The Role
Plan, design, and furnish commercial interiors: meet with clients/sales, develop schematic and working drawings, specify products, estimate materials/costs, advise on space planning, color, and codes; maintain project files and attend client and design meetings.
Summary Generated by Built In
A Designer 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.
Skills Required
- Knowledge of interior design and space planning
- Ability to produce schematic designs, working drawings, and illustrations
- Ability to create product specifications and estimate material requirements and costs
- Advising on layout, color schemes, codes, and furniture/equipment utilization
- Attend client meetings on-site and off-site as required
- Maintain project files and timesheets for all work performed
- Attend design/sales meetings and seminars as requested
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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.
