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Graduate Interior Designer
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Commercial Office Fit-out
20,000 - 25,000
The Role
The Interior Designer will work closely with sales, project managers and estimating to design the creation or renovation of a workspace. They will be involved in the planning and coordination of a project and may also work closely with the client. The Interior Designer must be innovative and able to produce an interior that is personalised to the client's taste, requirements and budget, considering elements such as:- safety, traffic flow, comfort and style.
Primary Job Duties:
- Maintain a high level of professional conduct always providing excellent customer service
- Always present a professional appearance and promote best practice.
- Implement and comply with Health & Safety standards
- Implement and comply with GDPR
- Comply with laws, company regulations and ISO requirements
- Identify any training requirements and keep up to date with training
- Good communication skills
- Create drawings in AutoCAD
- Create 3D visuals using Sketchup and Lumion
- Prepare installation drawings and supporting documents (specs)
- Create sample and mood boards
- Produces sketches, drawings, and floor plans to illustrate concepts and finished projects using computer-aided design programs (CAD) and hand-drawing skills
- Revise drawings, rendering and specs when required
- Use photoshop to manipulate new and existing images and visuals
- Be able to match colours and also understands how colours affect spatial perception and moods.
- Provide clerical and telephone organisational support
- Aids sales with initial customer meeting
- Meet with Suppliers and Vendors
- Analysis the space and how it will be used and produce a space plan which defines the zones and the activities that will take place in those zones
- Consistently bringing fresh ideas to projects, which captures the look and attitude of the individual customer needs.
- Have a well-developed eye for scale and balance, designing elements that 'fit' the space for maximum impact.
- Can differentiate the needs of different 'styles' and 'looks' and deliver those styles without letting personal preferences impact choices.
- Understand clients' needs and the needs of the people using the building to develop design concepts and establish final briefs
- Keep up to date with new developments in the design industry.
Secondary Job Duties:
- Assisting with any other company roles
- Meet deadlines
Additional skills and qualifications:
- Flexible worker
- Work well individually or as part of a team
- Well organised and can prioritise
- Ability to work well under pressure
- Capable of multi-tasking
- Relevant degree, foundation degree or HND
- An eye for design, including colour, and good 3D awareness
- The ability to visualise concepts and explain them to others
- Full driving licence
