London, UK
Senior interior designer
at Run For The Hills
Run For The Hills is looking for a senior interior designer to join its team in London.
We are an award-winning design studio, fashioning exciting and unique commercial, hospitality (F&B) and residential design projects. We get involved in almost every aspect of designing the spaces we create, concepting and planning the whole experience, from the exterior, landscaping of terraces, gardens and shopfronts to the design of the interiors, including lighting design, creation of original art and lots of bespoke product design. We also have a dedicated graphic design team (the same size as our interiors team) and a lot of our projects are commercial hospitality projects, with the branding team devising the creative branding, visual identity, website and in-venue graphics, creating a seamless concept across brand and interiors. So, this is a great opportunity to be part of a truly multi-disciplinary design team.
We have an opening for a senior interior designer, who will work on exciting UK and international projects, reporting to the creative directors, but very much running the design, client handling and management of their own jobs day-to-day. The ideal person will need to have fantastic design skills, and good experience running jobs already. On a personality front, we love friendly, positive, glass-half-full, can-do people. This role is challenging, but exciting and we need you to take on lots of responsibility, solving problems and demonstrating clear leadership, inspiring the rest of the team and influencing clients.
Key duties:
- to act as the lead designer on projects that you have helped win, from concept to completion
- setting up, planning, scheduling, creating strategy, design and detailing for those projects
- ensuring the design meets the brief and is brought to life brilliantly and within budget
- creating detailed technical design packs, specifications and tender documentation for sharing with clients & contractors
- hands-on detailed CAD design, hand-sketching, creating sketch 3D models, art directing CGIs, sourcing and putting together all other creative assets and documentation relating to the projects you run
- directing and editing others’ CAD and modelling work, sourcing and procurement activity
- leading site meetings and internal studio meetings with clients, suppliers and contractors
- managing the project team and allocating resource
- managing the project budget from start to finish
Skills and experience needed:
- a really cool design portfolio, 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
- evidence of successful experience running large-scale, stylish projects, including residential and commercial for a minimum of three years
- job-leading and job-running experience is absolutely essential (acting as day to day client contact)
- evidence of running multiple projects
- strong construction and ‘on site’ knowledge and experience
- proven ability to develop cool concepts and ideas, presenting them to clients and getting them really inspired
- you will be given a good deal of freedom and design input into your projects
- inventive, stylish sourcing and specifying of products, lighting, furniture and decorative finishes (FF&E)
- experience negotiating with suppliers to secure the best possible price, terms and value for clients
- proven experience working with fabricators and specialist suppliers and manufacturers to design and procure bespoke products & finishes
- very good organisation and proven ability to work well under pressure, meet timings and deliver projects well
- ability to prioritise well, and to deliver projects within agreed budgets and timescales
- excellent technical skills with a beady eye for detail
- proficiency in Vectorworks/AutoCAD (essential), same with InDesign, Photoshop, basic SketchUp & Microsoft Office
- great communication skills, a really positive, entrepreneurial attitude and the ability to work well in a team
- experience of managing and inspiring more junior team designers
- a knack for negotiation and networking
Our studio
We work from a cool space in Great Western Studios in London (W2), but we’re not too cool for school. We’re a happy, friendly place to work. You’ll be joining a team of highly creative interior designers, graphic designers working across F&B, residential and retail design projects, a great bunch of people who love what they do.
Salary
£30 – £35k/annum
Salary and benefits are competitive and based on candidate experience.
How to apply
If you think this sounds exciting and you feel you have the skills we’re looking for, then please send your CV, but most importantly, your portfolio (PDF and/or online) making sure to include your best, relevant residential and commercial design case studies, with good examples of conceptual development and detailed CAD drawings as well as finished and photographed projects. Please also send a short covering email telling us about yourself, why you’d like to work for us and why you’re a good fit for the role. Once you’ve pulled that together, submit your application by clicking the ‘apply’ link’ below.
Hearing back from us
Applications without a portfolio strictly won’t be considered. Applicants who are successful, through to interview stage, will be notified by email. If you haven’t heard back within two weeks of your application, please assume that you haven’t been successful.