Review construction work on site as required.
• Assist to ensure smooth hand over of project to client.
• Report project issues to Project Lead on a regular basis.
• Working knowledge of Building regulations, British Standards and other relevant statutory legislation.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Perkins&Will's work.
• Revit is essential for all candidates, and there will be a Revit assessment conducted within the interview process. A knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite is also required.
• Excellent design and technical knowledge of and ability to undertake on-going research of furniture systems, products, finishes and materials.
• Understanding of financial aspects of running a design project on time and on budget is desirable.
• Successful candidate should be willing to act as design mentor to more junior members of staff within the team.
• It is common for us to have a 2 stage interview process. The first stage being an in-person interview at our London office, with the second being either an in-person or online interview with the wider senior team. So, if you are ready to take the next step in your career and join our team, then please contact us today via our Careers Portal or by email: London.recruitment@perkinswill.com.

Skills & Experience

• Qualifications, Skills and Experience.
• A degree in Interior Design, Interior Architecture or Architecture.
• Must have experience in a similar role, with ideally 10+ years in the industry.
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to motivate a team.
• An understanding of clients’ requirements and experience of client liaison.
• Experience of fast track projects from inception to completion.
• Client management skills and exceptional presentation skills.

Salary

Negotiable.