What are the responsibilities and job description for the Commercial Interior Designer position at SLI Group, Inc.?
S.L.I. Group, Inc. is seeking a Commercial Interior Designer to join our integrated design and construction team. Since 1976, SLI has delivered design-build facilities across Texas for financial institutions, schools, fire departments, churches, and municipal clients. Our team provides complete architectural, engineering, and construction services through a fully integrated design-build team, allowing designers to be directly involved from concept through construction.
This position is intended for a confident, experienced designer who can immediately be client facing, lead finish selection meetings, and represent the firm in owner presentations. This is a long-term career opportunity inside a rapidly expanding design-build organization.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Lead client meetings for interior finish selections and space planning
- Develop interior layouts, finish plans, and furniture layouts for commercial facilities
- Select interior materials, finishes, and fixtures
- Prepare presentation materials for owners, boards, and municipal committees
- Coordinate directly with in-house architects, contracted engineering partners, and construction staff under the SLI design-build team
- Produce construction-ready drawings in Revit and AutoCAD
- Participate in value engineering and budget coordination
- Support marketing and proposal graphics when needed
- Produce and assist in the development of interior renderings for client presentations
Required Skills:
- A Bachelor's degree in interor design with NCIDQ certification eligibility is preferred
- At least 5 years experience in commercial design
- Proficiency in Revit and AutoCAD
- Strong understanding of commercial interior construction and detailing
- Professional presentation and communication skills
- Ablity to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
- Organized and detail oriented
- Interior rendering capabilities or strong working knowledge of rendering software is strongly preferred
Growth and Professional Development
SLI Group, Inc. is 45-person entrepreneurial design-build firm that values initiative, ownership, and leadership at every level. As the firm continues to grow, the Senior Interior Designer role is intended to strengthen our interior design depth and expand our client-facing presence and design voice across projects and business development efforts.
This role is well suited for a designer who wants to move beyond project execution and actively contribute to how the firm represents itself to clients, partners, and the broader community.
Designers in the role will have opportunities to:
- Take ownership of client presentations and proposal development
- Collaborate on marketing strategy, branding, and firmwide visual standards
- Participate in RFQ's, interviews, and business development efforts
- Help share the firm's interior design voice and presentation approach
- Expand their scope of influence through increased client engagement and project ownership
Travel Requirements:
SLI Group, Inc. completes design-build projects throughout the State of Texas. This role will require limited short-term travel for client design meetings and project walkthroughs. Travel typically involves same-day departure and return. Occastional overnight stays may be required due to distance. There trips are generally infrequent and are planned well in advance.
SLI Benefits include:
- Competitive Starting Salary
- Paid time off
- 401K with Discretionary Matching up to 3% (Fully Vested at Six Months Employment)
- Medical Insurance (Employee Premium Fully Paid)
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Long Term Disability (Employee Premium Fully Paid)
- Life Insurance (Employee Premium Fully Paid)
- Maternity leave and paternity leave
Location:
In-office position located in the Houston Energy Corridor Area. This is not a remote role.