We are seeking a talented and experienced Senior Interior Designer to join Firmdale Hotels NY’s renowned in-house design team. In this pivotal role, you will work directly with Kit Kemp and the Design Director to create, refurbish, and elevate hotel spaces and public areas across the Firmdale portfolio.
What we are looking for:
• Demonstrates, in every aspect, a passionate love of design, art, and beauty.
• Works alongside the Directors and Associates of Kit Kemp Design Studio at the highest level to lead multiple and varied IA and FF&E projects, with the assistance of junior team members.
• Is confident, loyal, trustworthy, dynamic, and able to build strong relationships with clients, consultant teams, suppliers, contractors, and fabricators.
• Takes responsibility to ensure Kit Kemp Design Studio delivers a seamless service to clients.
• Demonstrates strong project leadership skills, including the ability to mentor junior team members.
• Is proactive, possesses great instincts, and is open to feedback.
The ideal candidate must have:
• A degree or equivalent in Interior Design/Interior Architecture.
• At least 7 years of post-graduate experience, including a minimum of 4 years in the luxury residential sector.
• Full proficiency using AutoCAD Adobe Creative Suite & Microsoft Suite.
• A strong background in Interior Architecture, a high standard of technical ability and broad knowledge of materiality.
• A passion for FF&E with vast knowledge of suppliers, products, and specialist finishes. Experience in procurement would be a plus, but is not essential.
• Experience working on all aspects of projects, through all stages of work, from concept to completion.
• An understanding of project programs and deadlines.
• Financial understanding of project costs and budget awareness.
• An exceptional eye for scale and balance, detail and colour.
• Impeccable and concise communication and presentation skills, verbal and written.
The Kit Kemp Design Studio is a London/NYC-based interior design studio founded by Kit Kemp. We are a dynamic group of twelve experienced designers, working across residential and commercial interior design and creative direction in the UK and internationally. We pride ourselves on our positive, professional and personal approach in all that we do. We work efficiently and collaboratively to bring colour, craft and creativity to interior life.
Art sits at the centre of our creative process. Drawing on Kit Kemp’s lifelong passion for art and craft, we believe interiors are completed — and elevated — through thoughtful curation. From major commissions to quiet, unexpected moments, art brings individuality, humour and meaning to our spaces, and no project feels finished without it.
Relationships are fundamental to how we work. We collaborate closely with architects, artists, suppliers, craftspeople and our hotel teams, many of whom we have worked with for years. Design at Firmdale is rigorous and ambitious, but it is also collaborative, generous and enjoyable. We believe the process should be as rewarding as the outcome.
