Interior Designer Jobs & Careers

This company specialises within interior architecture for historical and period properties. They work directly with their clients who come to them for their expertise and beautiful pieces of furniture, joinery and workmanship for their Country and London Town Houses across the UK and abroad.

They currently have an opening for a Concept Designer who has both a creative and organised mind and who understands residential interiors incorporating luxury bespoke furniture and joinery.

The ideal candidate will have interior design background and an illustrative talent, with a genuine interest in period buildings and fitted furniture. The role would primarily involve putting together design presentations to clients, compiling technical drawings, floor plans and layouts, moodboards, product specifications and reference imagery into a digital document and producing striking three-dimensional visualisations.

Other duties for the Furniture & Interiors Concept Designer might involve:

• Research into architectural / furniture details, commercial appliances, decorative furnishings, materials and specialist manufacturers
• Working with the team to provide costings and a budget
• Contacting suppliers to organise samples and material palettes
• Taking part in client meetings and making modifications to the concepts

Key Requirements for the Furniture & Interiors Concept Designer:

• Interior design experience already gained with bespoke furniture and/or joinery
• Knowledge of different materials
• A creative, enquiring mind and an interest in historical research of architecture and period properties
• Strong hand drawing and illustrative skills
• Able to use AutoCAD and SketchUp
• Ideally also able to use Photoshop, InDesign and ProCreate or Sketchbook
• Commercially minded and numerate

To apply and find out more, please send in your CV and Portfolio to recruit@careersindesign.com and one of our consultants will get back to you.

Our client, a Chelsea Flower Show gold medallist, is a garden design and build practice, well-known for their small city gardens and loving the opportunity to bring greenery and wildlife back to urban spaces. They also create anything from a traditional formal garden to bringing contemporary flair to a countryside home.

Bespoke projects require careful and considered detailing. This entails producing a wide range of plans including 3D visuals, planting plans, construction details, lighting plans and irrigation plans. This is all coordinated in-house by their skilled and dedicated team for which they are recruiting a VectorWorks CAD Technician.

You will be working out of their offices in South Hertfordshire, just inside the M25.

Duties will include:

• Drawing and specifying landscape plans for construction and tender as well as providing 3D visuals
• Preparing a wide range of other plans such as planting plans, construction details, lighting and irrigation plans
• Dealing directly with clients to facilitate plan changes and updates as well as managing deadlines

Person / Experience Required:

• Minimum 2 years’ experience using VectorWorks and fluent with its application
• SketchUp knowledge would be an advantage
• Planting knowledge and a sound working knowledge of landscape construction is preferable
• Confident in client management
• Close attention to detail is imperative
• Able to work well independently and be able to follow direction
• Confident working in a small office environment with a strong team focus of hard work and conscientiousness

If you are already proficient in VectorWorks and wish to apply please send over your CV and Portfolio to recruit@careersindesign.com and one of our consultants will get back to you.

Our client is a well-established full service interior design partnership. Their unique service combines the expertise of in-house interior and garden designers with that of a highly-skilled team of local craftsmen and technicians offering a complete design service for the home and garden under one roof.

Having recently won some exciting new projects they are looking for an additional Interior Designer to join their team at a mid-weight level.

Their designers are expected to be able to reflect their clients' interests and individual tastes creating projects that have character and are full of life. You will be knowledgeable about colour, fabrics, furniture and design styles coupled with spatial awareness and the ability to put together comprehensive mood boards and design schemes before seeing the project through to completion.

The Interior Designer should have several years’ experience within the residential design sector and display:

• An industry qualification to degree level
• Proficiency in CAD (preferably VectorWorks)
• Evidence of project management experience; liaising with clients, trades and suppliers
• Experience of working on detailed FF&E documents
• Confidence in creating successful fabric and colour schemes
• Extensive knowledge of mid to high-end fabric houses, lighting, accessory and furniture suppliers

If you would like to find out more and apply then please send us your CV and portfolio to recruit@careersindesign.com and one of our consultants will get back to you as quickly as they can.

This Interior Design Consultancy specialises in designing and installing interiors for Showhomes, Hotels, Retirement Homes, Marketing Suites, Private Clients and supplying Furniture Packages. They have a team of talented in-house professionals which includes designers, soft furnishers, stylists, picture-framers and fitters and are now seeking an additional Business Development Manager to be based out for their offices but working nationally. You will also be responsible for a Business Development Assistant.

Your role will be a combination of winning new business and account management and the position comes with a car as, under normal conditions, it is likely to be a 50/50 split between office and travel. They are a very family-friendly business and flexible about working hours, have a good company pension scheme, a group company bonus paid twice yearly and staff discounts from suppliers. All of this contributes to a low turnover of staff and repeat business from their clients.

Key Purpose of the Business Development Manager role:

• Agreeing sales targets and implementing a strategy that achieves or exceeds these targets
• Delivery of successful repeat business, retention and referral rates
• Negotiation of achievable project budgets with customers
• Maintaining and further populating the computerised customer and prospect database (ACT)
• Maintaining and further developing existing customer relationships and new accounts
• Carrying out regular research within the new homes market to generate new sales leads
• Contributing to the preparation of the annual sales and marketing plan and reviewing performance against these quarterly
• Implementation of regular/seasonal marketing campaigns
• Implementation of advertising campaigns in the trade press and any other worthwhile opportunities
• Providing sales information including forecasts to assist in analysis and forward planning
• Contributing to the weekly progress and sales meetings
• Liaising with the project managers, design manager and operations manager in all phases of a customer’s project to ensure design, budget and timeframe requirements are met
• Setting and imposing high standards of presentation for all client contact, from sales pitch to after-sales

Person / Experience Required:

• Knowledge of the Interior Design marketplace
• Strong sales and negotiating skills
• Effective and solid communication skills
• Good IT skills as required by the job and updated as necessary
• Current Driving Licence
• Able to and understanding the need for achieving Gross Profit and Sales Targets
• Able to read plans and layouts
• Able to demonstrate success in managing client accounts
• Must be competent at writing business letters with good spelling and grammar
• Ability to understand the principles of basic business finance
• Self-driven and results oriented with a positive outlook and able to forward plan
• Mature, credible and comfortable dealing with clients at all levels

To find out more and to apply please send us your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com and one of our consultants will get back to you as quickly as possible.

As one of the worlds leading artisans in professional home kitchens, this company takes pride in creating handcrafted pieces in their sleek industrial style, each kitchen showing off a bespoke design, sophisticated mechanisms and the experience of premium restaurant cooking.

They recently moved to a new centrally located showroom and are seeking an additional designer to join the team once the showroom can be reopened.

This role would suit a kitchen designer who has already had exposure to this marketplace and understands luxury products and how important attention to detail is. It will be a client facing role so your presence, communication and interpersonal skills will be important. Regular travel to clients, trade shows and to visit Head Office in Italy will be expected so the ability to speak Italian will be a distinct advantage.

There will be excellent chances of progression as they are still growing their coverage of the UK marketplace.

Person / Experience Required:

• Minimum of 4 years' relevant experience
• Qualifications in Interior Design or similar
• Literate with the Adobe Creative Suite and ideally a CAD package
• Professional and smart in appearance
• Both creative and technically minded
• Proactive and self-motivated
• Excellent spoken and written English
• Spoken Italian preferred

If you are interested in finding out more about this vacancy then please send in your CV and Portfolio to recruit@careersindesign.com and one of our consultants will get back to you.

This bespoke interior design practice over the last 10 years has flourished into a multi-million pound business with a reputation for great original ideas and design. They work for many major and high-end developers across the country, with their core business being forged in London.

In order to develop further, they are seeking a dedicated sales manager / account manager with the main remit to help in securing new business from the mid-range market with national housebuilders and developers nationwide.

They are looking for someone already working within the design or property development industry with a proven track record in sales. They may consider a designer however who is ready to move their career forward into a new business development role and has strong client liaison, negotiating and sales skills.


Requirements for the Sales Manager:

• Proven experience with selling to the interiors marketplace
• A strong appreciation or past experience within design
• Experienced in handling and presenting to clients
• Organised and numerate with strong administrative skills for keeping records / diary entries
• Strong interpersonal communication skills (oral, written and presentational)
• Happy to travel nationwide but to visit their studio in the Midlands regularly
• Able to operate self-sufficiently in a partly field based role

If this sounds of interest please send in your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com. All applications via our website will receive a reply.

Unfortunately this vacancy is tempoarily on hold.

This well-established architecture and interior design firm based in Bahrain has a clear vision and an eye for detail, creating crisp, clean architecture with rich textures and exceptional furnishings, creating spaces that are both sophisticated and warm. Fundamental considerations for the studio include light, space planning, and the ideal mix of materials and colours to achieve harmonious and functional spaces.

They also own a prestigious store in Bahrain which offers kitchens, bedrooms and walk-in closets displayed in very contemporary surroundings. It is for this showroom that they are seeking an Interior Designer / Showroom Manager to run it.

Person / Experience Required:

• Residential interior design experience to include kitchens
• Good sales skills
• Organised, with strong management skills
• Knowledge of running a showroom on a daily basis
• Smart, presentable with excellent customer facing skills
• Multiple language skills a bonus but not essential

If this sounds of interest please send in your CV and Portfolio to recruit@careersindesign.com.

This well-established architecture and interior design firm based in Bahrain is currently seeking an experienced Interior Designer to manage its interior design division, overseeing a range of residential, retail and hospitality projects for the company's discerning clients across the Gulf region.

With a clear vision and an eye for detail, they incorporate crisp, clean architecture with rich textures and exceptional furnishings, creating spaces that are both sophisticated and warm. The Designer will work directly with principals to manage and oversee all interiors, finishes, furniture and decoration from project conceptualization through installation.

Person / Experience Required:

• Minimum 7 years' previous experience in high-end Interior Design
• Strong custom furniture, upholstery and drapery detailing and installation experience
• Excellent communication skills dealing with clients, contractors and other vendors
• Capable of delegating and leading junior designers / assistants to carry out multiple projects
• Strong work ethic with a great attention to detail
• AutoCAD and SketchUp skills and proficiency with software such as PowerPoint, Adobe CS and Microsoft Office

Unfortunately this role is temporarily on hold.

Permanent / Contract.

This leader in hospitality interior design worldwide is consistently setting new standards for luxury, comfort and innovation on resorts and hotels. Their offices in Singapore continue to expand and they are looking for talented Designers to join their award winning design office. This will suit candidates with a curious mind and a desire to move into a new country with new opportunities.

You should have between 5 and 10 years' experience on large scale international hotels, spas and resorts, be creative and innovative and an excellent team player. Good CAd and technical knowledge will also be neede. For FF&E roles then it will be more about your knowledge of suppliers, specification and design furnishings for the hospitality sector internationally. 

Please contact Pippa Baker on 01920 486125 for further details, or simply forward your application and CV / portfolio to recruit@careersindesign.com.