Mid-Weight Designer. 12 Month Mat Cover
Posted Today by Soho House & Co
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Mid-Weight Designer at Soho House is tasked with delivering high-quality design outputs from concept to construction documentation, managing multiple projects under the guidance of senior designers. This role is a 12-month maternity cover contract, emphasizing collaboration with project teams and adherence to design standards. The designer is responsible for project timelines, budgets, and ensuring design integrity throughout the project lifecycle. Key responsibilities include creating design drawings, managing resources, and facilitating communication between teams and suppliers.
Key Responsibilities:
- Producing high quality project design deliverables from concept phase to construction packages
- Working closely with the project team following efficient design management processes and implementation initiatives
- Ensuring project milestones and deadlines are met with the overview of Senior/Lead Designer where appropriate
- Creating project schedules, design drawings and facilitating the prototype process by liaising between the design team and suppliers
- Managing the project timetable and interior design budget, working closely with Procurement Agent
- Maintaining the integrity of the agreed design solutions and overseeing the development of the design and project
- Conducting ongoing reviews of subsequent stages with input from the Lead Designer & Design Director
- Assigning project hours to Harvest on a daily level
- Monitoring resources on projects and helping maintain a positive work environment
- Ensuring projects follow office standards and keeping standards up to date with project info and admin
- Familiarizing with internal project programme, deadlines, and budget
- Organizing regular reviews with Lead Designer/Design Director
- Creating FF&E proposals and schedules with review from Senior Designer/Lead Designer
- Creating Tender Packages and liaising with Project Design Team for coordination
- Managing RFIs and creating construction drawings
- Attending site meetings and coordinating delivery/installation with Procurement Team
- Creating detailed handover documents and managing snagging processes
Key Skills:
- Experience in interior design and project management
- Strong understanding of design processes from concept to completion
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Proficiency in creating design drawings and FF&E proposals
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills
- Knowledge of budget management and procurement processes
- Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines
- Experience with construction documentation and site management
- Proficient in design software and tools
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: Other
The Role... A Mid-Weight Designer at Soho House is responsible for producing high quality project design deliverables from concept generation to both FF&E specification and construction documents. They work on one large, or multiple smaller projects simultaneously overseen by the Senior Designer / Lead Designer on tasks and deliverables to ensure the facilitation of a project’s completion. Please note, this role is a 12-month Maternity cover contract*
Key Responsibilities
- Project based: Producing high quality project design deliverables from concept phase to construction packages
- Works closely with the project team following efficient design management processes and implementation initiatives
- Ensures project milestones and deadlines are met with the overview of Senior/ Lead Designer where appropriate
- Creates project schedules, design drawings and facilitates the protoype process by liaising between the design team and suppliers
- Responsible for the project timetable and interior design budget and works closely with Procurement Agent to ensure smooth delivery of his/her projects
- Ensures that the integrity of the agreed design solutions are maintained by taking responsibility for the development of the design and the project
- Undertakes an ongoing review of subsequent stages with the input from the Lead Designer & Design Director for key project stages
- Assigns project hours to Harvest on a daily level
- Team Management
- Monitors resources on his/her projects
- Helps maintaining a general staff well being and a happy and positive work environment
- Standards/ Project Running
- Ensuring projects follow office standards, and helps keeping standards up to date with project info, project admin, maintaining design programme
- Project Responsibilities
- Stage 1: Initial Concept
- Familiarizes his/herself with internal project programme/ deadlines/budget
- Responsible for overall concept direction with the overview of Senior Designer/Lead Designer
- Responsible for organizing regular reviews with Lead Designer/ Design Director
- Stage 2: Detailed Concept
- Responsible for final layout plan, ensuring that it meets all client/operational requirements
- Creates FF&E proposals, schedules with the review of Senior Designer/Lead Designer
- Review of FF&E Budget with Procurement Manager
- Responsible for ensuring all Finishes meet Technical, Financial and Operations Requirements
- Stage 3: Detailed Design Package
- Creates Tender Packages
- Liaises with Project Design Team to ensure Co-ordination between Drawings
- Involvement in V.E Workshops
- Liaising with Procurement Manager to ensure their understanding of Design Intent
- Manages RFI’s
- Creates construction drawings
- Collates and coordinates Workshop Drawings with the overview of Senior Designer / Lead Designer
- Organizes prototype development and reviews with the overview of Lead Designer/ Design Director
- Stage 4: Site attendance
- Attends site meetings
- Attends all Design Team Meetings
- Works with Procurement Team to Co-ordinate Delivery / Installation
- Stage 5: Installation & handover
- Management and Co-Ordination of Site Installation
- Creates detailed and user friendly Handover document
- Responsible for Snagging and follow-up process
Benefits
Soho House offers competitive compensation packages that feature global benefits and perks. Whether you’re seeking entry-level employment or a new opportunity to expand your profession, we offer training to develop the technical and managerial skills necessary to grow your career.
- Soho Friends Membership
- Free lunch at Store X Café in 180 Strand on Mondays
- 50% off Food & Drink at Soho Houses, 7 days a week
- Staff Bedroom Rates
- Private Health and Dental Care
- Life Assurance
- Birthday Day Off
- Up to 50% Staff Discount on Cowshed & Soho Home
- Dog Policy on Fridays
- Season Ticket Loan
- Christmas Office Closure
- In conjunction with Soho Impact, take 2-days paid a year to support a charity of your choice.
- Free Counselling Sessions
- Cookhouse & House Tonic: Our Cookhouse & House Tonic programmes offer unique food and drink trainings, events and opportunities to inspire and educate.
- Continuous training to develop yourself personally and professionally
- Exclusive access to our benefits platform with hundreds of discounts on shopping, gym memberships, holidays, insurance and much more
- Team Events: From fitness sessions to cinema screenings and art classes, each month we hold a series of fun events which you can sign up to.