Interior Designer (SF)
Huntsman Architectural Group is an award winning architecture and interiors firm dedicated to elevating the human experience by designing places that connect, support, and inspire.
We create environments that authentically reflect the aspirations and values of our clients. Placing our clients’ business, brand, cultural, and environmental drivers ahead of a signature design style or formula results in inspiring spaces that create a sense of place, connect people, and have meaning.
Our services include strategic workplace consulting, interior design, and architecture across a wide array of project types with a focus on creativity, sustainability, and wellness. We maintain long-term collaborative partnerships with building tenants, owners, and operators in the commercial, institutional, educational, residential, and other sectors.
The firm was established in 1981 and is an ESOP employee-owned company. Our offices in San Francisco, New York, and Chicago are home to over 95 architects, interior designers, project managers, and support staff who are passionate about their work – explorers and innovators who never lose sight of our client’s vision. We maintain a fast-paced and fun work environment where team-based success is highly valued. We offer competitive salaries, benefits, and incentives and consider mentoring and continuous learning integral to the long-term professional development of our team members. Although the firm has been recognized with numerous design accolades and publications, maintaining meaningful connections with our clients and our local communities while contributing to the design profession is our priority.
About this Role
Designers are the creative engine of our project teams, pushing boundaries, exploring new territory, and solving complex challenges to help our clients achieve their vision. While influences come and go, at Huntsman, we seek to utilize our experience and expertise to build lasting and reliable solutions with a focus on wellness and sustainability. Our designers strive for substance in our work - technically, creatively, and socially. Our process is based on research, common sense, and always seeking creativity while avoiding stylistic trends. We design for our clients, not for our own egos.
Our project designers face a variety of challenges on a daily basis. From finding harmonious and code compliant solutions in a space plan to designing a beautiful and functional piece of casework within a budget. Being a designer means collaborating with partners like product manufacturers and engineers, and with an extended project team here at the office. Design is a team endeavor with creative expression and meaningful projects as the ultimate reward.
Responsibilities
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Education Requirements
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Huntsman Architectural Group is an award winning architecture and interiors firm dedicated to elevating the human experience by designing places that connect, support, and inspire.
We create environments that authentically reflect the aspirations and values of our clients. Placing our clients’ business, brand, cultural, and environmental drivers ahead of a signature design style or formula results in inspiring spaces that create a sense of place, connect people, and have meaning.
Our services include strategic workplace consulting, interior design, and architecture across a wide array of project types with a focus on creativity, sustainability, and wellness. We maintain long-term collaborative partnerships with building tenants, owners, and operators in the commercial, institutional, educational, residential, and other sectors.
The firm was established in 1981 and is an ESOP employee-owned company. Our offices in San Francisco, New York, and Chicago are home to over 95 architects, interior designers, project managers, and support staff who are passionate about their work – explorers and innovators who never lose sight of our client’s vision. We maintain a fast-paced and fun work environment where team-based success is highly valued. We offer competitive salaries, benefits, and incentives and consider mentoring and continuous learning integral to the long-term professional development of our team members. Although the firm has been recognized with numerous design accolades and publications, maintaining meaningful connections with our clients and our local communities while contributing to the design profession is our priority.
About this Role
Designers are the creative engine of our project teams, pushing boundaries, exploring new territory, and solving complex challenges to help our clients achieve their vision. While influences come and go, at Huntsman, we seek to utilize our experience and expertise to build lasting and reliable solutions with a focus on wellness and sustainability. Our designers strive for substance in our work - technically, creatively, and socially. Our process is based on research, common sense, and always seeking creativity while avoiding stylistic trends. We design for our clients, not for our own egos.
Our project designers face a variety of challenges on a daily basis. From finding harmonious and code compliant solutions in a space plan to designing a beautiful and functional piece of casework within a budget. Being a designer means collaborating with partners like product manufacturers and engineers, and with an extended project team here at the office. Design is a team endeavor with creative expression and meaningful projects as the ultimate reward.
Responsibilities
- Co-lead and participate in design efforts for a variety of project types
- Participate during all phases of project delivery
- Take a lead role in programming, space planning, and design activities
- Develop and execute comprehensive and code-compliant design concepts for a variety of project types
- Interface with client, contractor, as well as engineering and specialty consultants
- Verify and evaluate existing interior space prior to design development
- Research, recommend, and select appropriate finishes, fixtures, and furniture
- Develop reflected ceiling and lighting layouts
- Incorporate technical requirements including audio/video, acoustics, power, and data systems into the design
- Clearly communicate design concepts via sketches, 3D models and color renderings by hand or electronically
- Design projects to budget parameters to control costs
- Prepare project design documentation, participate in construction documentation
- Prepare and co-lead/conduct client presentations in a variety of formats
- Assist project managers in various construction administration tasks
- Other related duties as assigned
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Ownership and accountability for project- and firm-wide success
- Excels in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment
- Knowledge and experience in all phases of interior design / architectural project delivery
- Design creativity, aptitude, competence, and experience
- Thorough understanding of interior architectural concepts, spatial relationships, and fundamental knowledge of building systems
- Working knowledge of state and local building and fire codes related to interior environments, including accessibility
- Fundamental understanding of corporate commercial real estate objectives a plus
- Ability to research design including trends, strategies, and related technologies
- Computer savvy with strong skills in AutoCAD, Revit, MS-Office, and Adobe Creative Suite
- SketchUp and other 3D modeling skills are highly desired
- Hand sketching and conceptual drawing/modeling skills a plus
- Sustainable design experience, with a preference for hands-on LEED and/or WELL project participation
Education Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Interior Design or Architecture
- Minimum 5-8 years of experience working on interior design and/or architectural projects, with a primary focus on design for workplaces, commercial interiors, and tenant improvement projects
- Interior Design Certification and LEED Accreditation strongly preferred
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