Interior Designer Jobs & Careers

Our client is a thriving architectural and interior design practice working on retail, hospitality and office fit-out projects across the UK.

They are currently seeking a creative Mid-weight Interior Designer to join their innovative and rapidly expanding team. This is a permanent position, although they would also consider contract, allowing you to be a key player in the delivery of exceptional projects, with long-term career growth prospects.

As an Interior Designer your responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating with the architectural team to bring original design concepts to life
• Managing and executing projects from the initial concept to installation, ensuring a high standard of quality
• Engaging with clients to understand their needs and preferences
• Creating mood boards, presentations and furniture schedules, as well as coordinating with suppliers
• Overseeing and maintaining communication with contractors during the installation phase

Experience and Skills sought from the Interior Designer:

• 5+ years of interior design experience within the UK
• Creativity with strong presentation skills, a versatile approach to design
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, SketchUp and the Adobe Creative Suite
• A hands-on, adaptable approach with a proactive attitude
• Confident communication and collaboration skills with colleagues, clients, contractors and suppliers

In return they provide:

• Salary up to £42,000, commensurate with your experience and skills
• 25 days of annual leave, in addition to bank holidays
• Participation in a pension scheme to secure your financial future
• Key professional subscription fees paid

To find out more and apply please send in your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com or call us on 01920 486125.

Our client is a successful architectural and interior design practice working on commercial and residential projects across the UK.

They currently have an exciting opportunity for an Architectural Technologist, CAD Technician or Architect to join their independent, creative, growing practice and be heavily involved in all aspects of delivering outstanding projects, with long term career progression.

You will need to be able to demonstrate at least 5-7 years’ experience across all construction project phases, with extensive understanding of UK Building Regulations and excellent technical coordination skills. You will also be coordinating packages of information from different disciplines.

Key responsibilities for the Architectural Technician include to:

• Prepare detailed technical packages on office fit out, commercial and residential schemes
• Ensure that all designs comply strictly with Building Control, British Standards and all relevant statutory codes
• Assist with all phases of the project including conceptual, schematic, design development, and construction documents
• Liaise with and produce documentation for approval authorities
• Coordinate internally with teams, as well as externally with consultants and suppliers

Skills and experience needed from the Architectural Technician:

• Excellent understanding of the construction process
• Confident in working directly with clients and liaising with outside suppliers, contractors, project managers and engineers
• Enthusiastic and able to multitask as you will have a number of projects running concurrently
• Proficient in AutoCAD with Revit an added bonus
• Self-motivated, detail-oriented with strong organisational and communication skills

In return they offer:

• Salary up to £50,000, commensurate with experience
• 25 days of annual leave, in addition to bank holidays 
• Pension scheme 
• Key professional subscription fees paid

To find out more and apply please send in your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com or call us on 01920 486125.

A new role has arisen with the F&B division of our client who works alongside major brands and chains. As a well-established Interior Designer, you will be working alongside the Design Manager in delivery of a fast paced, deadline driven roll-out refurbishment programme.

The role will be a hybrid of home and office based, working as part of a team and also independently. Your main projects will be within the retail and hospitality sectors, in particular food & beverage.

Experience and Skills sought for the Interior Designer:

• Ideally 5 years’ experience with commercial clients working on a number of projects at one time
• Proficiency in AutoCAD, InDesign and Photoshop
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Strong lateral thinking and problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail and consistency in drawing work, to produce high quality drawings

In return you will be part of an ultra-professional and friendly team, working for some of the biggest brands in leisure and retail. Salary and benefits are:

• Salary of £36k to £40k, negotiable
• Hybrid working, in the office at least twice per week
• Perkbox membership
• Pension scheme
• Their offices can be reached by public transport

To find out more and apply please send in your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com or call us on 01920 486125.

This independent kitchen business has been working within the kitchen marketplace for over 30 years and are currently recruiting an experienced Kitchen Designer to work out of their showroom in Leamington Spa which is currently being refurbished.

They design modern and classic kitchens, specialising in high-end German kitchens and as Kitchen Design,  you will be responsible for welcoming clients to the showroom, visiting customers’ homes, listening to their ideas, designing their dream kitchen and following through to completion and installation. They also have a team of installers and of admin for the ordering and scheduling.

Skills and Experience expected from the Kitchen Designer:

• Strong design and sales background within the independent kitchen marketplace
• Able to work to deadlines and targets
• A natural flair for design, presentation and customer service
• Good IT skills and CAD literate (they use Compusoft Winner and EQ)
• Full driving licence essential

On offer is a basic salary of between £28k and £34k plus a very good commission structure, pension, laptop, mobile phone and travel expenses. The role will be Monday to Saturday with a day off in lieu.

To find out more and apply please send in your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com or call us on 01920 486125.

This award-winning interior architecture and design studio creates luxury interiors for both the residential and commercial marketplace throughout the UK and abroad. They specialise in later living, healthcare and luxury residences with offices in both Newcastle and next year, London.

With a steady growth in business, they are currently recruiting for an Interior Designer & Project Manager to take responsibility for projects technically and creatively. Working with contractors, project managers, clients and consultants you will be managing projects through all the RIBA stages including producing detailed design drawings and building detailed designs through to aspects of project management on site.

You will be joining a company who have gained a number of prestigious accreditations and the chance to work with heritage buildings, on luxury projects within a team of over 20 people.

Skills and Experience sought for the Interior Designer:

• Project and Site Management experience.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Confident in submitting planning & building regulation applications with a good understanding of the UK building regulations.
• Mentoring skills to provide help and guidance to junior members of the team.
• Proficient use of AutoCAD to produce design documentation and technical drawings.
• Knowledge of SketchUp, Adobe, InDesign, Photoshop, MS Word and Excel.
• Production of concept presentations, sample boards, mood boards, rendered elevations and co-ordination of 3D visualizations.

In return:

A salary of between £40k and £45k with the possibility to work one or two days a week from home. Company contributes to NEST pension, 25 days hols plus bank holidays, travel expenses paid and flexible start / finish working hours. To find out more and apply please send in your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com or call us on 01920 486125.

This Architectural and Interior Design Practice specialises within the residential marketplace with a full D&B offering including architectural services alongside interior design and their own dedicated showroom for furniture, furnishings, accessories and tiling.

They are currently looking to recruit both an Interior Architect and an Interior Designer to work on a variety of residential projects in and around the Knightsbridge, Chelsea and Fulham areas as well as the Rickmansworth and Northwood areas.

Interior Architect:

• 5 to 7 years (for a Midweight) or 10+ years of experience (for a Senior level)
• Proficient in AutoCAD and SketchUp, ideally also with Revit
• Highly proficient in the use of Excel & PowerPoint
• Experienced in designing spatial and furniture layouts, lighting and electrical designs, kitchen and bathroom designs, wardrobes and joinery designs, tiling designs
• Clean UK Driving Licence as needs to be able to readily visit project sites for taking measurements, liaising with project managers, contractors and subcontractors

Interior Designer:

• 5 to 7 years (for a Midweight level) or 10+ years of experience (for a Senior level)
• Proficient in AutoCAD, SketchUp, InDesign and the Adobe Creative Cloud suite
• Highly proficient in the use of Excel & PowerPoint
• FF&E background on high-end residential including comprehensive product knowledge of European suppliers of furniture, fabrics, wallpaper etc.
• Clean UK Driving Licence as needs to be able to readily visit project sites for taking measurements, liaising with project managers, contractors and subcontractors

Salary will be dependent upon experience (£35k to £45k) with an end of year discretionary performance related bonus, 23 days holiday + bank holidays, staff discount scheme and company pension scheme. To find out more and apply please send in your CV to recruit@careersindesign.com or call us on 01920 486125.