Job Description

Roles You Will Play:

As Associate Interior Designer / Associate Interior Architect (Europe) you will be responsible for designing and overseeing the delivery of best-in-class internal spaces, finishes, furnishings and amenities for our growing pipeline of Cortland communities across Europe.
In addition, there will be the opportunity to work with LIV Consult and oversee the Interior Design process for their external 3rd Party clients, which will include participating in the business development and procuring Interior Design commissions.

The Visionary

• Balance your sharp eye for detail with your creative ability to see possibilities where other
  people can’t — often thinking way outside the box
• Working with the wider UK team as well as collaborating with the US design team to determine design direction for new spaces — envisioning designs that any apartment resident
  would relish
• Oversee the specifics when it comes to producing one-of-a-kind interior finishes, including carpets, furnishings, fabrics, wall coverings, draperies, artwork, and other ornamental
  accessories while maintaining budgetary control

The Innovator

• Stay current on the latest interior design products and constantly scan the market for vendors of never-before-seen goods
• Support the UK team with developing the design specification for our clients buildings and Cortland in Europe
• Develop cutting-edge architectural branding concepts for all decorative elements, including furniture, materials, lighting, and accessories
• Identify strategies for reducing costs, improving production capabilities, and enhancing vendor compliance
• Have an understanding of Lifecycle of products and work with the European Team to develop an exemplar design with the most efficient whole life cost.

The Organizer

• Love solving puzzles and get a thrill out of seeing your projects come together, piece by piece from concept to completion.
• Work alongside highly creative minds while staying grounded enough to meet deadlines and help keep the work flowing
• Manage all assigned development projects, including preparing budgets, transportation documents, site reports, purchase orders, and quarterly chargeback programs
• Supervise the execution of all action plans for your assigned projects

The Networker

• Networking and love building relationships and partnerships across a variety of stakeholders.
• Working with a variety of internal stakeholders at different levels of seniority, from the wider Cortland European team, LIV Consult Team, as well as the US based Design team.
• Presenting your work and capabilities externally and bringing in 3rd party business and longterm clients.

The Impact You Can Make

• Your concepts are so unique and creative, everyone on your team wishes they could move into the spaces you’ve designed.
• Design projects are completed on time and on budget with superior functionality, safety, and aesthetics

 

• Experience in professional design work, ideally in high quality residential, new development, student accommodation and/ or hotel interior design
• Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design, Architecture, Decorative Arts, or related field Extensive knowledge of and/or contacts with suppliers and vendors
• Well-versed in units of measure; able to clearly communicate site-specific dimensions
• High level understanding of Conceptual Design
• Understanding of human interaction with spaces
• Experience in space planning using CAD
• Understand the interface with Building Information Modelling (BIM) systems
• An eye for design for operation, keeping the invisible back-of-house in mind.
• Comfortable designing spaces for a variety of demographics.
• Exterior Spaces Design experience including placemaking, street furniture and landscape design
• Being familiar with working in an environment where you are working within the brand standards

 

• Collaborative approach to working with clients and associates across all levels
• Attention to detailAbility to approach problems both logically and creatively
  This role will require some travel both domestic and internationally.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Interior Design Skills including design, furniture, liveable spaces, colour, technology, art & sculpture and typography and signage. Project Management Skills, working from inception to completion and have experience with managing budgets Technical skills in terms of understanding construction and being CAD trained. Strong presentation skills, having extensive experience in drawing, building mood boards, CAD drawings, modelling, renderings and strong in the presentation of your ideas. Comfortable writing specification as well as your own narrative on spaces. Ability to organize and manage multiple priorities without immediate supervision Ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders both internally and externally Ability to multi-task and prioritize daily tasks to meet deadlines timely