Experienced Interior Designer 8+ years

About

Form Field is looking for a strong, experienced designer looking to join a growing creative team. Form Field has received extensive recognition from national and local publications including Architectural Digest, Dwell, 1stDibs, Interior Design, Rue, Hospitality Design, among others. We offer a high-growth environment where you will be challenged. Our culture is about transparency, open communication, continuous improvement, empathy, and providing a high level of service. 

You love to learn and try new things. You take initiative and problem solve independently. We live and breathe design, and you must too. We require a high-level of maturity and self-awareness as this business can sometimes be intense and demanding.

Responsibilities

• Own and execute on small-medium projects from beginning to end, handling most of the project management and working with team members to complete on time and on budget.
• Collaborate on large projects under the guidance of senior designers.
• Create preliminary client budgets and schedules, and updating as needed
• Create vision boards
• Create furniture plans and design concepts
• Research and source furnishings, fixtures, and finishes, working with vendors
• Create client storyboards
• Create architectural 3D models (bonus), renderings (bonus), and 2D drawings
• Create detailed permit and construction drawing sets, including plans, elevations, sections
• Design and create construction drawings for interior architectural details, custom millwork, and furniture
• Review and send client proposals for approval
• Oversee the construction process - meeting with contractors, clients, and vendors on a regular basis to ensure that the design is executed to plan
• Collaborate with contractors, clients, and vendors on creative solutions when issues or problems are identified
• Prepare, manage, and maintain project files, correspondence, drawings, etc.
• Manage and help with installations and styling
• Identify areas where process improvements are needed on a continuous basis
• Work with team members to improve processes and updating documentation as needed
• Mentor less skilled and experienced designers and help them improve their skills

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum 7 years of work experience in an interior design firm (not a showroom or furniture store)
• Residential FF&E and construction experience required
• Authorized to work in the United States - we do NOT sponsor
• Proven ability to be self-reliant
• High level of professional maturity
• BS/BA degree in Architecture or Interior Design

Technical Skills Desired

• Expertise in AutoCAD and proficiency in Sketchup
• Comfort and familiarity in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides
• Comfort and familiarity with communication and project management software such as Asana
• Comfort with hand sketching to communicate an idea
• Working proficiency and real world knowledge of design process, principles, construction methods, and creating detailed construction drawings with proper notation for permit.
• Working proficiency in sourcing from trade-only and artisan/maker resources and designing custom furniture. You stay on top of all the latest modern/contemporary designers, vendors, products.
• Modernist design sensibility that resonates with Form Field’s portfolio of work.

Performance Skills Desired

• Great communication skills (clear, proactive, direct, and frequent for both written and verbal) to interface with vendors, contractors, clients, teammates.
• Highly organized with ability to breakdown a large project into smaller tasks and sequence the tasks appropriately.
• Highly proficient or expertise in project management, taking projects from start to finish, working on all steps along the way, and requiring little supervision.
• Excellent attention to detail - you double check your work and learn from mistakes.
• Time management skills - knowing how much effort and time to put into the different priorities at hand.
• Highly motivated, proactive self-starter who has a strong sense of urgency and follow-through. You proactively research things that you don’t know or aren’t sure of.
• Humility to to do whatever is needed at any given time no matter if it’s grunt work. No divas please.
• Passion for everything you do - you’re constantly leveling up your work and you inspire others with your drive for excellence.
• Positive, easy-going attitude.
• Excellent customer service skills - courteous, professional, kind, and timely
• Able to stand for extended periods to handle various project-related installation tasks (such as lifting light fixtures, using a ladder, etc.) and other physical duties related to the position.

Life at Form Field

We believe that leading healthy and balanced lives produces the most productive and creative work. Our benefits include medical, dental, sick leave, generous paid holidays and paid time off. We also offer 401k matching, and reimbursement for certain professional licenses or dues, associated renewals, and exam fees.

Pay: $100,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year depending on experience and skill