London, UK
Senior interior designer
at Nick Leith-Smith Architecture & Design
Nick Leith-Smith Architecture & Design is looking for a senior interior designer to join its practice in London.
Salary: £35,000-£38,000 per annum depending on experience
Job level: manager
Job type: permanent
Software skills required:
Advanced: Vectorworks, Vectorworks 3D, Renderworks
Intermediate: Adobe Photoshop, InDesign
Basic: Illustrator, MS Office
NLS is an award winning architecture and interior design studio based in south London. We are looking for a passionate senior interior designer to join our expanding team. The studio is working on a range of projects from larger hospitality projects to smaller scale retail and high-end residential. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with experience in these areas to develop and lead their own interiors team.
Successful candidates should have at least 5-10 years experience in hospitality design professional practice. They will need to demonstrate that they have exceptional design skills, a track record in dealing with clients, able to manage a small team of strong personalities and impressive business acumen.
Key day-to-day tasks include:
- managing and briefing design team on multiple live projects
- monitoring all aspects of team’s performance and taking appropriate and timely remedial action when required
- managing a project’s workflow and efficiently, to program and budget
- the skill to visualise and develop detailed design concepts and explain them to others
- building and growing existing client relationships; managing suppliers and contractor relationships
- managing the procurement of FF&E products and fully competent in producing detailed FF&E specification with costings, materials, finishes, detailing and sanitary schedules
Essential key attributes include:
- dynamic personality with excellent leadership skills. Past success in managing, motivating and inspiring a team, leading them from project inception to completion for a minimum period of two-four years
- demonstrable skills at delivering exceptional design with strong attention to detail
- a proven track record in dealing with clients, suppliers and contractors
- strong knowledge of technical design for interior architectural elements, joinery as well as FF&E design experience
- knowledge of the industry including the latest cutting-edge design trends.
- strong drafting skills, utilising Vectorworks to produce fully detailed interior design intent packages
- strong presentation skills with excellent communication skills including verbal, written and visual
- Bachelors and Master’s degree in architecture, interior design or similar
- self-confident and receptive to constructive feedback
- willingness to travel abroad
Previous experience leading hospitality and retail projects will be a distinct advantage.
Interested candidates should submit a covering letter with a CV and portfolio using the ‘apply’ link below.