Junior Interior Designer in City of London

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The Junior Interior 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Producing high‑quality project design deliverables from concept phase to construction packages under the oversight 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 session for the Senior Designer / Lead Designer review and distributes them to the team.
• Responsible for sample research for his/her projects and to ensure project boxes are kept neat and tidy.
• Ensures 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 his/her projects.
• Ensures that the integrity of the agreed design solutions is 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.

Project Responsibilities

Stage 1: Initial Concept

• Familiarises himself/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.
• Liaises with Procurement Manager to ensure understanding of Design Intent.
• Creates construction drawings with the review of Senior Designer / Lead Designer.
• Collates and coordinates Workshop Drawings under the overview of Senior Designer / Lead Designer.
• Organises prototype development and reviews under the overview of Lead Designer.

Stage 4: Site Attendance

• Attends site meetings.
• Attends all Design Team Meetings.
• Works with Procurement Team to coordinate delivery / installation.

Stage 5: Installation & Handover

• Manages and coordinates site installation.
• Creates detailed and user friendly handover document.
• Responsible for snagging and follow‑up process.

Benefits

• Soho Friends Membership
• Free lunch at Store X Café in 180 Strand on Mondays
• 50% off Food & Drink at Soho Houses, 7 days a week
• Staff Bedroom Rates
• Private Health and Dental Care
• Life Assurance
• Birthday Day Off
• Up to 50% Staff Discount on Cowshed & Soho Home
• Dog Policy on Fridays
• Season Ticket Loan
• Christmas Office ClosureIn conjunction with Soho Impact, take 2 days paid a year to support a charity of your choice.
• Free Counselling Sessions
• Cookhouse & House Tonic: Our Cookhouse & House Tonic programmes offer unique food and drink trainings, events and opportunities to inspire and educate.
• Continuous training to develop yourself personally and professionally.
• Exclusive access to our benefits platform with hundreds of discounts on shopping, gym memberships, holidays, insurance and much more.
• 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.

Seniority Level

• Entry level

Employment Type

• Full‑time

Job Function

• Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

Industries

• Hospitality