London, UK
Senior designer
at Design Haus Liberty
Design Haus Liberty is seeking a senior designer with five plus years’ experience within the high end sector to join its designer residential team in London.
Target start date: by mid-late August if not sooner
Design Haus Liberty is an architecture and interiors practice based in London, W8, known for delivering high-end commercial and residential schemes both in the UK and internationally.
Role summary
We are looking for a senior interior designer with substantial residential and hospitality/VIP experience to join our team in London, W8.
Essential skills and experience:
- a degree in interior design (minimum 2:1 or equivalent preferred)
- three plus years experience as a senior interior designer, with substantial experience of working through Stages 2-5
- five plus years experience in the high end sector
- a strong design sensibility, strong creativity and the ability to conceptualise
- the ability to work across high end residential and commercial projects with ease
- proficiency in AutoCAD and Creative Cloud (Indesign, PhotoShop) – Windows/PC environment
- experienced in directing CGI production/concept drawing production
- experienced in creating technical drawing packages and bespoke joinery/detailing
- able to assist with creating bespoke FF&E
- effective communication and liaison skills with clients, external contractors and suppliers
- proven ability to manage your own workload and the workloads of junior team members
- experienced in staying calm and focused during projects to deliver on time, under pressure
- able to work both creatively and commercially i.e. understanding the need to work to a client budget and ensuring team members understand time allocations and deadlines
- prior work experience in a small, fast paced studio (e.g. less than 20 employees)
- proven experience managing a small design team (e.g. 5 people)
- an understanding of the (at times) organic nature of small businesses and the flexibility, communication and collaboration this requires to achieve goals
- established skills in producing detailed and accurate design work. This is non negotiable
- strong, natural communication skills in order to manage clients, comfortably address project issues as they arise, present concepts and designs and to ensure the team understands and delivers to brief
- sophisticated approach to producing presentations (graphics, layouts)
- fluency in Mandarin/Cantonese is an advantage
Personal qualities
The nature of our business suits people with the following qualities:
- natural confidence: we encourage all of our team members to have a voice. In this role it is important that you are comfortable sharing views and have the ability to encourage contributions from others
- respectful of difference and alternative viewpoints; lack of judgement
- positive outlook and resilience: the ability to focus on the solution not the problem, to recover quickly from difficulties and not allow setbacks to affect you long term
- cognitive flexibility and agile thinking: able to cope with high levels of ambiguity and comfortably adapt your thinking and behaviour as plans change – and plans do change
- curiosity, openness and a growth mindset: to seek better ways of working and see challenges as opportunities to learn
- high level of personal organisation: being creative does not mean being chaotic
- low ego: open to feedback and comfortable receiving constructive criticism, understanding that feedback is essential for growth both for yourself and the business
- passion and drive: for what you do and how to keep raising the bar
Criteria for applying:
- applicants must have the right to work in the UK
- applicants must be willing to travel to and able to work from our London W8 studio. We are exploring hybrid working and rethinking the purpose of our studio but please note we do not intend being a fully remote business
- applicants who can start at short notice will be prioritised
Interested? Please send us:
- a CV and portfolio. Total file size no greater than 25MB otherwise please supply a link
- a concise cover letter
In your cover letter please include:
- confirmation of your right to work in the UK
- your notice period if you have one/an indication of the soonest date you could start work
- your salary expectations. This is not a trick question so please give thought to where you are in your career, consider external benchmarks and please be honest
- why your experience and portfolio makes you the right candidate for this choice
- a clear sense of who you are. Include whatever you feel helps us to understand you e.g. your passions, your values, the sectors, clients, projects, designers and brands you love, the type of company culture that makes you shine, your career aspirations, your life ambitions
- why you would like to join our team and what you hope to achieve with us
Next steps
Please apply early. We will interview applicants as soon as we see a match. If you have not heard from us within two weeks of applying, thank you very much for considering us but on this occasion you have not been selected. We wish you success in finding your next role.
Shortlisted candidates
We endeavour to keep interview stages to a minimum, recruitment timelines short and candidates updated on progress. Cultural fit and role fit are important. We will not over-sell and ask that you do the same. We encourage transparent discussion to determine from both sides whether or not there is a match. We may invite you to take a short assessment e.g. software skills, research skills.
Good luck!
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