The Role
Designs and furnishes commercial interior environments by consulting with clients and sales teams, developing space plans, layouts, drawings, specifications, color schemes, and cost estimates. Presents designs for approval, coordinates interiors with architectural, mechanical, and electrical plans, maintains project documentation, and attends client meetings, jobsites, field measurements, and punch lists.
Summary Generated by Built In
A Designer, Wave Team, plans, designs, and furnishes interior environments of commercial space by performing the following duties:
Responsibilities:
- Confers with salesperson and/or client to determine purpose and function of environment, budget, scope of project, time schedules, project proposals, types of furniture and equipment to be installed, and other factors which affect planning interior environments.
- Integrates findings with knowledge of interior design and formulates environmental plan to be practical, esthetic, and conducive to intended purposes such as raising productivity, selling merchandise, or improving efficiency of office environment.
- Advises salesperson and/or client on interior design factors such as space planning, layout and utilization of furnishings and equipment, color schemes, color coordination, codes, and works council requirements.
- Renders schematic design, working drawings, product specifications, ideas in form of paste ups, drawings, or illustrations, estimates material requirements and cost, and presents design to client for review, approval, implementation and follow-through.
- Maintains project files and time sheets on all work performed.
- Attends all design/sales meeting and seminars as requested.
- Attendance at client meetings, both on-site and off-site is required.
- Duties and responsibilities may be added, removed, or changed at any time at the discretion of management, formally or informally, either verbally or in writing.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from four-year college of university; or one to two years’ related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients and customers.
- Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- ASID license or Architectural license preferred.
- Needs working knowledge in all phases of design, drafting and presentation techniques. CAD skills required (Auto CAD version 12 preferred).
- Needs dependable and reliable transportation. To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to go to jobsites for meetings, field measurements and punch lists.
- Needs thorough knowledge of furniture, interior building materials and finishes, and understanding of resources available.
- Must be knowledgeable with architectural mechanical and electrical plans and specifications to assure coordination of it with interiors (including knowledge of lighting, acoustics, plans, elevations, and details.
- Competitive Benefits/Salary
- Incredible Working Showroom
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree from a four-year college or university, or one to two years of related experience and/or training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
- Ability to present information effectively and respond to questions from managers, clients, and customers.
- Ability to calculate discounts, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume, and apply basic algebra and geometry.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, draw valid conclusions, and interpret technical instructions.
- Working knowledge of design, drafting, and presentation techniques.
- CAD skills; AutoCAD experience is preferred.
- Dependable and reliable transportation for jobsite meetings, field measurements, and punch lists.
- Thorough knowledge of furniture, interior building materials, finishes, and available resources.
- Knowledge of architectural, mechanical, and electrical plans and specifications, including lighting, acoustics, plans, elevations, and details.
- ASID license or architectural license.
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The Company
What We Do
Founded in 1981, Furniture Marketing Group (FMG) is a privately held, family-owned office furniture dealership with a national presence and deep Texas roots. FMG serves as the link between space and people in the working world, providing sustainable product, process, and service solutions. With access to over 400 contract furniture manufacturers, they support clients ranging from small companies to large corporate accounts with complex facility needs.
