London, UK
Senior designer
at Design Research Studio
Design Research Studio is seeking a senior designer to join its team in London.
We are looking for an ambitious and highly creative senior designer with interior experience to join our growing team of design experts in London.
Our studio
A restless innovator, Tom established Design Research Studio as an innovations and design agency sitting at the heart of the Tom Dixon brand. Our Design Research Studio now boast an extraordinary portfolio of global projects including reimagining the modern cruise experience for Virgin Voyages, reinventing the interior of The Pullman Hotel in Bercy and designing the Manzoni Hotel in Milan – and we are located at the Coal Office, 1 Bagley Walk, N1C 4PQ, London.
More information about us can be found here.
About the role
Design Research Studio is embarking on a period of transformative change as part of our expansionary strategy. This role will be pivotal in leading teams, designing, developing and delivering design projects for our global client base.
More specifically you will be responsible for:
- designing the spaces of tomorrow: You’ll work on visionary design concepts furthering the creative direction of the studio and aligning with the visions and desires of our clients, while successfully producing and delivering project information
- collaboration: Successfully deliver visionary designs whilst leading design team, coordinating with clients, consultants, contractors and suppliers
- research: Discover, realise and encourage new and innovative ideas within the studio. Identify opportunities across design teams and champion the ideas and influence of the creative directors
- culture: Along with the associates set the daily culture, mood and temperament of the wider design team. With foresight and empathy ensure the wellbeing of colleagues
- leadership and mentorship: ensure peers, designers and junior designers are working effectively as teams within projects
A successful first six months in this role will deliver conceptually distinct and brilliantly organised interior design projects.
About you
We’re looking for someone who has a great understanding of the balance between creativity, technical design and management and who is enthusiastic to work in a fast-paced environment across these. We want to bring on someone with a good dose of common sense, who is interested in more enlightened ways of working in a truly modern design studio.
- globally minded senior level interior designer with exceptional taste and sensitivity to design aesthetics of the present and past
- consider the relationship between creativity and technical design as fluid and be able to confidently deliver a design vision through all project stages
- you will be responsible for creating concept presentations, technical drawings, and detailed tender packages. Full understanding and confidence in all typical design project phases is key. Successful projects will build on your independence in developing the design further within each project phase
- we work across the following software and hope you do as well; AutoCAD, Rhino, Revit and Adobe Creative Suite
- take ownership for processes in our studio and in doing so help us reduce complexity and clarify our ways of working. From leading drawing processes to ensuring project financials are sorted
- you will specify innovative and appropriate finishes and detail joinery and surface treatments and have extensive knowledge of designer furniture and lights, to be specified across projects
- superb communication skills. You naturally ignite great rapport with people and adapt your style to all levels
- time and content management; ensure the current level of design thinking and information is produced for each project phase in an accurate and timely manner
For the right candidate, we will offer a competitive remuneration package alongside the opportunity to build an extraordinary career within one of the world’s leading design agencies and lifestyle brands.
We embrace diversity in all applicant’s backgrounds. The successful applicant must have eligibility to work in the UK.