London, UK
Junior interior designer
at Soho House
Soho House is seeking a junior interior designer to join its team in London.
Who we are
We are a collection of members’ clubs, restaurants, hotels and cinemas, catering to those in the film, media, fashion and creative industries. The company has unique ventures throughout the UK, USA, Canada, Europe and Asia, with new openings planned globally. Soho House is a space for its diverse membership and teams to connect, grow, have fun and make an impact.
Opportunities for all
Soho House was created to bring diverse communities of people together, and we take the same approach when building our teams. We thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a global company. Soho House is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We therefore encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.
The role
A junior designer is responsible for producing high quality project design deliverables from concept generation to both FF&E specification and construction documents. They work on one large, or multiple smaller projects simultaneously overseen by the senior designer/lead designer on tasks and deliverables to ensure the facilitation of a project’s completion.
Project based:
- producing high quality project design deliverables from concept phase to construction packages with the overview of senior designer/lead designer
- works closely with the project team following efficient design management processes and implementation initiatives
- creates meeting minutes after each internal and external design for the senior designer/lead designer review and distributes it to the team
- responsible for sample research for his/her projects and to ensure project boxes are kept neat and tidy
- ensure s project milestones and deadlines are met with the overview of senior/lead designer
- creates project schedules, design drawings and facilitates the prototype process by liaising between the design team and suppliers
- responsible for the project timetable and interior design budget and works closely with procurement agent to ensure smooth delivery of projects
- ensures that the integrity of the agreed design solutions are maintained by taking responsibility for the development of the design and the project
- undertakes an ongoing review of subsequent stages with the input from the lead designer for key project stages
- assigns project hours to Harvest on a daily level
Team management:
- helps maintaining a general staff well being and a happy and positive work environment
- standards/project running
- ensuring projects follow office standards, and helps keeping standards up to date with project info, project admin, maintaining design programme
Stage 1: initial concept
- familiarizes his/herself with internal project programme/deadlines/budget
- responsible for overall concept direction with the overview of senior designer/lead designer
- responsible for organising regular reviews with lead designer
- researches and collects hard and soft finish samples for design reviews
Stage 2: detailed concept
- responsible for final layout plan, ensuring that it meets all client/operational requirements
- creates FF&E proposals, schedules with the review of senior designer/lead designer
- review of FF&E budget with procurement manager
- responsible for ensuring all finishes meet technical, financial and operations requirements
Stage 3: detailed design package
- creates tender packages
- liaises with project design team to ensure coordination between drawings
involvement in V.E workshops - liaising with procurement manager to ensure their understanding of design intent
- creates construction drawings with the review of senior designer/lead designer
- collates and coordinates workshop drawings with the overview of senior designer/lead designer
- organises prototype development and reviews with the overview of lead designer
Benefits
Soho House offers competitive compensation packages that feature global benefits and perks. Whether you’re seeking entry-level employment or a new opportunity to expand your profession, we offer training to develop the technical and managerial skills necessary to grow your career.
- discounts at Soho House globally, as well as Soho Home and Cowshed
- Soho friends membership
- enhanced pension scheme
- private health and dental care
- cycle to work scheme/season ticket loan
- in conjunction with Soho Impact, take two days paid a year to support a charity of your choice
- Cookhouse & House Tonic: our Cookhouse & House Tonic programmes offer unique food and drink training, events and opportunities to inspire and educate
- team events: from fitness sessions to cinema screenings and art classes, each month we hold a series of fun events which you can sign up to