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Senior Interior Designer - KAI Interiors

Art, Media, Design

16 September 202557 views

KAI Interiors is an award-winning, female-led London design company specialising in exceptional hospitality, residential, wellbeing, and workspace projects. Our Mission is to design inspiring spaces that cultivate social connection and collective wellbeing.
Our Values
Our values are a key component to attracting people we love working with. They are the guiding principles for how KAI Interiors operates and what we stand for.
SYNERGY
Thriving on connections to deliver exceptional, client-focused solutions. By fostering strong partnerships, we provide exceptional, tailored solutions that meet our clients’ unique needs.
COLLABORATION
Kindness, sincerity, and a proactive mindset are the hallmarks of this team that puts the collective before individual egos.
CURIOSITY
Curiosity encourages exploration of unconventional materials, innovative layouts, and unexpected design solutions that elevate a space beyond the ordinary.
LONGEVITY
Our design approach is strategic and focused on sustainability, ensuring that your interior is built to last and has longevity.
Key Responsibilities:
Meeting potential new clients and carrying out initial consultation and converting leads.
Creating fee estimates ensuring you have taken on board previous learnings from time tracking.
Design Development: Lead the conceptualisation and development of interior design projects, ensuring alignment with client needs and project goals.
Business development ideas- constantly considering how we can grow, better streamline and become a more profitable business.
Managing the team and their workload, ensuring everyone has a solid work life balance.
Discussing Monthly monetary targets with Director and considering project timelines to hit them and workload.
Team training sessions- considering what we need to be better and more effective.
Client Interaction: Engage with clients to understand their vision, preferences, and requirements; present design proposals and revisions effectively.
Project Management: Oversee multiple projects simultaneously, managing timelines, budgets, and resources to ensure successful project delivery.
Collaboration: Work closely with architects, engineers, and contractors to integrate design concepts with structural and technical requirements.
Mentorship: Provide guidance and mentorship to junior and mid-weight designers, fostering their professional growth and skill development.
Research & Trends: Stay updated on industry trends, materials, technologies, and sustainable practices to inform design decisions.
Technical Documentation: Prepare detailed drawings, specifications, and presentations using design software (e.g., AutoCAD, SketchUp etc). Carefully checking team drawings for errors.
Site Visits: Conduct site visits to monitor project progress and ensure adherence to design specifications.
End of project reviews: Checking products are all correct in line with the schedule, overall review of profitability and time tracking.
Project administration ensuring our processes are implemented with the team and followed.
Recruitment of new team members: Supporting in interviews
Correspondence with office manager ensuring project invoices are sent out on time.
Updating and researching systems and softwares that can enable team to work more efficiently.
Software
Advanced skills in using CAD software fluently, 2D and 3D
Experience in PhotoShop, Indesign, SketchUp, and MS Office
Experience
Minimum of 6 years of experience in Hospitality Interior Design
History of employment within the hospitality sector advantageous [bartending or floor staff, operations for example]
Strong skills in Space Planning and Construction Drawings
Experience in Interior Design, including concept development and design documentation, lighting design and styling
Knowledge of FF&E selection (materials, finishes, detailing, and scheduling)
Experienced in presenting designs to large rooms of people and managing clients and contractors
You
Self-confident and receptive to constructive feedback
Ability to manage time, generate/manage schedules, and work flow of projects efficiently
Quality experience dealing with contractors, sub-teams on site, including Architects and Engineers
Excellent communication skills, including verbal, written, and visual.
Exceptional attention to detail
Ability to understand and generate plans creatively.
Good communication skills & ability to present at a high level.
Strong interpersonal skills, detail-oriented, and able to manage and coordinate multiple tasks simultaneously.
Responsibilities
Proactive about managing internal deadlines and standards of design
Visualization and explanation of concepts to others
Developing detailed designs and choosing materials
Delivering design with a strong narrative linked to brand ideals
Working in both 2D and 3D to communicate design intent
Preparing visual packages for visual artists
Managing the creative process on assigned spaces through to finished CGI
Join the KAI Interiors Family
If you are a motivated, driven, and a passionate individual with a keen eye for design and a desire to push boundaries, we want to hear from you. We want someone who is full of energy and eager to lead a team of designers and grow the business with us. At KAI Interiors, we value creativity, innovation, and a commitment to excellence. To apply, please submit your CV, portfolio and salary expectations to our info email. We look forward to welcoming you to our dynamic and forward-thinking team.
Please note this position is office based in Hackney, London. Do not apply if you are looking for hybrid working. Thank you

  • Experience
    Required
  • Employment
    Full-time
  • Schedule
    Monday - Thursday 9am-5:30pm, Friday 9am-3pm
  • Salary
    from £45,000 yearly
  • Starting time
    Immediate start!

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Interior Design Company • 1-10 Employees

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KAI Interiors is an award-winning, female-led London design company specialising in exceptional hospitality, residential, wellbeing, and workspace projects. Our Mission is to design inspiring spaces that cultivate social connection.

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