Katie Ridder Inc is seeking a Project Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate has experience working in a high-end residential interior design firm. You must bring with you extensive product and design knowledge. KRI is a small firm, so every staff member’s contribution is crucial for success. The ideal candidate will understand this and thrive in such an environment.
• Feels comfortable running a project from beginning to end.
• Creating paint/finish, lighting, drapery, and various other schedules.
• Creating budgets and maintaining them throughout the span of a project.
• Attending architecture, construction, and occasional design meetings. Taking detailed meeting notes and dispersing to all necessary parties after meetings.
• Overseeing client billing and generating proposals for payment.
• Creating detailed workorders and purchase orders.
• Working in CAD from time to time to assist the design staff.
• Managing project timelines and delegating tasks to the design team based upon installation timelines.
• Working with various artisans and workrooms around the world to help the design team execute one-of-a-kind designs, per the senior staff's planned vision.
• Managing installation schedules and providing on-site supervision during installations.
This is a full-time, in-person position. KRI provides many employee benefits, such as health insurance, vision/dental coverage, 401k, paid company holidays, and paid vacation/personal/sick days. The position is available to begin immediately. To apply, please send your cover letter and resume to info@katieridder.com with the subject line “Project Manager: (Your full name)”. Please, no phone calls. Due to the number of applicants, we will only be able to contact candidates that we wish to interview.
• Minimum 5 Years’ experience working for a high-end residential interior design firm.
• Past project experience working on ground-up construction projects and seeing them to completion.
• Likes working in a collaborative and creative office.
• Familiarity with high-end residential vendors and bespoke design work.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to communicate clearly and concisely.
• Proficient with MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)
• Proficient with Google spreadsheets
• Experience using Design Manager software on both the client proposal and vendor purchasing side.
• Comfortable with hand drawing/sketching and designing custom furniture pieces.
• Experience using AutoCAD and Adobe Photoshop.
• Is highly detail-oriented in both an administrative and design capacity.
• Ability to work with a heavy workload and comfortable working on multiple projects at a time.
• Strong ability to delegate to colleagues clearly and efficiently.
Katie Ridder Inc. is a high-end residential interior design firm based in NYC, with projects across the country. Katie also has both a wallpaper and fabric line carried by Holland & Sherry. Katie’s work has been published in Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, Town & Country, The New York Times, and Domino. Katie’s work is also featured in her 2 books- Room and More Rooms. The firm has been included in the top 100 lists of House Beautiful and Elle Décor.
