Senior Interior Designer

At Perkins&Will, our specialism spans across Architecture, Urban Design, Interior Design, Master Planning and beyond; allowing us to be a truly multi-disciplinary team whose range of perspectives and skillsets make us a uniquely resilient studio. We want to nurture our talent, ensuring that we are ready to tackle new design challenges as and when they occur. With a global team that spans across twenty-seven studios, you will be surrounded by world leaders in design, technical excellence and digital innovation who are all driven to make an impact within the built environment and design exceptional spaces.

Currently, our London office is recruiting for a highly talented Senior Interior Designer with exceptional and proven experience working within the corporate interiors and workplace sectors. The successful candidate will have strong experience in a professional practice and should have worked within a similar scale organisation. You will need to demonstrate exceptional design and conceptual skills, strong presentation skills, have a track record in dealing with clients and be able to support design excellence through all stages of a project from inception through to completion.

Essential requirements for the positions include, but aren’t limited to:

Pre-Project Responsibilities:

• Manage the development of tender proposals.
• Manage the preparation of tender presentation material.
• Lead /assist with the presentation of proposals to client.
  
  

Project Responsibilities:

• Develop design proposals with the Project Lead and team members for presentation to the client. This will include concept ideas, development of layouts, finishes, materials and furniture.
• Collect client brief and prepare the project briefing documents.
• Prepare design and production information with pre-agreed programme and cost parameters.
• Specify products and materials. Investigate suitability for use, sustainability and maintenance procedures.

Attend client presentation meetings and other project meetings as appropriate.

Review construction work on site as required.

Assist to ensure smooth hand over of project to client.

Report project issues to Project Lead on a regular basis.

Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• A degree in Interior Design, Interior Architecture or Architecture
• Must have experience in a similar role, with ideally 10+ years in the industry.
• Working knowledge of Building regulations, British Standards and other relevant statutory legislation.
• Demonstrate an understanding of Perkins&Will's work.
• Revit is essential for all candidates, and there will be a Revit assessment conducted within the interview process. A knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite is also required.
• Excellent design and technical knowledge of and ability to undertake on-going research of furniture systems, products, finishes and materials.
• Good interpersonal skills and the ability to motivate a team.
• An understanding of clients’ requirements and experience of client liaison.
• Experience of fast track projects from inception to completion.
• Client management skills and exceptional presentation skills.
• Understanding of financial aspects of running a design project on time and on budget is desirable.
• Successful candidate should be willing to act as design mentor to more junior members of staff within the team.
  
  

Benefits:

As part of Perkins&Will, you will be able to receive support, guidance and mentorship from our team who can help develop you as an interiors professional during your time with us. In addition to our wider benefits, and hybrid working scheme, we also have an range of social clubs and activities for you to get involved in, such as: Softball, Choir, Product Mixers, Office Socials, Culture Club, and our Mental Health and Wellbeing group.

This role offers excellent opportunities for career development within a global design practice. The role is full-time (37.5 hours per week), operating from 9:00am to 5:30pm, with a competitive salary. We have a hybrid working policy of at least 3 days in office per week.

Due to current government sponsorship criteria for interiors roles, candidates must be eligible to work in the UK for this opportunity.

Shortlisted candidates will be contacted directly via email for interview. We carefully review every application, please keep an eye out for a status update via the application portal. If your application status on the portal has not been updated within two months of when you applied, unfortunately you have not been shortlisted for an interview.

Please note, if you happen to require any further assistance or need us to make any adjustments for you during this process, then please let us know in your application. This way, our team can ensure we put added measures in place to support you during the interview process.

Perkins&Will are an equal opportunity employer and supports talent from diverse backgrounds that bring experiences, viewpoints and solutions that best serve our clients, community and enrich our work environment.