Form + Field is looking for an experienced Senior Designer (10+ years) who thrives on continuously learning and stepping up to challenges. The role is best for designers who have had deep experience in high end FF&E, interior architecture, construction documentation and management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and execute on medium-large projects from beginning to end, handling most of the project management and working with team members to complete on time and on budget.
- Develop concepts aligned with the principal's direction
- Create budgets, schedules, and presentations
- Research and source furnishings, fixtures, and finishes
- Create 2D plans and elevations, 3D models when needed, and detailed construction documentation sets
- Oversee the construction process: meeting with contractors, clients, and vendors on a regular basis to ensure that the design is executed to plan and collaborating on creative solutions
- Prepare, manage, and maintain project files, correspondence, drawings, etc.
- Manage FF&E installations
- Mentor less skilled and experienced designers and help them improve their skills
- Identify areas where process improvements are needed on a continuous basis
- Work with team members to improve processes and updating documentation as needed
Minimum Requirements:
- Minimum 10 years of work experience in an interior design firm (not a showroom or furniture store)
- Residential FF&E, construction documentation, and construction experience required
- Authorized to work in the United States - we do NOT sponsor
- BS/BA degree in Architecture or Interior Design
- Expertise in AutoCAD and proficiency in Sketchup
- Comfort and familiarity in Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides
- Comfort and familiarity with communication and project management software such as Asana
- Comfort with hand sketching to communicate an idea
- Expertise and real world knowledge of design process, principles, construction methods, and creating detailed construction drawings with proper notation for permit.
- Expertise in sourcing from high design, artisan/maker resources and designing custom furniture. You stay on top of all the latest modern/contemporary designers, vendors, products.
- Great communication skills (clear, proactive, direct, and frequent for both written and verbal) to interface with vendors, contractors, clients, teammates.
- Highly organized with ability to breakdown a large project into smaller tasks and sequence the tasks appropriately.
- Expertise in project management, taking projects from start to finish, working on all steps along the way, and requiring little supervision.
- Excellent attention to detail - you double check your work and learn from mistakes.
- Time management skills - knowing how much effort and time to put into the different priorities at hand.
- Highly motivated, proactive self-starter who has a strong sense of urgency and follow-through. You proactively research things that you don’t know or aren’t sure of.
- Humility to to do whatever is needed at any given time
- Modernist design sensibility that resonates with Form + Field’s portfolio of work.
Form + Field promotes joy and well-being through the design of empathetic interiors. We are a multi-disciplinary practice spanning art consulting, architecture, interior, and furniture design, which allows us to unify objects and context - the form and the field - to create a holistic vision for living.
We have received extensive recognition from national and local publications including Architectural Digest, Dwell, 1stDibs, Interior Design, Rue, Hospitality Design, among others. We offer a high-growth environment where you will be challenged. Our culture is about transparency, open communication, continuous improvement, empathy, and providing a high level of service.
