Seasonal Interior Designer

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General position summary:

The Interior Designer- Seasonal will support the design team with space planning, furniture layouts, specifications, presentation materials, and project coordination for commercial office furniture and systems products. This internship provides hands-on exposure to the workplace interiors industry while assisting with customer space requirements, sales support, and project documentation under the guidance of experienced design professionals.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Consult with sales team on the layout, design and space planning of furniture specifications for client offices. Travel to client’s location to field measure layout.
• Perform programming, space planning, furniture selection, layout, product pricing, design and selection of fabrics and finishes, including as- built drawings, block plans, space plans and finished working drawings for specification and installation.
• Material & Color Selections- Furniture: Research, Selection & Specifications.
• Accurately apply applicable discounts and create quotes for client’s approval.
• Provides professional customer interface by attending client planning meetings to determine furniture needs and develops solutions to meet these needs.
• Offers technical design and creative consultation to customers by answering both routine and highly specialized questions regarding furniture systems.
• Coordinate, develop, and review proposed project designs and construction plans. Prepare presentation material including color finish boards.
• Review job site in order to perform accurate measurements. Will do plan-to-site adherence checks.
• Validate plans against construction, electrical engineering and Architect & Design (A&D) drawing sets.
• Develop project specifications, double check specifications against plans, verify specifications against plans, assure specifications are ready for order entry (CAP/SIF file), and manage changes and revisions.
• Prepare installation drawings for field personnel. Coordinate electrical locations.
• Provide on-site job inspections comparing construction drawings to final build-out.
• Work with installers to ensure installation meets customer specifications; complete punchlists

Job Skills Required:

• Experience with product knowledge, furniture design and furniture specification software -CAP
• Knowledge in space planning, typical development and input of systems furniture layouts into AutoCAD via, CAP (20/20) or other relevant
• specification tools
• Working knowledge of applicable building codes, ADA regulations
• Computer literate (AutoCAD 2014-16, Cap2020, Giza, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Photoshop and SketchUp).
• Strong customer service skills with a desire to go above & beyond to assist others. Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Detail Oriented and ability to work with mathematical concepts.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize & initiate action in a timely manner.
• Ability to demonstrate initiative and to work with minimum supervision

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Other Duties & Responsibilities:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Education & Experience:

• Current enrollment in, or recent completion of, a degree program in Interior Design, Architecture, Space Planning, Commercial Design, or a related field preferred. Prior internship, classroom, project, or portfolio experience in office furniture, interiors, or workplace design is helpful but not required. Interest in commerci