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Interior Designer / Certified Interior Designer – Education

Pope Design Group is seeking a passionate, ambitious and thoughtful Interior Designer for our Education practice, who seeks to make a positive and impactful difference in our community through the spaces we create.

This position will provide an opportunity to collaborate with integrated design teams on a variety of projects of various sizes and complexity with a focus on education project types.

 

Responsibilities

  • Collect client space requirements and develop plan layouts for projects with project team.
  • Develop design concepts, color/finish materials and furniture selections for projects of varying size and complexity.
  • Work with project team on development and documentation of design solutions.
  • Coordinate and specify interior furniture.
  • Assist with preparing design presentation materials & renderings.
  • Participate in development of construction documents using Revit.
  • May attend client/project interviews.
  • Manage the interior design portion of a project, preparing design and construction documents with a clear understanding of the needs of the client and of the project scope, schedule, budget and project deliverables.
  • Stay current with the latest design trends, architectural/design products, and materials.
  • Note: some travel may be required.

Client Interface

  • Contribute to developing a positive relationship of trust with our clients and fostering a commitment to external and internal client service.
  • Regularly communicate with clients to verify design requirements and specifications, progress reviews, delivery of final presentations, updates on project progress.
  • Work with Project Managers to confirm objectives and formulate options with the client; prepare and conduct design and technical presentations for team and/or clients and participate in marketing efforts.

Skills, Experience & Competencies

  • Bachelor’s degree in interior design.
  • Minimum 5 – 8 years of experience with specific K-12 and/or higher education design experience.
  • NCIDQ certificate holder and CID a plus.
  • Working knowledge of AutoCAD, Revit, Bluebeam, and other design software, with an emphasis on 3D presentation is required.
  • Good knowledge of applying interior design principles, practices, and concepts.
  • Problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to changes in the work requests or environment.
  • Ability to take on additional responsibilities as needed with some guidance.
  • Proven organization and time management skills and is detail oriented with ability to multi-task.

The salary range for this position is $63,000 to $75,000 annually. Salary may be impacted by candidate’s years of experience, specific market sector experience, licensure and/or potential involvement in business development.

Full-time individuals in this role are eligible to participate in our benefit programs which include:

  • bonuses
  • profit sharing
  • 401K contributions
  • paid holidays
  • paid time off
  • continuing education
  • paid licensure & professional memberships
  • medical, dental and vision plans
  • FSA including Medical and Dependent Care
  • life and short/long term disability programs

We offer a flexible hybrid work environment allowing employees to work remotely two days a week.

For an overview of our benefits, please check out our Careers page for more information.

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Rebecca Frenning

Rebecca's background is in Art History. She pursued an Interior Design degree after spending a few years working on a ranch in Montana.

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Pope Design Group, please contact Karen our Human Resources
Coordinator through our contact form. Tell us a little bit about
yourself and what kind of career you are looking for.

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