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Senior Designer – Contract Furniture

Senior Designer

Reports To: Design Team Director or Branch Design Director

Basic Job Functions: Design and manage projects and ensure budgets are met with focus on company profitability.

Responsibilities:

• Development of color and material presentations.
• Product research and vendor communication.
• AutoCAD base building input.
• Input of furniture layouts and spaceplans into Cap
  Studio.
• Input of construction and demolition drawings into AutoCAD.
• Translations from other CAD systems to the current  network system used by the company.
• Ability to work with other software such as Timeslips, Microsoft Windows, and Lotus Notes
• Job file maintenance per CAD manual and company standards.
• Field verification and measurement of a site, both new & existing.
• Spaceplanning, typical development, and systems furniture layout.
• Product take-off, specifications of systems and conventional product.
• Development of installation drawings.
• Full application of Codes and ADA requirements for a given project.
• Full application of Electrical and Data for a given project.
•  Meet with clients.
• Organize meeting notes and correspondence to pass on to team members.
• Set up project files.
• Develop conceptual design and block planning for a project.
• Develop details for casework and customer furniture  details.
• Ability to inventory all products and assimilate information unassisted.
• Coordination and management of multiple projects.
• Define the scope of a project, assessing customer needs and programming design applications.
• Developing comprehensive design contracts and establishing scope of project.
• Delegating work load to supporting team members as required and scheduling of that work.
• Marketing and design presentations in conjunction with sales.
• Ultimate responsibility for deadlines.
• Calculation and quoting of installation man-hours and communication of project knowledge for installation.

Salary Commensurate with Experience.

Experience, Education, and Skills Required:

• Graduate of a four-year program with a Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Design or similar industry.
• Portfolio exhibits training in spaceplanning, AutoCAD, color and material coordination, and basic design theory.
• Working towards or have attained NCIDQ testing and a membership in a professional organization.
• Minimum five years experience working in the Design field.
• Contract Furniture Industry background preferred.
• Responsible individual, knowledgeable of the full design process.
• Self starter who is highly motivated and politically astute.
• Demonstrate presence of person in a professional position in manner, dress, and verbal/written communication skills.
• Effective time management skills.
• Has strong customer service attitude and manner; communicates easily and clearly. Is polite and cordial in all customer interactions.
• Is highly responsive to customer requests.
• Understands customer satisfaction focus of design and consistently meets or exceeds customer expectations.

For immediate consideration, please forward a copy of your current resume to info@profrecruiters.com referencing job # or a link to this job.

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